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Test Description: This quiz is a review of the importance of proteins in the body.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) What are the building blocks of proteins?

AAmino Acids BLipids CHormones DEnzymes

2) Which of the following do proteins make?

AMuscle BEnzymes CMuscles, enzymes, and hormones DHormones

3) Collagen is a protein that is found in....

AHair BFingernails CClaws DSkin

4) Keratin is a protein that is found in...

AClaws BFingernails CHair, fingernails, and claws DHair

5) Hemoglobin is a protein that...

AScares little kids BStores energy CProvides energy DGathers oxygen for blood cells

6) Which of the following is a function of a protein?

AStore energy in the liver BLower the activation energy for chemical reactions CMake up the cell wall of plants DProvide energy to the cells

7) Which of the following is NOT a purpose of a protein...

ACreate antibodies for our immune system BSend signals from one body system to another CRegulate the cell's temperature DAllow movement

8) Which protein allows for transport through the cell membrane?

APepsin BGrowth hormone CInsulin DChannel Protein

9) Which protein breaks down food into usable molecules?

AChannel Protein BGrowth Hormone CInsulin DPepsin

10) Which protein regulates blood sugars in the body?

AInsulin BChannel Protein CPepsin DGrowth Hormone

11) What most determines the function of a protein?

AIt's flexibility BAll of the above CIt's shape DIt's size

12) An amino acid that we cannot produce is called...

AA prokaryotic amino acid BAn essential amino acid CA needed amino acid DAn unwanted amino acid

13) How do we obtain amino acids to build proteins?

AWe get some amino acids from our food BWe get amino acids from the air COur bodies make some amino acids DOur bodies make some amino acids and others we get from our food

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