Unit 2 Quiz 1: Intro to Cells

What are the smallest units of life?

• Cells

• Tissues

• Organs

• Systems

What is the outer protective covering of the cell?

• Cell Membrane

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Golgi Apparatus

What is the centriole containing region of clear cytoplasm adjacent to the cell nucleus?

• Centrosome

• Lysosomes

• Mitochondria

• Endoplasmic reticulum

What is a complex of a nucleic acid with basic proteins in eukaryotic cells that is usually dispersed in the interphase nucleus and condensed into chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis?

• Chromatin

• Genome

• Genes

• Nucleolus

What is the material or protoplasm within a living cell, excluding the nucleus?

• Cytoplasm

• Protoplasm

• Cell Membrane

• Vacuoles

What is the division of the cytoplasm of a plant or animal cell into two?

• Cytokinesis

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Hypertrophy

What is the network of interconnected structures that function especially in the transport of materials within the cell?

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Golgi Apparatus

• Lysosomes

• Pinocytic Vesicles

What are the structures that carry inherited characteristics?

• Genes

• Chromatin

• Genome

• Nucleolus

What is a total set of chromosomes with the genes they contain, consisting of strings of DNA Nucleotides?

• Genome

• Chromatin

• Genes

• Nucleus

What is a cytoplasmic organelle that consists of a stack of smooth membranous saccules and associated vesicles and that is active in the modification and transport of proteins?

• Golgi Apparatus

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Lysosomes

• Mitochondria