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Cell Biology

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plant cells have a cell wall.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The nuclear membrane surrounds the nucleus in a prokaryotic cell

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Vacuoles that are found in plant cells are usually much smaller due to the fact that they do not need to store as much water as animal vacuoles.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Vesicles are small, bubble-like, organelles that help transport material within the cell.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

In witch of the following cells would you find in chloroplasts?

a)

Maple tree leaf cells

b)

Elephant skin cells

c)

Mushroom cells

d)

Human kidney cells

6.

Which of the following organelles help cells move? (select all that apply)

a)

Cell membranes

b)

Flagella

c)

Cytoskeleton

d)

Ribosomes

e)

Cilia

7.

Which of the following organelles help the cell dissolve unneeded material within it?

a)

Golgi apparatus

b)

Lysosome

c)

Nuclueus

d)

Ribosome

e)

Cellular membranes

8.

A vacuole's main function within a cell is what?

a)

Provide a chemical defense for the cell if attacked

b)

Make proteins within the cell

c)

Store both food and water for the cell

d)

Provide structure to the cell

9.

Which of the following organelles acts as the powerhouse for the cell?

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

c)

Lysosome

d)

Mitochondria

e)

Nucleus

10.

The small transportation bubble-like packages that the golgi apparatus produces are called what?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Vesicles

c)

Vacuoles

d)

Ribosomes

11.

Which organelle makes ribosomes?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Nucleolus

c)

Rough ER

d)

Smooth ER

e)

Nucleus

12.

which of the following are not found in animal cells? Select all that apply

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Lysosome

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Nucleolus

13.

Which of the following help the cell maintain structure and shape? Select all that apply

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Cytoskeleton

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Nucleus

e)

Golgi Apparatus

14.

The nucleus acts as the "brain" or control center of the cell.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Both fungi and plant cells have cell walls. Those cell walls are made up of cellulose.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the following is the liquid part of the cytoplasm?

a)

Cytoskeleton

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Cytosol

17.

The green pigment found inside plant cells is called what?

a)

Lysosomes

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Chlorophyll

d)

Cell Walls

18.

The liquid part of cytoplasm is made up of what percent water?

a)

85%

b)

80%

c)

70%

d)

100%

e)

75%

19.

Which of the following statements are true about plant or animal cells?

a)

Plant and animal cells are exactly alike except for their cell membranes

b)

Most plant cells have numerous vacuoles to help them transport food and store water

c)

Animal cells are usually more rectangular/square and are able to move using cilia and flagella

d)

Animal cells use chloroplasts to make their own food when they cannot get food out of environment.

e)

The cell wall in a plant cell both protects it and gives it shape

20.

Chitin makes up the cell wall of which of the following?

a)

Animal

b)

Plants

c)

Fungi

d)

Bacteria

21.

What is the function of the Endoplasmic Reticulum?

a)

to store genetic material for the cell

b)

To make and package protein to be used somewhere within the cell

c)

To act as a defense system for the cell against bacteria and other invaders

d)

It breaks down older parts of other organelles and repairs them

22.

The shape of a plant cell allows it to maintain structure and helps to keep the plant upright.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Plant cells use water to remain upright and can freely move water cell to cell in order to gather more sunlight for photosynthesis.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

the cytoskeleton is found inside which organelle?

a)

Golgi apparatus

b)

Endoplasmic reticulum

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Nucleus

25.

Mitosis is different form meiosis because mitosis produces 2 cell instead of 4.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Prophase is the first stage of cellular division

a)

True

b)

False

27.

DNA is contained in the centromere of the cells nucleus.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Humans have how many pairs of chromosomes?

a)

46

b)

24

c)

23

d)

48

29.

The pairs of chromosomes are called what?

a)

Twins

b)

Sisters

c)

Brothers

d)

Daughters

30.

The bases that make up DNA are what type of bases?

a)

Protein

b)

Chlorophyllic

c)

Nucleotide

d)

Cellulose

31.

Which of the following are the bases that make up DNA? Select all that apply

a)

Cytosine

b)

Adenine

c)

Florine, Adreine

d)

Guanine, Thymine

e)

Liposine

32.

which of the following terms are involved with mitosis? Select all that apply

a)

Diploid

b)

Metaphase

c)

Haploid

d)

Prophase

e)

Cytokinesis

33.

How is DNA arranged?

a)

In a long spiral

b)

In a double helix

c)

In a circle

d)

In a helix

34.

Which of the following is true about haploid cells?

a)

They are the standard cells used to help us grow

b)

They only occur in plants

c)

They contain half the amount of chromosomes as other cells

d)

They are produced through the process of mitosis

35.

Mitosis produces haploid cells

a)

True

b)

False

36.

During which place does the nucleolus disappear?

a)

Telophase

b)

Anaphase

c)

Prophase

d)

Metaphase

37.

During which phase do the chromosomes line up in the center of the cell?

a)

Metaphase

b)

Telophase

c)

Prophase

d)

Anaphase

38.

Cytokinesis is when the cytoplasm splits during cellular division.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Which produces more cells after it happens, mitosis or meiosis?

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

40.

Cells that go through meiosis go through all the same phases as mitosis except they go through them twice.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

People that have too many or too few chromosomes can have which of the following things happen to them?

a)

Disabilities such as Down's syndrome and diseases such as cancer

b)

Genius level IQ's but no people skills

c)

Nothing at all

d)

Super human strength

42.

Mitosis produces 2 cells and meiosis produces 4.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

During which stage of cellular division does the nucleolus reappear?

a)

Anaphase

b)

Telophase

c)

Prophase

d)

Metaphase

44.

During which of the following phases do the chromosomes split apart and begin to travel to the opposite end of the newly forming cells?

a)

Metaphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Telophase

d)

Anaphase

45.

Sperm and eggs cells are good examples of haploid cells because they have half the number of chromosomes.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

The tread-like structures found within the nucleus of cells that hold genetic information are called...

a)

chromosomes

b)

sister

c)

chromatids

d)

nucleotides

47.

The term replicate means what?

a)

To become unstable and possibly die

b)

To mutate

c)

to eat or grow larger

d)

To make copies of

48.

Both plant and animal cells go through cytokinesis.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Which of the following are examples of what humans use bacteria for in a positive way?

a)

used in our guts to help digest food

b)

cleaning up oil spills

c)

making some foods in the food industry

d)

producing antibiotics

e)

all are correct

50.

Some bacteria resist drugs that can kill them. What is one way that they can do this?

a)

look like our own body cells

b)

produce a spore coating

c)

produce chemical that act against some drugs

d)

move faster than the drugs are able to

51.

What do we as people use to kill bacteria?

a)

pesticides

b)

antibiotics

c)

heat

d)

virusis

52.

Which of the following is a true statement about bacteria?

a)

They are prokaryotic

b)

They are eukaryotic but do not have a nucleus

c)

they are prokaryotic but do have a nucleus

d)

they are eukaryotic

53.

Which of the following are the shapes in which you can find bacteria?

a)

spirals, rods, sheets

b)

rods, spheres, spirals

c)

pillars, cones, sheets

d)

spheres, cones, rods

54.

Bacteria that can cause disease are called...

a)

pathogens

b)

fungi

c)

viruses

d)

parasites

e)

probiotics

55.

the purpose of antibiotics is to do what?

a)

act as a poison

b)

break down the cell wall of the bacteria

c)

act as a food source for the bacteria

d)

help the bacteria with its job within the organism

56.

When a bacterial cell produces a spore around itself, what does the spore allow the bacteria to do?

a)

give the bacteria the ability to travel via air and water

b)

allow the bacteria to survive heat, cold, and toxins

c)

allow the bacteria to hibernate within an organism's body

d)

allow the bacteria to produce poisons that would hurt it otherwise without the spore covering

57.

Bacteria that has been Gram stained will be either pink or purple.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

The genetic information of a bacteria is found within the bacteria's nucleus.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

Antibiotics attack a bacteria's nucleus and break it down.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

Bacteria produce. toxins whenever they begin multiplying and colonizing. This is what makes people sick.

a)

Ture

b)

False

61.

People can be vaccinated for bacterial diseases just like you can against viruses.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

Which of the following is not an example of a disease caused by a bacteria?

a)

Rabies

b)

Bubonic Plague

c)

Tetanus

d)

Lyme Disease

63.

Some bacteria are used in the medical field to actual produce antibiotics that kill other bacteria.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

The term "resistant" when discussing bacteria refers to bacteria's ability to do what?

a)

survive in hostile environments or not be kills outside factored

b)

survive in one environment very well but not as well in others

c)

the ability to change shape and function to suit whatever environment they are in

d)

kill other organisms trying to attack and kill the bacteria

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