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AP Cell Communication and Signaling Quiz Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

secreting substances to an adjacent (but not connected) cell

a)

direct contact

b)

paracrine/local signaling

c)

endocrine/long distance signaling

2.

hormones like insulin

a)

direct contact

b)

paracrine/local signaling

c)

endocrine/long distance signaling

3.

polar molecules pass through the lipid bilayer

a)

true

b)

false

4.

amplify messages

a)

second messengers

b)

protein kinases

c)

phosphatases

5.

neurons signaling with neurotransmitters

a)

direct contact through gap juncitons

b)

long distance signaling

c)

synaptic signaling, local signaling across synaptic cleft

6.

inside the cell

a)

intracellular

b)

extracellular

7.

most common cellular response to a signal

a)

turn genes on and off

b)

alter pemeability

c)

trigger an enzyme

8.

receptors must

a)

conform to the shape of the ligand

b)

amplify messages

c)

turn genes on and off

9.

a series of steps triggered by the receptor binding

a)

reception

b)

response

c)

signal transduction

d)

amplification

10.

long distance signaling

a)

direct contact

b)

paracrine

c)

endocrine

d)

synaptic

11.

taking away a phosphate group to shut off a pathway

a)

dephosphorylation

b)

phosphorylation

c)

amplification

d)

transduction

12.

enzymes that shuf off signaling pathways

a)

protein kinase

b)

phosphateases

13.

ion channels that act as a gate for specific ions

a)

phosphorylated ion channels

b)

cAMP gated ion channels

c)

ligand gated ion channels

14.

ligand binds

a)

reception

b)

transduction

c)

response

15.

a series of steps inside the cell that passes along a message

a)

reception

b)

transduction

c)

response

16.

an action by the cell, often turning genes on and off

a)

reception

b)

transduction

c)

response

17.

Any ligand can bind to any receptor

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Animals can transmit hormones through

a)

air

b)

vascular tissue (bloodstream)

c)

both

19.

signaling molecules

a)

cAMP

b)

phopshatases

c)

protein kinases

d)

ligands

20.

connections between plant cells

a)

gap junctions

b)

plasmodesmata