Cells Communicate

What are the basic steps of cellular communication?

• Signal reception, signal transduction, and cellular response

• DNA replication, transcription, and translation

• Cell division, cell growth, and cell death

• Protein synthesis, protein folding, and protein degradation

How can communication take place between cells that are near one another and even between very distant cells?

• Through direct contact and chemical signals

• Only through direct contact

• Only through chemical signals

• Through electrical impulses only

Your body depends on communication among cells because:

• it allows for coordination of functions and responses.

• it prevents cells from interacting with each other.

• it stops the body from functioning properly.

• it causes cells to become independent.

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Based on the passage, how do birds communicate with their offspring?

• Through vocalizations and calls

• By using body language

• Through written messages

• By using sign language

What behaviors are exhibited by a hungry chick according to the passage?

• Pecking at the ground and chirping loudly

• Sleeping quietly in the nest

• Flying around in search of food

• Hiding under the wings of the mother

Arrange the following steps in the communication process: Stimulus (hunger), Signal sent (begging behaviors), Signal received (parent sees begging), Response (parent provides food).

• Stimulus (hunger)

• Signal sent (begging behaviors)

• Signal received (parent sees begging)

• Response (parent provides food)

What are the four sequential steps in communication, whether between birds or cells?

• Reception, Transduction, Response, Feedback

• Transmission, Reception, Response, Feedback

• Signal, Reception, Transduction, Response

• Signal, Transmission, Reception, Response

In the bird example, who is the signaling source when a hungry chick begs an adult for food?

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Fill in the blank: The second step of communication is ________.

• Release of a Signal

• Transmission of a Message

• Reception of a Signal

• Feedback

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Which of the following is a step in cell communication?

• Receptor protein releases signaling molecules

• Signaling cell makes and releases signaling molecules

• Target cell becomes a signaling cell

• Receptor protein becomes a signaling molecule