True or false: macromolecules

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Humans can digest cellulose as easily as starch.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Termites rely on other organisms to break cellulose down.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Cholesterol is a steroid, not a triglyceride.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   All twenty amino acids can be made by the human body.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Denaturation destroys a protein's amino acid sequence.

6. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   RNA uses uracil where DNA uses thymine.

Instructions

Tap True or False for each statement.

Explanation