Lipids are classified to be _____________.
Organic acids
Steroids
Biomolecules
Lipids are soluble in ____________ solvents.
Polar
Nonpolar
Neutral
Do lipids dissolve in water?
Yes
No
Which of the following substances do not dissolve in water?
Waxes
Phospholipids
Both
Lipids are essential parts of the structural components of ____________.
Blood vessels
Cell membranes
Skin cells
Are lipids used in the field of nanotechnology?
Yes
No
Lipids are made of hydrocarbons.
True
False
Fats are a subgroup of lipids called ___________.
Diglyceride
Triglyceride
Monoglyceride
All the lipids found in the human body can be obtained only through food.
True
False
The first synthetic triglyceride was reported by ____________.
Henri Braconnot
Michel Eugène Chevreul
Théophile-Jules Pelouze
Pick out the year in which the first synthetic triglyceride was reported:
1840
1844
1847
___________ is an example of simple a lipoid.
Grease
Wax
Both
There are __________ common classifications of lipids.
Eight
Seven
Six
___________ stored in adipose tissue is a major form of energy storage both in animals and plants.
Glycerophospholipids
Glucosamine
Triglycerides
____________ is the metabolic process by which fatty acids are broken down in the mitochondria.
Beta oxidation
Zero reduction
Zero oxidation