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Cells

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

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1.

Which of the following is NOT one of the tenets of the Cell Theory?

a)

all living things are made of cells

b)

the cell is the basic unit of life

c)

cells contain tiny organisms within them

d)

cells arise from pre-existing cells

2.

In general, unicellular organism use ____ to preform life function and multicellular organisms use ____ to preform life functions.

a)

organelles, organ systems

b)

tissues, organs

c)

organs, organ systems

d)

organ systems, organelles

3.

Which type of cells do NOT contain a nucleus?

a)

prokaryotes

b)

eukaryotes

c)

animal cells

d)

plant cells

4.

What structure is found in BOTH prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

a)

mitochondria

b)

ribosomes

c)

lysosomes

d)

chloroplasts

5.

Which type of cell always has a cell wall?

a)

bacterium

b)

protist

c)

plant cell

d)

animal cell

6.

Which type of cell can have a flagellum or cilia?

a)

protist

b)

animal cell

c)

plant cell

d)

both protist and animal cell

7.

Which organelle is important to making energy in a cell?

a)

cell membrane

b)

vacuole

c)

ribosome

d)

mitochondria

8.

Which organelle is important to sorting and packaging substances in the cell into vesicles?

a)

lysosomes

b)

Golgi Bodies

c)

Rough ER

d)

Smooth ER

9.

Which is the function of ribosomes?

a)

to store food

b)

to make proteins

c)

to make lipids

d)

to contain DNA

10.

Which structure in a plant cell enables it to makes it own food?

a)

a large central vacuole

b)

the cell wall

c)

chloroplasts

d)

centrioles

11.

Which structure in a bacterium helps to protect it from being "eaten" by other cells?

a)

the cell wall

b)

the cell membrane

c)

the capsule

d)

the nucleoid

12.

Which structure can help a bacterium move around in its environment?

a)

nucleoid

b)

flagellum

c)

ribosome

d)

cell wall

13.

What do you call the structure that is like a "mouth" to a paramecium?

a)

food vacuole

b)

macronucleus

c)

contractile vacuole

d)

oral groove

14.

What is NOT a function of a cell membrane?

a)

the cell membrane protects the cell

b)

the cell membrane controls expression of DNA in the cell

c)

the cell membrane controls what enters and exits the cell

d)

the cell membrane is important to cell signaling or communication

15.

What is the main component of a cell membrane?

a)

carbohydrates

b)

cholesterol

c)

phospholipids

d)

glycoproteins

16.

Transmembrane proteins can form

a)

channels

b)

pumps

c)

receptors

d)

all of these

17.

Which structure found in the cell membrane often acts as an antigen?

a)

transmembrane protein

b)

peripheral protein

c)

glycoprotein

d)

cholesterol

18.

Which statement below best describes the shape of a ligand and the receptor it binds?

a)

has a specific shape that complements the receptor it binds

b)

has a non-specific shape so it can easily bind its receptor

c)

has a specific shape that does not complement the receptor it binds

d)

has a non-specific shape so that it can change the shape of its receptor

19.

Which of the following is NOT an example of passive transport?

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion with a channel protein

c)

facilitated diffusion with a carrier protein

d)

endocytosis

20.

Above is a diagram that show the concentration of a tiny molecule inside (bottom of picture) and outside (top of picture) of a cell. The molecule is able to directly pass across the cell membrane. In which way will the molecules spontaneously move?

a)

From top of picture to bottom, high concentration to low concentration

b)

From top of picture to bottom, low concentration to high concentration

c)

From bottom of picture to top, high concentration to low concentration

d)

From bottom of picture to top, low concentration to high concentration

21.

Active transport will transport a substance

a)

Against the concentration gradient, from high to low concentration

b)

Against the concentration gradient, from low to high concentration

c)

Down the concentration gradient, from high to low concentration

d)

Down the concentration gradient, from low to high concentration

22.

What is osmosis?

a)

the diffusion of water

b)

the active transport of water

c)

the diffusion of salts using a channel protein

d)

the diffusion of sugar using a carrier protein

23.

What is the most specific type of endocytosis?

a)

phagocytosis

b)

pinocytosis

c)

receptor-mediated endocytosis

d)

facilitated diffusion

24.

Which organelle is important to preparing substances that are expelled from a cell during exocytosis?

a)

ribosomes

b)

smooth ER

c)

Golgi Bodies

d)

mitochondria

25.

What type of cell is pictured?

a)

plant cell

b)

protist

c)

bacterium

d)

animal

26.

What type of cell is pictured?

a)

plant

b)

animal

c)

bacterium

d)

protist

27.

What type of cell is pictured?

a)

animal

b)

protist

c)

plant

d)

bacterium

28.

What type of cell is pictured?

a)

protist

b)

animal

c)

bacterium

d)

plant