Quiz about Cells

Question 1

Who came up with the name "cells" while looking at a slice of cork under a microscope?

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Robert Hooke

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Matthias Schleiden

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Rudolf Virchow

Question 2

In 1838, who was the German botanist that found that all plants were made of cells?

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Matthias Schleiden

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Theodor Schwann

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Rudolf Virchow

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Robert Hooke

Question 3

In 1839, who was the German physician that added to the cell theory by finding all animals were made of cells?

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Theodor Schwann

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Robert Hooke

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Matthias Schleiden

Question 4

Which German scientist published findings that all cells come from existing cells?

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Rudolf Virchow

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Theodor Schwann

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Matthias Schleiden

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Robert Hooke

Question 5

What is NOT a part of cell theory:

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all cells have a nucleus

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all cells come from existing cells

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all living things are made of cells

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cells are basic unit of structure and function in living things

Question 6

Prokaryotes are

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bacteria

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fungi

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plants

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animals

Question 7

Prokaryotic cells do NOT have membrane bound organelles or ______________________________.

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a nucleus

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cytoplasm

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ribosomes

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DNA

Question 8

Eukaryotes include fungi, plants, animals, and....

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protists

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bacteria

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archaebacteria

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eubacteria

Question 9

In eukaryotic cells DNA is primarily contained within the:

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nucleus

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cytoplasm

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ribosomes

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vacuoles

Question 10

Of the two types of cells, which one is smaller and more simplistic?

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prokaryotic cells

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eukaryotic cells

Question 11

All cells have a cell membrane, cytoplasm, DNA, and...

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ribosomes

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cell wall

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nucleus

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chloroplast

Question 12

The interior contents of the cell (except for the nucleus):

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cytoplasm

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nucleolus

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cell wall

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cell membrane

Question 13

Structures that have different jobs within the cell:

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organelles

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antibodies

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lipids

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blood cells

Question 14

Structure in the cell made of protein and RNA, used for protein synthesis...(found in all cells)

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ribosomes

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nucleus

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cell membrane

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cytoplasm

Question 15

What kind of microscope (seen here) is common in classrooms, uses light to shine through a sample, with a maximum magnification of about 1000 to 1500x?

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Compound light microscope

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Dissecting microscope

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Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

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Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

Question 16

This is a larger cell and has a nucleus.

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Eukaryotic

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Prokaryotic

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Both

Question 17

Check all that apply. The three parts of the cell theory are:

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All living things are made from one or more cells.

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Cells are the basic unit of structure and function of living things.

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All cells come only from other living cells.

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Cells are the largest living organism.

Question 18

Which scientist said all plants have cells?

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Schleiden

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Hooke

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Virchow

Question 19

Which scientist said BOTH plants and animals have cells?

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Schwann

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Hooke

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Virchow

Question 20

a rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms

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cell wall

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cell membrane

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nucleus

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cytoplasm

Question 21

In cells a large oval organelle that contains the cells genetic material in the form of DNA and controls many of the cells activities

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nucleus

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organelle

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ribosome

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cell wall

Question 22

the thick fluid region of a cell located inside the cell membrane or between the cell membrane and nucleus

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cytoplasm

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cell wall

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organelle

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golgi apparatus

Question 23

an organelle in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic retiulum packages them and distributes them to other parts of the cell

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golgi apparatus

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vacuole

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chloroplast

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ribosome

Question 24

a sac like organelle that stores water, food, and other matter

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vacuole

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lysosome

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cytoplasm

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cell wall

Question 25

a cell organelle which contains chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones and that can be used by the rest of the cell

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lysosomes

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chloroplasts

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ribosomes

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cell membrane

Question 26

a small grain shaped organelle found in the cytoplasm of a cell or on the R-ER that produced proteins

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ribosome

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cytoplasm

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cell membrane

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mitochondria

Question 27

an organelle in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and changes it to an energy from that cells can use in making food

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chloroplasts

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vacuole

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cytoplasm

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mitochondria

Question 28

What is found in both plant and animal cells but is much larger in plant cells?

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Vacuole

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Nucleus

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Mitochondrion

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Chloroplast

Question 29

Which of the following is found in eukaryotic cells but NOT prokaryotic cells?

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Mitochondria

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Cell membrane

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Ribosomes

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DNA

Question 30

Directs all cell activities through the DNA located there.

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Nucleus

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Lysosomes

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ribosomes

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Mitochondria

Question 31

Which organelle is only found in a plant cell?

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chloroplast

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nucleus

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mitochondria

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cell membrane

Question 32

Where are proteins made?

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Ribosomes

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Golgi body

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Mitoichondrion

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Chromosomes

Question 33

What makes the endoplasmic reticulum rough?

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Ribosomes

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Vessicles

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Vacuoles

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Chromosomes

Question 34

What type of cell is an animal cell?

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Eukaryotic

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Prokaryotic

Question 35

What type of cell is a plant cell?

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Eukaryotic

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Prokaryotic

Question 36

What is the smallest unit of an organism that can perform life functions?

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Cell

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Organ system

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Organ

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Tissue

Question 37

All organisms are made of

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cells

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organs

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tissues

Question 38

The idea that all living things are composed of cells, the cell is the basic unit of structure and function, and all cells come from cells is known as the

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Cell Theory

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Theory of relativity

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Agenda Theory

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Theory of naturalization

Question 39

All cells come from___________ cells.

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pre-existing

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pregnant

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paternal

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pin size

Question 40

Rocks are not living because

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they are not made of cells

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they never move

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they aren't needed for humans

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they don't break down

Question 41

What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things?

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cell

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atom

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molecule

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human

Question 42

Question 42.

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controls what enters and exits the cell

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contains chlorophyll

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thick and rigid

Question 43

Cell membranes are found in

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All plant and animal cells

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Only animal cells

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Only plant cells

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Some plant and animal cells

Question 44

The type of organelle that makes energy for the cell and is found in plants and animals is called

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mitochondria

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nucleus

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chloroplast

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cell membrane

Question 45

A ______________ is composed of a phosphate and glycerol head and 2 fatty acid chain tails.

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phospholipid

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Carbohydrate

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Cholesterol

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Protein

Question 46

The majority of the cell membrane is made of which macromolecule?

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Lipids

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Carbs

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Proteins

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Nucleic acids

Question 47

How many layers thick is the lipid bilayer?

Accepted Answer

2

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1

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3

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4

Question 48

Which of the following states that the cell membrane isn't rigid (it is moveable)?

Accepted Answer

Fluid Mosaic Model

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Phospholipid Bilayer

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Selectively Permeable Membrane

Question 49

Cell membrane allows some things to pass freely and others to not

Accepted Answer

Selectively Permeable Membrane

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Phospholipid Bilayer

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Fluid Mosaic Model

Question 50

___________ strengthens and stabilizes the cell membrane.

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Cholesterol

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Carbohydrates

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Proteins

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Phospholipids

Question 51

A mode of transport that does not require energy

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Facilitated Diffusion

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Passive Transport

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Selectively Permeable

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Slightly Permeable

Question 52

The type of transport that requires the use of transport proteins

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Facilitated Diffusion

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Passive Transport

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Active Transport

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Vesicular Transport

Question 53

The passage of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

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Diffusion

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Active Transport

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Vesicular Transport

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Exocytosis

Question 54

Some cells move large particles out of the cell through the process of:

Accepted Answer

Exocytosis

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Protein Synthesis

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Endocytosis

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Cytoplasmic Streaming

Question 55

Transport that occurs directly across the cell membrane

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Passive Transport

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Vesicular Transport

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Active Transport

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Facilitated Diffusion

Question 56

The energy molecule that powers some modes of transport

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ATP

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ADP

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AGP

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ABP

Question 57

A water box divided with a membrane has 60 mg of salt placed on the right. What will happen?

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Water will move to the right.

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Water will move to the left.

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Salt will move to the right.

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Salt will move to the left.

Question 58

What type of solution is this?

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Hypertonic

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Isotonic

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Hypotonic

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Adcockotonic

Question 59

What will happen to this cell?

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It will swell and get bigger

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It will shrink and shrivel up

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Nothing will happen

Question 60

Water will move?

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Out of the cell

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Into the cell

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Neither into or out of the cell

Question 61

A membrane that lets some things in and out but not everything is called?

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Semi-Permeable

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Impermeable

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Permeable

Question 62

This image is said to be in equilibrium, what kind of solution is it?

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Isotonic

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Hypotonic

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Hypertonic

Question 63

What will happen to molecule X?

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It will move from side B to A

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It will move from side A to B

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Nothing it is to large

Question 64

The molecules in B are to large to get across the membrane. What structure helps it get in?

Accepted Answer

Transport proteins

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Phospholipids

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Marker proteins

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Cholesterol

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