Biochemistry Lecture Notes Questions And
Correct Answers 2024/25
What is biochemistry? - Correct Answer Looks at the molecular level of living
organisms
What is the fundamental unit of life? - Correct Answer Cells
What do cells use to create larger structures and systems? - Correct Answer Carbon-
based compunds
What do organisms do to exist in a dynamic steady state? - Correct Answer Change to
account for their environment
How can living organisms self-replicate? - Correct Answer By using their info stored in
the genome
What kind of evolution can living cells use to change over time? - Correct Answer
Gradual evolution
Plasma membrane - Correct Answer A lipid bilayer that separates the inside of cells
from the environment, controls what comes in and out
Cytoplasm - Correct Answer Substance between the cells membrane and the nucleus
Nucleus - Correct Answer Information center, DNA and RNA production
Mitochondria - Correct Answer ATP is made here
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum - Correct Answer Production of lipids, "Smooth like
butter"
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum - Correct Answer Contains ribosomes that make
proteins
Golgi complex/Apparatus - Correct Answer Sorts ribosomes from RER, "UPS of the
cell"
Secretory granule - Correct Answer Organelles that serve as a storage area for
selected secretory products
Endosome - Correct Answer Vesicle formed from contents taken in by cell
Lysosome - Correct Answer Contain digestive enzymes
Correct Answers 2024/25
What is biochemistry? - Correct Answer Looks at the molecular level of living
organisms
What is the fundamental unit of life? - Correct Answer Cells
What do cells use to create larger structures and systems? - Correct Answer Carbon-
based compunds
What do organisms do to exist in a dynamic steady state? - Correct Answer Change to
account for their environment
How can living organisms self-replicate? - Correct Answer By using their info stored in
the genome
What kind of evolution can living cells use to change over time? - Correct Answer
Gradual evolution
Plasma membrane - Correct Answer A lipid bilayer that separates the inside of cells
from the environment, controls what comes in and out
Cytoplasm - Correct Answer Substance between the cells membrane and the nucleus
Nucleus - Correct Answer Information center, DNA and RNA production
Mitochondria - Correct Answer ATP is made here
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum - Correct Answer Production of lipids, "Smooth like
butter"
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum - Correct Answer Contains ribosomes that make
proteins
Golgi complex/Apparatus - Correct Answer Sorts ribosomes from RER, "UPS of the
cell"
Secretory granule - Correct Answer Organelles that serve as a storage area for
selected secretory products
Endosome - Correct Answer Vesicle formed from contents taken in by cell
Lysosome - Correct Answer Contain digestive enzymes
