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Unit 4: Cellular Biology

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organelle is found in most plants, some bacteria and some protists?

a)

ribosomes

b)

mitochondria

c)

endoplasmic reticulum

d)

chloroplasts

2.

Which of the following is found in plant cells but not animal cells

a)

chloroplast

b)

DNA

c)

cell membrane

d)

ribosomes

3.
What is the smallest thing that can perform all the processes necessary for life?
a)
cell
b)
nucleus
c)
organelle
d)
protista
4.
Which of the following organelles is missing from prokayotic cells?
a)
cell membrane
b)
nucleus
c)
ribosomes
d)
DNA
5.
Chromosomes are organized structures of
a)
phospholipids
b)
ATP
c)
organelles
d)
DNA
6.

Which statement is NOT a part of the cell theory?

a)

All living things are made of cells.

b)

All cells come from other preexisting cells.

c)

Cells form through spontaneous generation.

d)

Cells are the basic structural and functional units of life.

7.

Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called . . .

a)

Eukaryotes

b)

Multicellular

c)

Prokaryotes

d)

Unicellular

8.

This outermost layer protects and supports the cells of plants and some other organisms.

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Golgi Apparatus

9.

This structure surrounds the cytoplasm of all cells and controls what enters and leaves the cell.

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Cellophane

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Cellulose

10.

This fluid in the cell is where the organelles are found. It contains water and chemicals the cell needs.

a)

Blood

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Plasma

d)

Vacuole

11.

These organelles convert the energy in food molecules to a form the cell can use.

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Lysosomes

d)

Ribosomes

12.

These tiny cell structures assemble protein molecules from amino acids.

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Lipids

c)

Nucleic Acids

d)

Ribosomes

13.

These organelles in plants capture light energy and store it in glucose molecules to be used as food.

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

d)

Vacuoles

14.

These organelles are used for storage. Plants have one that is very large and filled with water.

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Nucleus

d)

Vacuole

15.

Which structure is found in plant cells and not in animal cells?

a)

cell wall

b)

centriole

c)

nucleus

d)

cytoplasm

16.
Which part of the cell is often called "the brain of the cell"?
a)
nuclear membrane
b)
endoplasmic reticulum
c)
nucleus
d)
ribosomes
17.
I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?
a)
cell wall
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane 
d)
cell skin
18.
You might think of me as the trash collector or recycler is maybe more accurate. What am I?
a)
cytoplasm
b)
lysosme
c)
vacuole
d)
ribosome
19.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
endoplasmic reticulum
d)
golgi apparatus
20.
A balance that an organism maintains by regulating what goes into and out of the cell.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Homeostasis
c)
Plasmolysis
d)
Hypotonic
21.
The type of cellular transport that requires no energy.
a)
Active Transport
b)
Protein Pumps
c)
Passive Transport
d)
Endocytosis
22.
What condition occurs when too much water moves into the cell and the cell membrane bursts?
a)
Plasmolysis
b)
Exocytosis
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Cytolysis
23.
Which of the following modes of cellular transport does NOT require energy?
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Protein Pumps
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Exocytosis
24.
The process of engulfing food or liquid particles into the cell.
a)
Osmosis
b)
Exocytosis
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Diffusion
25.
Which type of cellular transport moves molecules from low concentrations to high concentrations?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion
c)
Passive Transport
d)
Protein Pumps
26.
The release of large particles, often waste materials from the inside of the cell to the outside of the cell.
a)
Osmosis
b)
Exocytosis
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Diffusion
27.
Condition that occurs if too much water leaves the cell and cell collapses.
a)
Plasmolysis
b)
Osmosis
c)
Cytolysis
d)
Exocytosis
28.
What type of transport involves the movement of water from high to low concentrations?
a)
Diffusion
b)
Active Transport
c)
Facilitated Diffusion
d)
Osmosis
29.
What type of transport uses transport (channel) proteins to help molecules move from higher to lower concentrations?
a)
Protein Pumps
b)
Diffusion
c)
Facilitated Diffusion
d)
Osmosis
30.
What type of solution has more solutes and less water than a cell that it contains?
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
None of the Above
31.
What happens to a plant cell that is placed into a hypotonic solution?
a)
It shrinks
b)
Plasmolysis
c)
It swells
d)
Cytolysis
32.
What might happen to a freshwater plant that is placed into saltwater?
a)
Cells will swell
b)
Plasmolysis
c)
Cytolysis
d)
There will be no change
33.
A cell with a 5% salt solution is placed into a beaker with a 10% salt solution.  This solution is considered to be _____ to the cell.
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
None of the Above
34.
A cell with a 5% salt solution is placed into a beaker with a 10% salt solution.  What will happen to the cell?
a)
It will shrink
b)
It will swell
c)
No change
d)
Cytolysis
35.
A cell with a 20% salt solution is placed into a beaker of pure water.  What will happen to the cell?
a)
It will shrink
b)
Plasmolysis
c)
No change
d)
Cytolysis
36.
A plant cell with a 20% salt solution is placed into a beaker with a 10% salt solution.  What will happen to the plant cell?
a)
Cytolysis
b)
Plasmolysis
c)
It will shrink
d)
It will swell
37.
This cellular structure helps organisms maintain homeostasis by controlling what substances may enter or leave cells.
a)
vacuole
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell wall
38.
What type of transport is this?
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
active transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
39.
What are two types of passive transport?
a)
endo and exocytosis 
b)
in a minute and later
c)
hydrophobic and hydrophillic 
d)
osmosis and diffusion
40.
Special proteins help move particles, but NO energy is needed. This is..
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
exocytosis
c)
active transport
d)
equilibrium
41.
When something is 'water fearing' it is....
a)
Hydrophobic
b)
Hydrophilic 
c)
Hydroelectric 
d)
Hydrochloric
42.
When something is 'water loving' it is.....
a)
Hydrophobic
b)
Hydrophilic 
c)
Hydroelectric 
d)
Hydroloric
43.
In which direction will these molecules diffuse?
a)
from right to left
b)
from left to right
c)
they will not move at all
d)
they will move in both directions equally
44.
This process is known as ________ transport.
a)
passive
b)
active
c)
protein
d)
temporary
45.
Which part of this phospholipid is hydrophobic?
a)
fatty lipid tails
b)
head
c)
all of it is hydrophobic
d)
none of it is hydrophobic
46.
Against the concentration gradient, from low to high, uses ATP; this decribes.....
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
active transport
d)
simple diffusion
47.
When looking at the cell membrane, where are the lipid tails located?
a)
Inner part of the bilayer
b)
Outer part of the bilayer
c)
At the end of the bilayer
d)
Goes through each end of the bilayer
48.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
49.

Which part of the cell has ribosomes on it?

a)

Rough ER

b)

Smooth ER

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Mitochondria

50.

Which part of the cell makes lipids?

a)

Rough ER

b)

Smooth ER

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Mitochondria

51.

Diffusion & Facilitated Diffusion are both __________ transport.

a)

Passive

b)

Active

c)

Easy

d)

Free

52.

Passive Transport is the movement of particles across the membrane from an area of [ ___ ] to an area of [ ___ ]

a)

high to low

b)

low to high

c)

low to low

d)

high to high

53.

Passive Transport is the movement of particles _________ the concentration gradient.

a)

with

b)

against

c)

opposing

d)

throughout

54.

Facilitated diffusion needs what to get particles from one side of the membrane to the other?

a)

a membrane-spanning protein

b)

a surface protein

c)

a phospholipid

d)

a carbohydrate

55.

What is a difference between diffusion and facilitated diffusion?

a)

movement of particles from [high] to [low]

b)

a protein "helper"

c)

movement of particles from [low] to [high]

d)

energy

56.

Plasma membranes are selectively permeable. This means

a)

anything can pass in and out

b)

the membrane regulates the passage of the material in and out of the cell

c)

glucose cannot enter the cell

d)

cholesterol cannot enter

57.

Which is NOT a function of the membrane?

a)

it forms a selective barrier

b)

it has receptors for chemical messages

c)

it is the control center of the cell

d)

it is involved in self recognition

58.
What is the total magnification of a microscope with two lenses when one lens has a magnification of 10x, and the other lens has a magnification of 30x?
a)
15x
b)
30x
c)
40x
d)
300x
59.

When using a microscope, you should always start viewing the specimen/slide at the HIGHEST powered objective.

a)

true

b)

false

60.
Which best describes the main job of most cells in multicellular organisms?
a)
Cells work to keep themselves alive.
b)
Cells work to keep the organism alive.
c)
Cells work to release needed materials.
d)
Cells work to store unneeded materials.
61.
What is NOT TRUE about the cell membrane?
a)
It controls what enters and leaves the cell
b)
Semipermeable
c)
Phospholipid bilayer
d)
Contains digestive enzymes
62.
What forms the channels and pumps in the phospholipid bilayer?
a)
Carbohydrates
b)
Proteins
c)
Hydrophilic heads 
d)
Lipids
63.
Hydrophilic means...
a)
water-loving
b)
water-fearing
c)
nonpolar
d)
lipid soluble
64.
The picture is an example of...
a)
active transport
b)
passive transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
65.
What does the "fluid mosaic model" mean about the cell membrane?
a)
It can dissolve into fluid.
b)
The cell is mostly made of mosaic molecules.
c)
It looks like a flexible pattern made up of different parts.
d)
Somebody else should name these things.
66.
What is one major difference between passive and active transport?
a)
Passive transport uses energy; active transport does not.
b)
Both types of transport use energy.
c)
Active transport uses energy; passive transport does not.
d)
No difference. They are both the same.
67.
Small, non-polar molecules like CO2 and O2 and NO can pass through the cell membrane using what type of transport?
a)
Diffusion
b)
Osmosis
c)
Facilitated Diffusion
d)
Endocytosis
68.
Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells have cytoplasm
a)
true
b)
false
69.
A bacteria has DNA that is found in its nucleus.
a)
true
b)
false
70.

What gives a cell membrane its fluidity?

a)

Cholesterol

b)

Channel Protein

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Enzymes

71.

How are the smooth and rough ER different?

a)

Smooth has ribosomes and rough does not

b)

Smooth does not have ribosomes and rough does

c)

Smooth has carbohydrates and rough does not

d)

Smooth makes proteins and rough makes lipids

72.

What does the rough ER make?

a)

Lipids

b)

Amino Acids

c)

Proteins

d)

Carbohydrates

73.

What does the smooth ER make?

a)

Lipids

b)

Amino Acids

c)

Proteins

d)

Carbohydrates

74.

What is it called when a cell shrinks?

a)

Cytolysis

b)

Plasmolysis

c)

Isotonic

d)

Hypotonic

75.

What process is used by cells to expel wastes.

a)

endocytosis

b)

phagocytosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

passive transport

76.

He observed "cells" while observing cork cells.

a)

Schwann

b)

Hooke

c)

Einstein

d)

None of these

77.

Facilitated Diffusion moves particles from ________ to _________ concentrations

a)

High to Low

b)

Low to High

c)

Equal

78.
Endocytosis is defined as
a)
the movement of large molecules from the inside of the cell to the outisde of the cell using channel proteins. 
b)
the movement of large molecules from the inside of the cell to the outisde of the cell membrane vesciles. 
c)
 the movement of large molecules from the outside of the cell to the inside of the cell using membrane vesciles.
d)
the movement of large molecules from the outside of the cell to the inside of the cell using channel proteins. 
79.
Exocytosis is the movement of
a)
any type of substance from outside the cell to the inside of the cell. 
b)
very large substances from outside the cell to the inside of the cell. 
c)
any type of substance from inside the cell to the outside.
d)
very large substances from inside the cell to the outside.
80.
Active transport _______ and is the movement of a substance from _____ to _____ concentration
a)
requires energy, high to low
b)
requires no energy, low to high
c)
 requires no energy, high to low
d)
 requires energy, low to high
81.
If something goes "along" its concentration gradient it goes from
a)
an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration
b)
an area of high concentration to an area of low concetration
82.
Passive transport
a)
 always occurs slowly
b)
 does not require energy
c)
requires energy
83.
In this image, the cell is using which type of molecular transport?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion 
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Exocytosis 
84.
Which of the following is not a type of passive transport?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Facilitated Diffusion
85.
This is a ____.
a)
Golgi body
b)
plasma membrane
c)
lysosome
d)
cell wall
86.

What are two major types of active transport?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Molecular Transport

d)

Bulk Transport

e)

Facilitated Diffusion

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