Imagine That You Have Isolated a Mysterious Liquid from a Sample

question 22

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you have isolated a mysterious liquid from a sample of food. You add the liquid to a beaker of water and shake vigorously. After a few minutes, the water and the other liquid separate into two layers. To which class of biological molecules does the unknown liquid most likely belong?

• A)carbohydrates
• B)lipids
• C)proteins
• D)enzymes
• E)nucleic acids

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Definitions:

Departmentalization

The grouping of jobs into working units usually called departments, units, groups, or divisions.