Module 7: Cellular Structure and Function

The person credited with seeing cells for the first time is?

• Robert Hooke

• Louis Pasteur

• Isaac Newton

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

The cell theory includes all but the following:

• Plant and animal cells are the same.

• All living organisms are composed of one or more cells.

• Cells are the basic unit of structure and organization in living organisms.

• New cells are copied from existing cells only.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Prokaryotic cells have nuclei while eukaryotic do not.

• False

• True

The main technological advancement when it comes to studying cells is the (a)   .

The plasma membrane is made up of which of the following?

• Phospholipid molecules

• Carbon dioxide

• Nucleic acids

• Sugars

Which of the following help the plasma membrane function?

• Cholesterol and transport proteins

• Enzymes

• Lipids

• Hormones

According to the fluid mosaic model, molecules within the plasma membrane are fixed in place.

• True

• False

The plasma membrane allows some molecules through, while stopping others. For this reason we say the plasma membrane has (a)   permeability.

When you drop a handful of bubble bath into the bath, and it spreads out in the water, that's diffusion in action!

• False

• True

Once diffusion is complete and no further mixing can occur, the bath water in #1 has reached ​ ​ (a)   equilibrium.

• dynamic
• aquatic
• parallel
• hyperbolic