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Mid term Bio 101

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which structure is not part of the endomembrane system?

a)

nuclear envelope

b)

chloroplast

c)

Golgi apparatus

d)

plasma membrane

2.

Which structure is common to plant cell and animal cell?

a)

chlorplast

b)

wall made of cellulose

c)

mitochondrion

d)

centroile

3.

Which of the following is present in a prokaryotic cell?

a)

mitochondrion

b)

ribosome

c)

nuclear envelope

d)

chloroplast

4.

Cyanide binds to at least one molecule involved in producing ATP. If a cell is exposed to cyanide, most of the cyanide will be found within the

a)

mitochondria

b)

ribosomes

c)

peroxisomes

d)

lysosomes

5.

What cell will be best for studying lysosomes?

a)

muscle cell

b)

nerve cell

c)

phagocytic white blood cell

d)

bacterial cell

6.

In what way do the membranes of a eukaryotic cell vary?

a)

Phospholipids are found only in certain membranes.

b)

Certain proteins are unique to each kind of membrane

c)

Only certain membranes of the cell are selectively permeable

d)

Only certain membranes are constructed from amphipathic molecules

7.

Which of the following factors would tend to increase membrane fluidity?

a)

a greater proportion of unsaturated phospholipids

b)

a greater proportion of saturated phospholipids

c)

a lower temperature

d)

a relatively high protein content in the membrane

8.

Phosphorylation cascades involving a series of protein kinases are useful for cellular signal transduction because

a)

they are species specific

b)

they always lead to the same cellular response

c)

they amplify the original signal manyfold

d)

they counter the harmful effects of phosphates

9.

Lipid-soluble signaling molecules, such as aldosterone, cross the membranes of all cells but affect only target cells because

a)

only target cells retain the appropriate DNA segments

b)

intracellular receptors are present only in target cells

c)

only target cels have enzymes that break down aldosterone

d)

only in target cells in aldosterone able to initiate the phosphorylation cascade that turns genes on

10.

Which of the following process includes all the others?

a)

osmosis

b)

diffusion of a solute across a memberane

c)

passive transport

d)

transport of an ion down its electrochemical gradient

11.

Which of these experimental treatments would increase the rate of sucrose transport in a plant cell?

a)

decreasing extracellular sucrose concentration

b)

decreasing extracellular pH

c)

decreasing cytoplasmic pH

d)

adding a substance that makes the membranes more permeable to hydrogen ions

12.

Choose the pair of terms that correctly complete this sentence:

Catabolism is to anabolism as _ is to _.

a)

exergonic; spontaneous

b)

exergonic; endergonic

c)

free energy; entropy

d)

work; energy

13.

Most cells cannot harness heat to perform work because

a)

heat does not involve a transfer of energy

b)

cells do not have much heat; they are relatively cool

c)

temperature is usually uniform throughout a cell.

d)

heat can never be used to do work

14.

Which of the following metabolic processes can occur without a net influx of energy from other processes?

a)

ADP + Pi -> ATP + H2O

b)

C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + H2O

c)

6CO2+ 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2

d)

Amino acids -> Protein

15.

If an enzyme in solution us saturated with substrate, the most effective way to obtain a faster yield of products of products is to

a)

add more of the enzyme

b)

heat the solution to 90 degree Celsius

c)

sdd more substrate

d)

add an allosteric inhibitor

16.

Some bacteria are metabolically active in hot springs because

a)

they are able to maintain a lower internal temperature

b)

high temperatures make catalysis unnecessary

c)

their enzymes have high optimal temperatures

d)

their enzymes are completely insensitive to temperature

17.

If an enzyme is added to a solution where its substrate and product are in equilibrium, what will occur?

a)

Additional product will be formed.

b)

The reaction will change from endergonic to exergonic

c)

The free energy of the system will change

d)

Nothing: the reaction will stay at equilibrium.