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Lipids: Key Characteristics

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What is most used characteristic is most used to define lipids?

Ionic Charge

Melting Point

Solubility (correct)

Ability to bind metal ions

Which of the following lipid molecules possess a different fundamental structural make-up from the others?

Fatty Acids

Cholesterol (correct)

Triglycerides

Sphinogolipids

What does amphipathic mean?

Having both positive and negative charges

Having both acid and base properties

Having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions (correct)

Having two stereoisomers

Which of the following is true?

The fatty acids in both triacylglycerols and in phosphoacylglycerols vary. Signup and view all the answers

How many hydroxyl groups does a molecule of glycerol have?

3 Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true?

Fatty acids with an odd number of carbons are more rare than those with an even number Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not a characteristic of most fatty acids?

Presence of trans double bonds Signup and view all the answers

Unsaturated fatty acids usually have double bonds

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Which of the following compounds yields the most energy per gram?

triacylglycerols Signup and view all the answers

Lipids: Key Characteristics

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Questions and Answers

What is most used characteristic is most used to define lipids?

Which of the following lipid molecules possess a different fundamental structural make-up from the others?

What does amphipathic mean?

Which of the following is true?

How many hydroxyl groups does a molecule of glycerol have?

Which of the following is true?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of most fatty acids?

Unsaturated fatty acids usually have double bonds

Which of the following compounds yields the most energy per gram?

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