Cell Biology Quiz

Metabolism includes __________.

• anabolism

• catabolism

• both A and B

• neither A nor B

The molecule that cells use to temporarily store energy is __________.

• adenosine triphosphate

• adenosine diphosphate

• glucose

• chlorophyll

Why can’t cells directly use the energy from glucose?

• Glucose has too little energy.

• Glucose has too much energy.

• Cells cannot digest glucose.

• Glucose contains only single bonds.

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When a cell uses ATP for energy, the ATP molecule is converted to __________.

• glucose

• phosphate

• adenosine

• ADP

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Why do cells have a continuous supply of ATP?

• Cells store more ATP than they can use.

• Phosphate and water combine to make more ATP.

• ATP molecules can be used to store energy repeatedly.

• ADP is recycled to make more ATP.

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How is stored energy released for the cell to use?

• ADP reacts with a phosphate to form ATP.

• ATP reacts with water to form ADP.

• Water and carbon dioxide produce glucose and oxygen.

• DNA is unzipped by enzymes for replication.

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Nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA store __________.

• energy

• information

• protein

• glucose

The subunits of which nucleic acids are made are known as __________.

• nucleotides

• nitrogenous bases

• amino acids

• phosphates

Which part(s) of a nucleotide is different in each of the five kinds of nucleotide found in DNA or RNA?

• phosphate group

• sugar

• nitrogenous base

• all of these

The two sides of the DNA “ladder” are held together by

• peptide bonds.

• hydrogen bonds.

• the attraction of opposite charges.

• covalent bonds.