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Cells Unit Review

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cells can be classified into 2 broad categories depending upon whether they

a)

have a cell wall.

b)

have genetic material.

c)

have an organized nucleus.

d)

have a cytoskeleton.

2.

Which of the two cells shown are eukaryotic?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

Neither A nor B

d)

Both A and B

3.

Refer to Cell A: Which organelle would NOT be found in a typical animal cell?

a)

#1

b)

#9

c)

#4

d)

#3

4.

Which organelle is the "garbage collector" of the cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

lysosome

d)

Golgi

5.

Which organelle uses coded instructions from the nucleus to synthesize proteins for the cell?

a)

Golgi

b)

Nucleolus

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Cytoskeleton

6.

Which organelle sorts, packages and distributes proteins in the cell? (UPS guys)

a)

Ribosome

b)

Golgi apparatus

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Chloroplast

7.

Refer to Cell B. Which organelle is involved in creating ATP energy through the process of cellular respiration?

a)

#2

b)

#4

c)

#5

d)

#6

8.

Refer to Cell A. Which organelle uses solar energy to create food in the form of glucose for the plant?

a)

#1

b)

#3

c)

#4

d)

#9

9.

All of the following are shared by ALL cells except...

a)

cytoplasm

b)

DNA/genetic material

c)

cell wall

d)

cytoskeleton

10.

Refer to Cell A. Which organelle is used to store water and nutrients for the cell?

a)

#1

b)

#4

c)

#7

d)

#8

11.

The main difference between the sER and the rER is the presence or absence of ____.

a)

outer membrane

b)

ribosomes

c)

genetic material

d)

a system of membranes for transport

12.

The image shown here represents which category of cells?

a)

prokaryote

b)

elodea

c)

eukaryote

d)

onion epidermal

13.

Refer to Cell B. Which organelle is used primarily for cell division?

a)

#2

b)

#4

c)

#6

d)

#7

14.

How are prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells different?

a)

Prokaryotes lack ribosomes, eukaryotes have them.

b)

Prokaryotic cells are usually larger than eukaryotic cells.

c)

Prokaryotic cells lack membrane-bound organelles, eukaryotes have them.

d)

Prokaryotic cells have nuclei, eukaryotic cells do not.

15.
What compound is produced in this organelle?
a)
cellulose
b)
glucose
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
chitin
16.
Where is genetic information stored in this organism?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.
Which structure(s) could be found in a plant cell but NOT an animal cell?
a)
mitochondria and chloroplasts
b)
cell wall and chloroplasts
c)
Golgi bodies and chloroplasts
d)
vacuoles and ribsomes
18.
Function of vacuole?
a)
store water, food, or wastes
b)
digest food, worn-out organelles or pathogens
c)
package proteins
d)
transport proteins
19.
What kind of transport does not require energy?
a)
Active 
b)
Vacuole 
c)
Passive 
d)
Na/K Pump 
20.
What structure of the cell forms a frame that holds the cell up in the cytoplasm?
a)
centrioles 
b)
cell wall 
c)
flagella 
d)
cytoskeleton 
21.
What is something that prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have in common?
a)
They have a nucleus. 
b)
They are multi-cellular. 
c)
They have DNA. 
d)
They have organelles that are membrane-bound.
22.
What macromolecules help to make the cell membrane? 
a)
Proteins 
b)
Carbohydrates 
c)
Phospholipids 
d)
All of the above 
23.
Which of the following is the best example of osmosis? 
a)
NA/K Pump 
b)
Water moving though the cell membrane 
c)
Kidneys 
d)
Photosynthesis 
24.
What is the significance of the cell membrane? 
a)
Provides protection 
b)
Maintains homeostasis 
c)
Give a cell hydrophobic ends
d)
Provides cholesterol 
25.
Movement of materials through a vesicle into the cell that requires energy is 
a)
exocytosis
b)
endocytosis 
c)
osmosis 
d)
simple diffusion 
26.
What are the 2 parts of a phospholipid? 
a)
Hydrophobic head, hydrophilic tails 
b)
Hydrophobic heads, hydrophobic tails 
c)
Hydrophilic heads, hydrophobic tails 
d)
Hydrophilic heads, hydrophilic tails 
27.
What is an isotonic solution?
a)
When solutions are in equilibrium 
b)
When the solution has more solute 
c)
When the solution has less solute 
d)
Has a greater pressure 
28.
The nuclear envelope encloses the nucleus and its contents.
a)
True 
b)
False 
29.
Molecules using simple diffusion move from 
a)
high to low concentrations 
b)
low to high concentrations 
c)
no concentrations  
d)
both concentrations  
30.
The movement of molecules across a membrane from high concentration to low concentration is called:
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Active Transport
31.
Active Transport typically uses ______ to transport materials across the cell membrane.
a)
ATP
b)
Glucose
c)
Na+
d)
K+
32.
Cells use energy to move materials across a membrane (low to high concentration).
a)
Active transport
b)
Passive transport
c)
Diffusion
d)
Osmosis
33.
Particles are removed from a cell (pushed out).
a)
Endocytosis
b)
Exocytosis
c)
Permeable
d)
In high concentration
34.

In passive transport, substances move across the cell membrane ________ the concentration gradient

a)

AGAINST

b)

ALONG

c)

DOWN

d)

BETWEEN

35.

What macromolecule is embedded into the lipid bilayer and helps to transport molecules?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Protein

d)

Nucleic Acid

36.
This picture represents what type of cell transport?
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
osmosis
d)
passive transport
37.
Molecules diffusing with the concentration gradient through a protein channel is...
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Simple Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Osmosis
38.
What type of transport is this?
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
active transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
39.
Active transport requires ______, moves materials from __________________, and goes _______ the concentration gradient.
a)
No energy, low to high, against
b)
ATP, high to low, with
c)
ATP, low to high, with
d)
ATP, low to high, against
40.

Two examples of passive transport are

a)

Endocytosis and Exocytosis

b)

Diffusion and Osmosis

c)

Endocytosis and Diffusion

d)

Facilitated Diffusion and Pinocytosis

41.
Which of the following modes of cellular transport does NOT require energy?
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Protein Pumps
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Exocytosis
42.

This egg has shrunk, what type of solution was it placed in?

a)

hypotonic solution

b)

hypertonic solution

c)

isotonic solution

43.
What type of solution is this cell in?
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
diffused
44.
What type of solution allows water to enter the plant cell?
a)
hypotonic solution
b)
hypertonic solution
c)
isotonic solution
d)
active transport
45.
What type of solution is this cell in?
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
diffused
46.

Nemo and other ocean dwelling fish cannot survive in freshwater because......

a)

freshwater is hypertonic to Nemo's cells and will result in water leaving them causing the cells to shrink

b)

freshwater is hypotonic to Nemo's cells and will result in water leaving them causing the cells to shrink

c)

freshwater is hypertonic to Nemo's cells and will result in water entering them causing the cells to swell and burst

d)

freshwater is hypotonic to Nemo's cells and will result in water enter them causing the cells to swell and burst

47.

In an isotonic solution which way will the water flow

a)

it will not flow at all

b)

it will flow into the cell

c)

it will flow both ways at equal rates

d)

out of the cell

48.

Which Type of solution is the middle cell placed in?

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Isotonic

d)

Robotonic

49.

What would happen to a cell placed in a hypertonic solution

a)

The cell would shrink

b)

The cell would expand and possibly burst

c)

The cell would remain the same

d)

The cell would dance and do the Nay Nay!

50.
What does NOT happen during interphase?
a)
growth
b)
DNA replication 
c)
obtaining nutrients
d)
cell divison
51.
Cells spend the majority of their lives in
a)
Interphase
b)
Mitosis
c)
Synthesis 
d)
Gap 2
52.
In what phase of mitosis does DNA condense into visible chromosomes?
a)
Prophase
b)
Anaphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Metaphase
53.
Cells of organisms must replicate for ?
a)
growth
b)
repair of damaged cells
c)
replacement of dying cells.
d)
All of the above
54.
I am the stage of mitosis where the sister chromatids are pulled apart.
a)
interphase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telophase
55.
What are the phases of mitosis IN ORDER?
a)
Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase
b)
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
c)
Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase
d)
Telophase, Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase
56.
Programmed cell death refers to..... 
a)
Apoptosis 
b)
Helionisis 
c)
Karyokinesis
d)
Meiosis 
57.
At what stage during mitosis does the nuclear envelope break up?
a)
Metaphase
b)
Prophase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
58.
The ___________ holds the replicated sister chromatids together.
a)
centriole
b)
chromosomes
c)
centromere
d)
cycles
59.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Metaphase
60.
What is cytokinesis?
a)
This is when two cells merge together to make one giant cell.
b)
The stage where chromosomes migrate to the opposite ends of the cell. 
c)
The stage of the cell cycle where the rest of the cell divides after mitosis is complete.
d)
The stage in which DNA condenses into chromosomes.
61.
Cell division is represented by what letter?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
62.
A cell spends __% of its cycle in ____.
a)
100, interphase
b)
10, cytokinesis
c)
40, mitosis
d)
90, interphase
63.
What stage is this?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
64.
What stage is this?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
65.
What stage is this?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
66.
What is the role of the spindle during mitosis?
a)
it changes the chromatin to chromosome
b)
duplicate the DNA
c)
breaks down the membrane
d)
separates the chromatids.
67.
a)
Prophase
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
68.
a)

Anaphase

b)

Cytokinesis

c)

Telophase

d)

Metaphase

69.
The phase in mitosis where chromosomes move away and are pulled apart by spindles to opposite sides of the cell.
a)
prophase
b)
anaphase
c)
metaphase
d)
telephase
70.
In mitosis, the two resulting cells are
a)
different from the starting cell and identical to each other.
b)
different from the starting cell and different from each other.
c)
identical to the starting cell and different from each other.
d)
identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.
71.
Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have -
a)
16 chromosomes.
b)
46 chromosomes.
c)
8 chromosomes.
d)
4 chromosomes.
72.

How many chromosomes do humans have?

a)

46

b)

21

c)

10

d)

23

73.
Name the phase:
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase