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101684 Topic 2: Cell Structure & How Nerves Work

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

What are the common properties in all cells?

a)

DNA, ribosomes and golgi body

b)

nucleus and mitochondria

c)

outer plasma membrane, DNA and cytoplasm

d)

cytoplasm and nucleus

2.

What is a cell made up of?

a)

cytosol and organelles

b)

nucleus and organelles

c)

cytosol and cell body

d)

nucleus and cytosol

3.

Which of the following is true in regards to cytosol?

a)

it performs the functions of the cell

b)

it is also known as intracellular fluid

c)

it is also known as extracellular fluid

d)

it is water with dissolved nutrients, ions, soluble and insoluble proteins, and waste products

4.

Which of the following is NOT an organelle?

a)

plasma membrane

b)

mitochondria

c)

cytoskeleton

d)

extracellular fluid

5.

What is the role of the plasma membrane?

a)

allows movement of the cell

b)

regulates the substances which enters and leaves the cell

c)

receives the molecules which carry information

d)

centre of the cell

6.

The rough endoplasmic reticuli

a)

manufactures fatty acids, steriods and phospholipids

b)

maufactures DNA

c)

manufactures adenosine triphosphate

d)

manufactures and stores protein for the plasma membrane

7.

What does passive transport refer to?

a)

a cell's ability to allow the entry and exit of some materials in ways other than through channels and transporters

b)

a cell's ability to allow the entry and exit of some materials through channels and transporters

c)

a cell's ability to use energy in order to transport materials

d)

a cell's ability to allow materials to enter and exit

8.

Which of the following is an example of a substance that uses passive transport?

a)

sugars

b)

water

c)

lipids

d)

proteins

9.

What is are the waste products of ATP?

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

water

d)

lipids

10.

What is the function of the golgi apparatus?

a)

collect the protein/glyoprotein secretions formed in the ER

b)

create ATP

c)

regulate what substances can enter or exit the cell

d)

manufacture and store protein for the plasma membrane

11.

What is a neuron?

a)

a nerve cell

b)

a cell which contains DNA

c)

a cell that creates ATP

d)

a type of cell with a membrane, receptors and protein channels

12.

What is the function of a neuron?

a)

to fire an action potential

b)

to detect chemicals in the intracellular fluid surrounding them

c)

to detect chemicals in the extracellular fluid surrounding them

d)

to store protein and ATP

13.

What do neurotransmitters combine with?

a)

receptors

b)

dendrites

c)

axon terminal

d)

cell body

14.

What is the resting voltage of the cell?

a)

-55mV

b)

+70mV

c)

+30mV

d)

-70mV

15.

What is the threshold voltage that allows 'voltage sensitive' channels to open when reached?

a)

+55mV

b)

-55mV

c)

+30mV

d)

-70mV

16.

When a cell reaches its threshold voltage, what enters through the voltage sensitive channels?

a)

sodium

b)

potassium

c)

calcium

d)

oxygen

17.

At what voltage is an action potential created?

a)

-70mV

b)

-55mV

c)

-30mV

d)

+30mV

18.

What is an action potential?

a)

a wave of electrical charge through the dendrites, soma, axon and axon terminal

b)

a wave of electrical charge with input from multiple pre-synaptic cells

c)

a wave of electrical charge through the axon terminal, axon, soma and dendrites

d)

a wave of electrical charge with input from just one pre-synaptic cell overloading

19.

What is myelin?

a)

a sugar that is created by a cell

b)

the energy molecule produced by the mitochondria

c)

a fatty substance surrounding the axon that 'speeds up' the action potential

d)

a waste product of creating ATP

20.

Synapse is the name for the gap that exists between an axon terminal and either

a)

the dendrites of another neuron

b)

the axon terminal of another neuron

c)

a muscle

d)

a gland