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Domain 1: Cells

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A cell organelle compose of RNA and proteins; the site of protein synthesis

a)

Ribosome

b)

Golgi Apparatus

c)

Vacuole

d)

Lysosome

2.

Which organelle is responsible for digesting materials in the cell?

a)

Lysosomes

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Nucleus

d)

Ribosomes

3.

What organelle is the site where photosynthesis occurs?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Nucleus

d)

Ribosomes

4.

What is the difference between active and passive transport?

a)

Active does not need energy and passive uses ATP

b)

Active uses ATP and passive does not

c)

Active stores transport proteins and passive releases

d)

Active uses hormones and passive does not

5.

Which form of active transport is being shown?

a)

Facilitated Diffusion

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Protein Pumps

6.

Which form of active transport is being shown?

a)

Pinocytosis

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Osmosis

7.

Active transport moves molecules from a low concentration to a high concentration

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The difference in the concentration of a substance from one location to another is called

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Concentration Gradient

d)

Passive transport

9.

Which of the following describes homeostasis?

a)

Keeps variables exactly at the set point

b)

Organism's ability to maintain steady (stable) internal conditions

c)

Acts to keep values outside of a desired range

d)

operates through positive feedback

10.

Negative feedback loops

a)

are one way an organism can maintain homeostasis

b)

are rarely found in healthy individuals

c)

respond by making deviations from normal even larger

d)

cannot be counteracted with medicine

11.

Stack of membranes in the cell that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins from the Endoplasmic Reticulum

a)

Vacuole

b)

Smooth ER

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Cell Membrane

12.

storage structures for food, water, minerals, waste...usually plants have one larger vacuole while animals have many small ones located throughout cell

a)

Rough ER

b)

Vacuole

c)

Lysosome

d)

Chloroplast

13.

Organelle that converts food into energy; has a double membrane

a)

Cytoskeleton

b)

nucleus

c)

mitochondria

d)

cytoplasm

14.

A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended

a)

ribosome

b)

mRNA

c)

Cytoskeleton

d)

Cytoplasm

15.

The cell organelle that contains the cells DNA. The DNA in the nucleus contains the coded instructions for making proteins and other important molecules.

a)

Lysosome

b)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

c)

Nucleus

d)

Golgi Apparatus

16.

What is the cell wall's main job?

a)

To produce food, protection, and storage

b)

For protection, support, and communication

c)

to move, attack, and eat

d)

to attack other cells, growth, and see

17.

This structure is found only in plant cells. It is outside of the cell membrane and provides support/structure to the plant.

a)

Cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

chloroplast

d)

photosynthesis

18.

1. All cells come from other cells.

2. All living organisms are made of a least one cell.

3. Cells are the basic unit of life.

a)

Cell Life

b)

Cell Theory

c)

Cell Rule

19.

When a cell breaks down simple sugar into carbon dioxide and water, thus releasing energy for the cell. This is called? 

a)

mitosis

b)

carbon monoxide

c)

cellular respiration

d)

photosynthesis

20.

The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane. 

a)

diffusion

b)

osmosis

c)

mitosis

d)

photosynthesis

21.

What are the products of photosynthesis?

a)

water and carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen and glucose

c)

oxygen and water

d)

oxygen and carbon dioxide

22.

What is a major difference between plant cells and animal cells?

a)

Plant cells contain mitochondria, but animal cells do not. 

b)

Plant cells have a cell membrane, but animal cells do not.

c)

Plant cells contain a nucleus, animal cells do not. 

d)

Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplast, but animal cells do not. 

23.

Bacteria 

a)

are multicellular and have a nucleus

b)

are unicellular and have a nucleus

c)

are unicellular and don't have a nucleus

d)

are multicellular and don't have a nucleus

24.

Which of the following is not a part of interphase?

a)

G2

b)

G1

c)

M

d)

s

25.

Cells spend the majority of their lifes in

a)

interphase

b)

S

c)

M

d)

G2

26.

the uncontrolled division of cells that results in malignant growth 

a)

tissues

b)

mitosis

c)

cancer

d)

anaphase

27.

During interphase, a cell grows, dublicates organelles, and...

a)

copies DNA

b)

divides the nucleus

c)

produces a new cell

d)

divides the cytoplams

28.

The part of the cell cycle that divides the cytoplasm of the cell

a)

Synthesis phase

b)

G1

c)

G2

d)

Cytokinesis

29.

DNA is replicated during ______ of the cell cycle.

a)

G1

b)

S

c)

G2

d)

G0

30.

The stages of mitosis in order

a)

Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase

b)

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

c)

Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase, Metaphase

d)

Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Telophase

31.

The following describes __________ during mitosis. The chromatin condenses and spindle fibers form at each side of the cell. The nuclear membrane breaks apart.

a)

prophase

b)

anaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

32.

The following describes ________  during mitosis. The chromosomes line up along the center of the cell and the spindle fibers attach to each chromosome at the centromere.

a)

prophase

b)

anaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

33.

The following describes _________ during mitosis. The spindle fiber splits the centromere and the chromatids move to opposite sides of the cell.

a)

prophase

b)

metaphase

c)

anaphase

d)

telophase

34.

All of the offspring of an organism have the same genetic material, which is identical to the parent organism.

a)

Sexual reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

35.

What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?

a)

Allows genetic variation

b)

happens very quickly

c)

only needs one parent

d)

offspring are exact copies of the parent

36.

The concentration of solute outside the membrane is higher than the concentration of solute inside the cell membrane. Water will move outside the cell and the cell will shrink.

a)

Isotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Hypotonic

37.

The concentration of solute inside the cell is higher than the concentration outside the cell. Water will flow across the cell membrane into the cell and eventually cause the cell to burst.

a)

Isotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Hypotonic

38.

The concentration of a solute is the same on both sides of the cell membrane. The system is in equilibrium with the concentration of the solute the same inside and outside of the cell.

a)

Isotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Hypotonic

39.

What are the levels of organization in a multicellular organism?

a)

Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems, Organism

b)

Organism, Organ Systems, Organs, Tissues, Cells

c)

Cells, Organs, Tissues, Organism, Organ System

d)

Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organism, Organ Systems

40.

Which of the following units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

a)

Amino acids

b)

fatty acids

c)

nucleotides

d)

carbohydrates

41.

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

a)

the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

b)

the color of the nitrogen bases

c)

the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

d)

the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

42.

The enzyme that unzips the DNA to prepare for replication

a)

helicase

b)

polymerase

c)

replicase

d)

synthase

43.

DNA replication results in two DNA molecules,

a)

each one with two original strands

b)

each one with one new strand and one original strand

c)

each one with two new strands

d)

one with two new strands and the other with two original strands

44.

Which process is used to make mRNA from the DNA in the nucleus?

a)

Transcription

b)

Replication

c)

Translation

45.

Translation ...

a)

converts mRNA into a polypeptide

b)

produces RNA from DNA molecules

c)

catalyzes bonds between amino acids

d)

recycles tRNA molecules for reuse

46.

What would be the tRNA anticodon for the mRNA codon CAG?

a)

GTC

b)

GUC

c)

CAG

d)

CUG

47.

In mRNA, each codon specifies a particular 

a)

nucleotide

b)

amino acid

c)

pyrimidine

d)

purine

48.

What type of bond join the nitrogen bases together in DNA? 

a)

Covalent

b)

mutual

c)

hydrogen

d)

peptide

49.

The three parts of a nucleotide

a)

mRNA, phosphate, nitrogen base

b)

nitrogen base, phosphate, sugar

c)

mRNA, nitrogen base, sugar

d)

sugar, phosphate, mRNA

50.

Translation occurs in the

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

cytoplasm

d)

golgi apparatus