TEST REVIEW: Cellular Biology

What would happen to a red blood cell (RBC) if it was placed in a hypertonic solution?

• swell

• shrink

• stay the same

• dissolve

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Waste is transported by exocytosis is a process that transports molecules:

• into the cell

• out of the cell

• from cell to cell

• into the nucleus

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What term means that the concentration of molecules on both sides is equal?

• gradient

• concentration

• equilibrium

• imbalanced

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The movement of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane is known as:

• exocytosis

• phagocytosis

• endocytosis

• osmosis

Membrane phospholipids have tails that are________and heads that are ________.

• hydrophobic, hydrophilic

• proteins, lipids

• hydrophilic, hydrophobic

• fat phobic

The hormones glucagon and insulin are released from the

• liver

• stomach

• pancreas

• heart

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The four main macromolecules are

• proteins, lipids, nucleotides, nucleic acids

• proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, carbohydrates

• carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, lipids

• fatty acids, carbohydrates, amino acids, nucleic acids

Enzymes increase the rate of a given reaction by lowering what kind of energy?

• activation

• thermal

• electrical

• solar

How does a high pH affect an enzyme’s activity?

• For most, it decreases.

• For all it increases.

• It changes the shape of all enzymes.

• There is no difference.

Molecules, the second level of multicellular organization called:

• organ systems

• cells

• tissues

• organs

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