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WorksheetsBSCC1010 Exam 2
Total questions: 110
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
Which type of microscope has visible light pass through the specimen?
Light Microscope
Scanning Electron Microscope
Transmission electron microscope
Which type of microscope is used to study subcellular structures?
Light Microscope
Scanning Electron Microscope
Transmission electron microscope
Which type of microscope focuses a beam of electrons onto the surface of the specimen providing a 3-D image?
Light Microscope
Scanning Electron Microscope
Transmission electron microscope
Which type of microscope passes a beam of electrons through the specimen to study internal structures?
Light Microscope
Scanning Electron Microscope
Transmission electron microscope
Is the following a characteristic of a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell?
No nucleus
Prokaryotic Cell
Eukaryotic Cell
Is the following a characteristic of a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell?
DNA in region called the nucleoid
Prokaryotic Cell
Eukaryotic Cell
Is the following a characteristic of a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell?
Membrane bound nucleus that carries the DNA
Prokaryotic Cell
Eukaryotic Cell
Is the following a characteristic of a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell?
Membrane-bound organelles
Prokaryotic Cell
Eukaryotic Cell
Is the following a characteristic of a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell?
Cytoplasm in the region between the plasma membrane and nucleus
Prokaryotic Cell
Eukaryotic Cell
Is the following a characteristic of a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell?
No membrane-bound organelles
Prokaryotic Cell
Eukaryotic Cell
Is the following a characteristic of a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell?
Cytoplasm bound by the plasma membrane
Prokaryotic Cell
Eukaryotic Cell
What is the general structure of the plasma membrane of the cell made of?
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Phospholipids
Nucleic Acids
What is the purpose of the cell membrane?
To make proteins
To allow passage of nutrients and waste
To make lipids
To sort and package materials
What is the purpose of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER)?
To make proteins
To allow passage of nutrients and waste
To make lipids
To sort and package materials
What is the purpose of the ribosomes?
To make proteins
To allow passage of nutrients and waste
To make lipids
To sort and package materials
This encloses the nucleus separating from the cytoplasm?
nuclear envelope
nuclear lamina
chromosomes
chromatin
nucleolus
This is composed of protein and maintains the shape of the nucleus?
nuclear envelope
nuclear lamina
chromosomes
chromatin
nucleolus
unwound DNA and proteins of chromosomes are called?
nuclear envelope
nuclear lamina
chromosomes
chromatin
nucleolus
The location within the nucleus that is the site of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) synthesis?
nuclear envelope
nuclear lamina
chromosomes
chromatin
nucleolus
What is phagocytosis?
The way food vacuoles are formed
A membranous sac of hydrolytic enzymes
When a cell engulfs another cell
Recycling the cells own organelles
What is autophagy?
The way food vacuoles are formed
A membranous sac of hydrolytic enzymes
When a cell engulfs another cell
Recycling the cells own organelles
What are the functions of the smooth ER?
Synthesize lipids, metabolize carbohydrates, detoxify drugs and poisons, store calcium ions
Has bound ribosomes that secrete glycoproteins, distributes transport vesicles
Modifies products of the ER, manufactures certain macromolecules, sort and packages materials into transport vesicles
Shaping the cell, guiding movement of organelles, seprating chromosomes during cell division
What are the functions of microtubules?
Synthesize lipids, metabolize carbohydrates, detoxify drugs and poisons, store calcium ions
Has bound ribosomes that secrete glycoproteins, distributes transport vesicles
Modifies products of the ER, manufactures certain macromolecules, sort and packages materials into transport vesicles
Shaping the cell, guiding movement of organelles, seprating chromosomes during cell division
What are the functions of the rough ER?
Synthesize lipids, metabolize carbohydrates, detoxify drugs and poisons, store calcium ions
Has bound ribosomes that secrete glycoproteins, distributes transport vesicles
Modifies products of the ER, manufactures certain macromolecules, sort and packages materials into transport vesicles
Shaping the cell, guiding movement of organelles, seprating chromosomes during cell division
What are the functions of the Golgi apparatus?
Synthesize lipids, metabolize carbohydrates, detoxify drugs and poisons, store calcium ions
Has bound ribosomes that secrete glycoproteins, distributes transport vesicles
Modifies products of the ER, manufactures certain macromolecules, sort and packages materials into transport vesicles
Shaping the cell, guiding movement of organelles, seprating chromosomes during cell division
Check all that apply to lysosomal enzymes:
can hydrolyze proteins, fats, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids
work best in the acidic environment inside the lysosome
Found in many freshwater protists, pump out excess water out of cells
Found in many mature plant cells, hold organic compounds and water
Check all that apply to contractile vacuoles:
can hydrolyze proteins, fats, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids
work best in the acidic environment inside the lysosome
Found in many freshwater protists, pump out excess water out of cells
Found in many mature plant cells, hold organic compounds and water
Check all that apply to central vacuoles:
can hydrolyze proteins, fats, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids
work best in the acidic environment inside the lysosome
Found in many freshwater protists, pump out excess water out of cells
Found in many mature plant cells, hold organic compounds and water
The site of cellular respiration, a metabolic process that uses oxygen to generate ATP.
Lysosome
Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Peroxisomes
A membranous sac of hydrolytic enzymes that can digest macromolecules.
Lysosome
Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Peroxisomes
oxidative organelles; e.g. detoxify alcohol
Lysosome
Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Peroxisomes
found in plants and algae, the site of photosynthesis
Lysosome
Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Peroxisomes
Explain the evolutionary origins of mitchondria and cloroplasts.
What is the internal fluid of the chloroplast?
Thylakoids
Stroma
Chromoplasts
Amyloplasts
What is the structure in the chloroplasts that are membranous sacs that stack to form a granum?
Thylakoids
Stroma
Chromoplasts
Amyloplasts
What stores red and brown pigments that give color to petals, fruits, and roots?
Thylakoids
Stroma
Chromoplasts
Amyloplasts
What are the colorless, store starch granules?
Thylakoids
Stroma
Chromoplasts
Amyloplasts
The (a) is a network of fibers extending through the cytoplasm. It organizes the cell's structures and activities, anchoring many organelles.
The thickest of the three components of the cytoskeleton, hollow rods about 25nm in diameter. Function in shaping the cell, guiding movement of organelles, and separating chromosomes during cell division. Control the beating of cilia and flagella.
Intermediate Filaments
Microfilaments
Microtubules
Also called actin filaments, the thinnest component of the cytoskeleton. Solid rods about 7nm in diameter. Structural role is to bear tension within the cell. Bundles of these make up the core of microvilli of intestinal cells. Arranged parallel in muscle cells. Responsible for cytoplasmic streaming within cells.
Intermediate Filaments
Microfilaments
Microtubules
fibers in the cytoskeleton with diameters in a middle range, range in diameter from 8-12m,. Support cell shape and fix organelles in place. They are more permanent cytoskeleton fixtures than the other two fiber types.
Intermediate Filaments
Microfilaments
Microtubules
The cytoskeleton interacts with (a) to produce motility.
Which types of organisms have cell walls?
Animal Cell
Plant Cell
Fungi
Prokaryotes
Some Protists
The (a) helps maintain the shape and prevents excessive uptake of water in the plant cell.
The plasma membrane is selectively (a) , allowing some substances to cross more easily than others.
The phospholipids that make up the plasma membrane have 1 ___________ head and 2 ________________ tails.
(a)
What determines most of the membrane's specific functions?
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
What is/are the major functions of membrane proteins?
Transport
Enzymatic Activity
Receptors
Recognition
All of the above
Select which are true of transport proteins:
Channel and carrier proteins are types of transport proteins
Move hydrophobic molecules through the membrane
Move hydrophilic molecules through the membrane
Is specific to the substance it moves
What are the driving forced of movement across the cell membrane?
Concentration gradient
Electric gradient
Pressure gradient
Thermal gradient
All of the above
What is osmoregulation?
The tendency for molecules to spread out evenly into the available space
Diffusion of solutes
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
The ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water based on concentration of solute
The control of solute concentrations and water balance and is necessary for life
What is tonicity?
The tendency for molecules to spread out evenly into the available space
Diffusion of solutes
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
The ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water based on concentration of solute
The control of solute concentrations and water balance and is necessary for life
What is dialysis?
The tendency for molecules to spread out evenly into the available space
Diffusion of solutes
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
The ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water based on concentration of solute
The control of solute concentrations and water balance and is necessary for life
What is osmosis?
The tendency for molecules to spread out evenly into the available space
Diffusion of solutes
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
The ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water based on concentration of solute
The control of solute concentrations and water balance and is necessary for life
What is diffusion?
The tendency for molecules to spread out evenly into the available space
Diffusion of solutes
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
The ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water based on concentration of solute
The control of solute concentrations and water balance and is necessary for life
The diffusion of a substance across a biological membrane down the concentration gradient, which requires no energy is?
Passive transport
Active transport
Facilitated diffusion
Osmosis
Passive movement of molecules across the plasma membrane that is aided by transport proteins
Passive transport
Active transport
Facilitated diffusion
Osmosis
What is the passive transport of the solvent (water)?
Passive transport
Active transport
Facilitated diffusion
Osmosis
The movement of substances against the concentration gradient, which requires energy and transport proteins
Passive transport
Active transport
Facilitated diffusion
Osmosis
Which of the following apply to channel proteins?
provide corridors that allow a specific molecule or ion to cross the membrane
undergo a subtle change in shape that translocate the solute-binding site across the membrane
used in facilitated diffusion
A type of transport protein
Which of the following apply to carrier proteins?
provide corridors that allow a specific molecule or ion to cross the membrane
undergo a subtle change in shape that translocate the solute-binding site across the membrane
used in facilitated diffusion
A type of transport protein
What is isotonic?
when the solute concentration is the same as that inside the cell
when the solute concentration is higher outside of the cell
when the solute concentration is lower outside the cell
What is hypertonic?
when the solute concentration is the same as that inside the cell
when the solute concentration is higher outside of the cell
when the solute concentration is lower outside the cell
What is hypotonic?
when the solute concentration is the same as that inside the cell
when the solute concentration is higher outside of the cell
when the solute concentration is lower outside the cell
If a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, does it lose or gain water?
the cell loses water
the cell gains water
there is no net water movement across the cell membrane
If a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, does it lose or gain water?
the cell loses water
the cell gains water
there is no net water movement across the cell membrane
If a cell is placed in a isotonic solution, does it lose or gain water?
the cell loses water
the cell gains water
there is no net water movement across the cell membrane
Check the following that apply, when a plant cell is in a hypotonic solution and swells:
Turgid
Turgor pressure
Flaccid
Plasmolysis
Check the following that apply, when a plant cell is in a hypertonic solution and the membrane pulls away from the cell wall:
Turgid
Turgor pressure
Flaccid
Plasmolysis
Bulk transport is:
when large molecules move across the membrane in bulk via vesicles
requires energy
occurs by exocytosis and endocytosis
is passive transport and does not require energy
In _________ transport vesicles migrate tot he membrane, fuse with it. and release the contents outside of the cell
Exocytosis
Endocytosis
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
In _________ the cell takes in macromolecules by forming vesicles from the plasma membrane
Exocytosis
Endocytosis
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
In _________ , binding of molecules to receptors triggers vesicle formation
Exocytosis
Endocytosis
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
In _________ a cell engulfs a particle in a vacuole. The vacuole fuses with a lysosome to digest the particle.
Exocytosis
Endocytosis
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
In _________ molecules are taken up when extracellular fluid is 'gulped' into tiny vesicles
Exocytosis
Endocytosis
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
(a) is the totality of an organism's chemical reactions.
A __________ pathway begins with a specific molecule and ends with a product.
metabolic
catabolic
cellular respiration
anabolic
__________ is the breakdown of glucose in the presence of oxygen, and is an example of a pathway of catabolism
metabolic
catabolic
cellular respiration
anabolic
A __________ pathway releases energy (exergonic) by breaking down complex molecules into simpler molecules
metabolic
catabolic
cellular respiration
anabolic
A __________ pathway consumes energy (endergonic) to build complex molecules from simpler ones.
metabolic
catabolic
cellular respiration
anabolic
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed
Every energy transfer or transformation increased the entropy (disorder) of the universe
What is the second law of thermodynamics?
Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed
Every energy transfer or transformation increased the entropy (disorder) of the universe
A state of maximum stability
free energy
spontaneous change
equilibrium
activation energy
catalyst
When free energy decreases and the stability of the system increases
free energy
spontaneous change
equilibrium
activation energy
catalyst
the initial energy needed to start a chemical reaction
free energy
spontaneous change
equilibrium
activation energy
catalyst
A chemical agent that speeds up a reaction without being consumed by the reaction
free energy
spontaneous change
equilibrium
activation energy
catalyst
energy that can do work when temperature and pressure are uniform
free energy
spontaneous change
equilibrium
activation energy
catalyst
Which reactions releases free energy and is spontaneous?
Exergonic
Endergonic
Which reactions absorbs free energy and is not spontaneous?
Exergonic
Endergonic
This forms a series of reactions that regulate the concentration of substances within cells by enzyme-mediated linear and circular sequences
Metabolic pathway
Degradative pathway
Biosynthetic pathway
Small molecules are assembled into large molecules
Metabolic pathway
Degradative pathway
Biosynthetic pathway
Large molecules are broken down to form products of lower energy, releasing energy that can be used for cellular work
Metabolic pathway
Degradative pathway
Biosynthetic pathway
Select all that apply to enzymes:
A catalytic protein
Affect the change in free energy
Lower the activation energy barrier
Is not substrate specific
Activity can be affect by environmental factors
What is the region on the enzyme where the substrate binds?
Active site
Allosteric regulation
Inhibition
Enzyme-substrate complex
When the enzyme binds to its substrate it forms?
Active site
Allosteric regulation
Inhibition
Enzyme-substrate complex
This occurs when a regulatory molecules binds to a protein at one site and affects the protein's function at another site, may either inhibit or stimulate enzyme activity?
Active site
Allosteric regulation
Inhibition
Enzyme-substrate complex
Prevent the enzyme from catalyzing the reaction, there are different types.
Active site
Allosteric regulation
Inhibition
Enzyme-substrate complex
What would be the enzyme name that binds to the substrate fructose?
fructosely
fructise
fructize
fructase
Select which of the following ways an enzyme can lower the activation energy barrier?
orienting substrates correctly
straining substrate bonds
providing a favorable microenvironment
covalently bonding to the substance
All of the above
Select all that apply to enzymes:
shape determines function
are not affect by factors such as temperature and pH
regulation of specific enzymes helps control metabolism
are proteins and can denature
are inefficient in converting molecules in reactions
This prevents a cell from wasting chemical resources by synthesizing more product than is needed, as the end product of the metabolic pathway shuts down the pathway
competitive inhibitors
noncompetitive inhibitors
feedback inhibition
This binds to the active site of an enzyme preventing the substrate from binding
competitive inhibitors
noncompetitive inhibitors
feedback inhibition
This binds to another part of an enzyme, causing the enzyme to change shape and making the active site less effective
competitive inhibitors
noncompetitive inhibitors
feedback inhibition
Reactions where the substance loses electrons in the presence of oxygen
cofactor
coenzyme
oxidation
reduction
Reactions where the substance gains electrons
cofactor
coenzyme
oxidation
reduction
These are nonprotein enzyme helpers
cofactor
coenzyme
oxidation
reduction
An organic cofactor
cofactor
coenzyme
oxidation
reduction
Check all that are correct about ATP:
adenosine triphosphate
powers cellular work
provides energy by synthesizing ATP from ADP
composed of ribose, adenine, and three phosphate groups
the transfer of the ribose group is what provide energy
Select which terms could be used to describe point C:
Exergonic
Endergonic
Biosynthetic Pathway
Degradative Pathway
Water in
Select which terms could be used to describe point D:
Exergonic
Endergonic
Biosynthetic Pathway
Degradative Pathway
Water in
