Biology Mid Year Review

What is the main difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

• Prokaryotic cells have a nucleus and Eukaryotic cells do not

• Prokaryotic cells are unicellular and Eukaryotic cells are multicellular.

• Prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus, Eukaryotic cells do have a nucleus.

• Prokaryotic cells are plant cells and Eukaryotic cells are animal cells.

The main function of chloroplasts is:

• To control what enters and leaves the cell.

• To break down food to release energy for the cell.

• To control all activities of the cell.

• To produce food for the cell using the sun's energy.

Ribosomes are the cell organelle that

• Break down food to produce energy for the cell.

• Produce proteins for the cell.

• Break down broken cell parts.

• Make food for the cell using the sun's energy.

Which types of organisms are Prokaryotes?

• Animals

• Plants

• Fungi

• Bacteria

A solution that causes a cell to swell is called a

• hypertonic

• hypotonic

• isotonic

A plant cell is placed in a solution whose solute concentration is twice as great as the concentration of the cells cytoplasm. The cell membrane is selectively permeable, allowing water but not the solute to pass through. What will happen to the cell?

• No change

• The cell will shrivel because of osmosis

• The cell will swell because of osmosis

• The cell will shrivel because of active transport

An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

• heterotroph

• consumer

• detritivore

• autotroph

This is referred to as the energy currency of the cell

• ADP

• ATP

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

Vaccinations are used for

• Curing the illness
• Preventing the Illness
• Getting the illness

What type of microbe is used in a vaccine?

• it doesn't really matter
• a damaged one
• a weakened or inactivated one
• a normal one