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2.1.8 Cells -- Chemical Compounds and The Cell Environment

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An ________________ is any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances.

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Cell

c)

Element

d)

Compound

2.

What forms when two or more elements combine chemically?

a)

Compounds

b)

Elements

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Proteins

3.

Carbohydrates

a)

Make up cell membranes

b)

Energy-rich organic compounds made of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

c)

Large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and, in some cases, sulfur

d)

A group of proteins that speed up chemical reactions in living things

4.

Compounds that cell membranes are made of.

a)

Enzymes

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Lipids

d)

Proteins

5.

Proteins

a)

Long, organic molecules

b)

Sugars and starches

c)

Are what cell membranes are made of

d)

Large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and, in some cases, sulfur - include meat, dairy, fish, nuts, and beans

6.

A group of proteins that speed up chemical reactions in living things.

a)

Nucleic Acids

b)

Enzymes

c)

Lipids

d)

Carbohydrates

7.

___________ _______ are very long organic molecules that consist of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus that contain the instructions that cells need to carry out all the functions of life.

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Nucleic Acids

c)

Proteins

d)

Lipids

8.

What 3 elements are included in most organic compounds that make up the human body?

a)

Carbon

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Sulfur

d)

Oxygen

9.

The genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring.

a)

Nucleic Acids

b)

Double Helix

c)

DNA

d)

Proteins

10.

The shape of a DNA molecule is describes as a _____________ ____________.

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Nucleic Acid

c)

DNA

d)

Double Helix

11.

Which inorganic compound is necessary for all life?

a)

Mud

b)

Water

c)

Soil

d)

Fish

12.

Cell membranes are said to be ____________ ____________, which means that some substances can cross the membrane while other cannot,

a)

Selectively Permeable

b)

Passively Permeable

c)

Diffusively Permeable

d)

Osmosis

13.

The movement of dissolved materials across a cell membrane without using the cells energy is called ....

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Active Transport

d)

Passive Transport

14.

The process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.

a)

Diffusion

b)

Passive Transport

c)

Active Transport

d)

Selective Permeability

15.

Diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane.

a)

Passive Transport

b)

Osmosis

c)

Mitosis

d)

Active Transport

16.

The movement of materials across a cell membrane using cellular energy.

a)

Selective Permeability

b)

Passive Transport

c)

Active Transport

d)

Osmosis

17.

What is the picture showing?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Active Transport

d)

Osmosis

18.

A process hwere the cell membrane changes shape and engulfs the particle is ...

a)

Active Import

b)

Active Transport

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Endocytosis

19.

When a vacuole first fuses with the cell membrane, then forms an opening to the outside and spills out the contents of the vacuole ...

a)

Exocytosis

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Active Transport

d)

Active Diffusion