Cell Biology Quiz

What term is used to describe the cell membrane's ability to allow some substances to pass through while blocking others?

• Impermeable

• Selectively permeable

• Fully permeable

• Semi-permeable

Which process does not require energy and involves particles moving from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?

• Active transport

• Osmosis

• Diffusion

• Endocytosis

What is the process called when water moves across the cell membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration without using energy?

• Diffusion

• Active transport

• Osmosis

• Exocytosis

Which process involves the movement of large particles into a cell by enclosing them in vesicles that fuse with the cell membrane?

• Exocytosis

• Endocytosis

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

What is the name of the process in plant cells where sunlight is used to produce sugars and oxygen?

• Cellular respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Fermentation

• Glycolysis

Where does cellular respiration take place in both plant and animal cells?

• Chloroplasts

• Ribosomes

• Mitochondria

• Endoplasmic reticulum

What are the two products of photosynthesis that are used in cellular respiration?

• Glucose and carbon dioxide

• Oxygen and sugars

• Water and ATP

• ATP and carbon dioxide

How are the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration related?

• They are the same process.

• They are completely independent of each other.

• They are opposites that depend on each other.

• One occurs in animals, and the other in plants.