AP Bio: Cell Signaling

What is the name of the signaling molecule in cell communication?

• ligand

• receptor

• operon

• inhibitor

Choose the correct order of communication.

• reception, response, transduction

• transduction, reception, response

• response, transduction, reception

• reception, transduction, response

All signals and receptors are the same in all cells.

• True

• False

All cells have the same response to the same signal.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Long distance signals involving hormones are ________ signals.

• paracrine

• synaptic

• endocrine

Adrenaline is released from your adrenal glands to affect various systems in the body. This is an example of ____ signaling.

• synaptic

• endocrine

• paracrine

• autocrine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Programmed cell death is known as

• mutation

• termination

• cytokinesis

• apoptosis

What type of signaling is shown here?

• autocrine

• synaptic

• endocrine

• paracrine

Which of the following can activate a protein by transferring a phosphate group to it?

• cAMP

• G-protein

• protein kinases

• phosphatases

Many cancer cells signal themselves to grow and divide. This is an example of ______ signaling.

• long distance

• autocrine

• paracrine

• hormone