Cell Biology Quiz

Label the environments of the cells below, from left to right.

• Isotonic, Hypertonic, Hypotonic

• Hypertonic, Hypotonic, Isotonic

• Hypertonic, Isotonic, Hypotonic

What happens to a red blood cell in a super salty sea? It shrinks because of the passive process called

• biosis

• endocytosis

• mitosis

• osmosis

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Where are proteins assembled in the cell?

• Mitochondria

• Ribosomes

• Chloroplasts

• Lysosomes

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Which organelle controls most cell activities and contains DNA?

• Mitochondria

• Ribosomes

• Nucleus

• Golgi bodies

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Plants make glucose through photosynthesis. What type of molecule is glucose?

• protein.

• carbohydrate.

• lipid.

• nucleic acid.

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Which macromolecules made by the smooth endoplasmic reticulum are used for long-term energy storage?

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Carbohydrates

• Nucleic Acids

Which tiny cell factory makes proteins using instructions from the nucleus?

• Ribosomes

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplasts

• Golgi apparatus

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Which small digestive organelle is filled with enzymes and breaks down old cell parts or bacteria?

• Golgi.

• Lysosome.

• Ribosome.

• Vacuole.

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Cells store water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates in sac-like structures called...

• Chloroplasts.

• Lysosomes.

• Mitochondria.

• Vacuoles.

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What does the cell's selectively permeable membrane do?

• It helps the cell to manufacture proteins.

• It regulates the amount of ATP the cell produces.

• It regulates what materials enter and leave the cell.

• It packages and stores most of the material in a cell.

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