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Cell Communication

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word for when a chemical signal affects the same cell that released the signal?

(a)  

2.

What's the word for when:

a signal affects nearby cells.

(a)  

3.

The cell experiences growth and centrioles replicate during this phase of the cell cycle.

a)

G1

b)

S

c)

G2

d)

Prophase

4.

When does DNA replicate during the cell cycle?

a)

Prophase

b)

G1

c)

S

d)

G2

5.

When do cells prepare for cell division?

a)

Interphase, G2

b)

Interphase, S

c)

Interphase, G1

d)

Prophase

6.

What are the results of signal transduction pathway?

a)

gene expression

b)

hormone secretion

c)

repression of genetic activity

d)

apoptosis

7.

What is the guanine nucleotide exchange factor, that helps with the sensory system.

(a)  

8.

Which is the correct chain reaction?

a)

Growth Factor, CDK activation, cyclin synthesis, cell cycle events

b)

CDK activation, Growth Factor, cyclin synthesis, cell cycle events

c)

Growth Factor, cyclin synthesis, CDK activation, cell cycle events

d)

Cyclin synthesis, Growth Factor, cell cycle events, CDK activation

9.

What is Rf?

a)

distance pigment moved/ distance the solvent moved

b)

distance the solvent moved/ distance pigment moved

10.

What is phosphorylation?

a)

The removal of one or more hydroxyl groups from a chemical compound.

b)

the chemical breakdown of a compound due to reaction with water.

c)

the removal of a phosphate group from an organic compound by hydrolysis.

d)

gives P from Phosphorylase to break glycogen into glucose. Ligand causes receptor to change shape.

11.

ATP  \longrightarrow   CAMP  \longrightarrow  AMP

a)

Adenyl Cyclase, Phosphodiesterase

b)

Phosphodiesterase, Adenyl Cyclase

12.

What two words describe the arrow?

ATP + Protein

 \longrightarrow  ADP + phosphorylated protein
(Hint: the first word is Protein)



(a)  

13.

What is the term related to:

small or non-polar ligands that can diffuse across the phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane and enter the cell.

(Hint: 2 word response)

(a)  

14.

Protein Kinase receptors change shape upon ligand binding

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What is the term for when:

a substance moves from the side of the membrane where its conc. is higher to the side where its conc. is lower.

a)

Active Transport

b)

Passive Transport

c)

Facilitated Diffusion

d)

Osmosis

16.
What is a G protein?
a)
specific type of membrane-receptor protein
b)
protein on the cytoplasmic side of a membrane
c)
membrane-bound enzyme
d)
relay protein
17.
What do second messengers do?
a)
transport a signal through the lipid bilayer
b)
relay a signal from the outside to the inside of the cell
c)
relay message from the inside of the mebrane throughout the cytoplasm
d)
dampen the message
18.
Signal amplification is most often achieved by
a)
an enzyme cascade
b)
binding of multiple signals
c)
branching pathways
d)
action of adenylyl cyclase
19.
Do plant cells communicate using hormones?
a)
yes
b)
no
20.
Which of the following is a chemical message that usually travels through the bloodstream to target cells?
a)
hormone
b)
local regulator
c)
endocrine cell
21.

All types of cell communication have the same effectiveness (Ex: speed/distance).

a)

True

b)

False

22.

CDKs:

a)

regulate the timings of cell cycle phases

b)

regulate metabolic reactions

c)

stimulate leukocytes

d)

activate lysosomes