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AP Biology Cell Communication + Nervous System

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An example of LOCAL cell communication is:

a)

White blood cells bumping into each other sharing antigen info

b)

Neurons communicating across a synapse

c)

Hormones traveling through the blood stream to target tissues

2.

An example of DIRECT cell communication is:

a)

White blood cells bumping into each other sharing antigen info

b)

Neurons communicating across a synapse

c)

Hormones traveling through the blood stream to target tissues

3.

Name the structure labeled 'B' (see image)

a)

Post synaptic terminal

b)

Receptor

c)

Ligand

d)

Neurotransmitter

4.

The structure labeled 'E' is called _____ and is filled with ______

a)

Vacuole; lipids

b)

Synapse; neurotransmitters

c)

Membrane; lipids

d)

Vesicle; neurotransmitters

5.

Sensory neurons are also called ____________ neurons

a)

Afferent

b)

Efferent

6.

Motor neurons send information _______

a)

to the brain for processing

b)

away from the brain to muscles

7.

Any signal molecule that binds to a receptor is called a _______.

a)

Neurotransmitter

b)

Ligand

c)

Receptor

d)

Acetylcholine

8.

What is 'C' labeling? (See image)

a)

G protein

b)

Adenylyl Cyclase

c)

Kinase

d)

ATP

9.

What is 'D' labeling? (See image)

a)

Alpha subunit

b)

Glycogen

c)

Kinase

d)

ATP

10.

What is 'F' labeling? (See image)

a)

cAMP

b)

ATP

c)

Alpha subunit

d)

G protein

11.

ATP each lose TWO phosphates to adenylyl cyclase. After losing two phosphate ATP becomes _______.

a)

ADP

b)

Adenylyl phosphate

c)

Protein kinase

d)

cyclic AMP (cAMP)

12.

cAMP binds to ________ and phosphorylates the catalytic portion.

a)

Phosphorylase

b)

Adenylyl cyclase

c)

Protein kinase

d)

ATP

13.

cAMP is considered a "secondary messenger" which takes the original message (from the ligand) and _____________.

a)

amplifies it (spreads/grows it)

b)

shuts it off

c)

simply transfers the message to one kinase molecule

14.

In our food lab last Friday, gymnema tea binds to taste receptors and blocks _________ from binding.

a)

water

b)

glucose

c)

protein

d)

cellulose

15.

Reflexes are much quicker than other actions, because the signal _______.

a)

Bypasses the brain

b)

Goes to the brain faster

16.

Which part of a neuron RECEIVES a signal?

a)

Dendrites

b)

Axon Terminals

17.

During an action potential, what occurs during 'A' (see graph)?

a)

Sodium rushes into the cell

b)

Potassium rushes out of the cell

c)

The sodium potassium pump carefully resets the original internal and external charges

d)

Failure to reach threshold - no action potential

18.

During an action potential, what occurs during 'B' (see graph)?

a)

Sodium rushes into the cell

b)

Potassium rushes out of the cell

c)

The sodium potassium pump carefully resets the original internal and external charges

d)

Failure to reach threshold - no action potential

19.

During an action potential, what occurs during 'C' (see graph)?

a)

Sodium rushes into the cell

b)

Potassium rushes out of the cell

c)

The sodium potassium pump carefully resets the original internal and external charges

d)

Failure to reach threshold - no action potential

20.

During an action potential, what are sections A, B, and C (in that order) called?

a)

Depolarization, Repolarization, Hyperpolarization

b)

Repolarization, Depolarization, Hyperpolarization

c)

Hyperpolarization, Depolarization, Repolarization

21.

What's significant about -55 mV?

a)

Charge has to make it higher than -55mV in order for the action potential to occur

b)

-55mV determines when potassium (K+) leaves the cell

c)

-55mV determines when the sodium potassium pump begins to reset ions

22.

An example of DISTANCE cell communication is:

a)

White blood cells bumping into each other sharing antigen info

b)

Neurons communicating across a synapse

c)

Hormones traveling through the blood stream to target tissues