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AP Bio Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of macromolecule are receptor molecules?
a)
nucleic acid
b)
protein
c)
carbohydrate
d)
lipid
2.
What do protein kinase molecules do to other molecules?
a)
they add a phosphate group to them
b)
they remove phosphate groups from them
c)
they break them down
d)
they inhibit the action of the molecule
3.

Which of the following represents a signaling molecule that acts long-distance?

a)

hormone

b)

saccharide

c)

second messengers

d)

neurotransmitter

4.

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of events involved in signal transduction?

a)

reception, response, transduction

b)

transduction, reception, response

c)

response, reception, transduction

d)

reception, transduction, response

5.

What is a molecule that specifically binds to another molecule called?

a)

modulator

b)

ligand

c)

hormone

d)

neurotransmitter

6.

True/False: steroid hormones (non-polar/hydrophobic molecules) can passively diffuse across membranes.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is it called when you add energy to a molecule via the addition of a phosphate

a)

energization

b)

phosphorylation

c)

phosphorylase

8.

cellular communication that occurs through cell junctions

a)

direct contact

b)

local signaling

c)

long-distance signaling

d)

signaling substances

9.

Gap junctions

a)

cell junction in animals cells

b)

cell junction in plant cells

c)

long-distance signaling

d)

signaling substances

10.

plasmodesmata

a)

cell junction in animals cells

b)

cell junction in plant cells

c)

long-distance signaling

d)

signaling substances

11.

a secreting cell will release chemical messages that travel a short distance through the extracellular fluid. The chemical messages will cause a response in a target cell

a)

local regulators

b)

direction contact

c)

long distance signaling

d)

ligand

12.

secretory cells release local regulators (ie growth factors) via exocytosis to an adjacent cell

a)

paracrine signaling

b)

synaptic signaling

c)

gap junction

d)

plasmodesmata

13.

occurs in animal nervous systems when neurotransmitters diffuse across the synaptic cleft- space between the nerve and the target cell

a)

paracrine signaling

b)

synaptic signaling

c)

gap junction

d)

plasmodesmata

14.

Largests category of cell surface receptors, important in animal sensory systems

a)

GPCRs

b)

Ion Channels

c)

Cation Channels

d)

CPCRs

15.

Located in the plasma membrane, important to the nervous system, receptors act as a gate

a)

GPCRs

b)

Ion Channels

c)

Cation Channels

d)

CPCRs