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Quiz1_IntroductionToCell

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have all of the following, EXCEPT:

a)

A plasma membrane

b)

A genome of DNA

c)

Subcellular organelles

d)

The ability to replicate

2.

Biological membranes are associated with all of the following, EXCEPT:

a)

Prevention of free diffusion of solutes

b)

Release of proteins when damaged

c)

Sites for biochemical processes

d)

Free movement of proteins across membrane

3.

Which of the following best describes Lysosomal enzymes? Select all that apply

a)

Are hydrolases

b)

operate at acidic pH

c)

isolated from substrates by the lysosomal

membrane

d)

Can lead to cellular digestion

4.

One of the roles of peroxisomes is to render H2O2 non-toxic by

a)

Oxidizing amino acids with O2

b)

The action of the enzyme catalase

c)

Transporting H2O2

from blood to peroxisomes

d)

Shortening of a fatty acid chain

5.

Biochemistry is very different in comparison to biology or chemistry

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Cells and biomolecules have arisen from the following simple molecules

except:

a)

CO2

b)

CH4

c)

NH3

d)

all of the choices

7.

Cells are made up of molecules

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Name the organelle

a)

Mitochondrion

b)

Golgi Apparatus

c)

Nucleus

d)

Nucleolus

9.

Ribosomes are not organelles because ____.

a)

they lack membrane

b)

they are found only in animals

c)

they are made up of proteins

d)

they are very small

10.

SIte of ribosome synthesis

a)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

b)

Golgi Apparatus

c)

Mitochondrion

d)

Nucleolus