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Cells quiz!

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the MAIN function of a cell membrane?

a)

Storage of water

b)

Storage of energy

c)

Make proteins

d)

Breakdown of materials

e)

Regulates what enters or exits a cell

2.

Which of the following is NOT a reason cells have to be a certain size?

a)

communication between cell parts breaks down if a cell is too large

b)

the cost to move materials becomes to costly if a cell is too large

c)

the cell may burst if a cell is too large

d)

a cell cannot reproduce if a cell is too large

3.

Which of the following kingdoms are prokaryotic?

a)

animals

b)

plants

c)

protists

d)

bacteria

e)

fungi

4.

Prokaryotic organisms have a nucleus and specialized organelles

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which of the following is true of Facilitated diffusion?

a)

Uses energy

b)

is used to move large molecules through a protein channel

c)

moves from low to high concentration

d)

used to move very small molecules from high to low concentration

6.

A student using a microscope observes a cell and notices it has a nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, and a cell wall made of cellulose. This cell would most likely be:

a)

A plant cell

b)

An animal cell

c)

A bacteria

d)

A fungus cell

7.

In the diagram the dots represent small, uncharged carbon dioxide particles. Predict the motion of the molecules

a)

will move into the cell via active transport

b)

will move into the cell via osmosis

c)

will move into the cell via simple diffusion

d)

will move out of the cell via facilitated diffusion

8.

What process is being used to move materials across the membrane into the cell?

a)

osmosis

b)

None of the above

c)

exocytosis

d)

facilitated diffusion

e)

active transport

9.

Site of protein production in the cell. Found in all types of cells

a)

Chloroplast

b)

peroxisome

c)

lysosome

d)

Mitochondria

e)

Ribosome

10.

Works with the ribosomes to modify proteins. Acts like a "highway system" to transport materials

a)

Endoplasmic reticulum

b)

Lysosome

c)

Nucleus

d)

Cytoskeleton

11.

This organelle site of cellular respiration(makes energy) for a cell.

a)

nucleolus

b)

ribosome

c)

centrioles

d)

chloroplast

e)

mitochondria

12.

This organelle acts like “support beams” to maintain shape and structure in animal cells.

a)

ribosome

b)

nucleus

c)

cytoskeleton

d)

choroplast

e)

nucleolus

13.

Which of the following explains why drinking high sugar drinks can be dangerous before being active in high temperatures?

a)

creates a hypotonic environment in the blood which dehydrates cells

b)

creates a hypertonic environment in the blood which dehydrates cells

c)

creates a hypotonic environment in the blood which causes cells to burst

d)

creates a hypertonic environment in the blood which causes cells to burst

14.

Which of the following is a way that active transport and diffusion are different?

a)

active transport moves small molecules, diffusion moves large molecules

b)

active transport moves water high to low, diffusion moves everything else

c)

active transport uses energy, diffusion does not

d)

active transport only moves things out of the cell, diffusion moves things both ways

15.

The vacuole of a plant cell stores water and maintains turgor pressure in a cell

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Since all cells need a source of energy, all cells must have mitochondria

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The Golgi contains digestive enzymes to break down old cell parts and pathogens.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Bacteria, Fungi, and Protists are the only kingdoms with unicellular organisms

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What process would be used to move Na+ INTO the cell?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Active Transport

c)

Simple diffusion

d)

Plasmolysis

20.

Plants make their own sugar in _________ and then break down the glucose sugar into ATP energy via cellular respiration in the __________

a)

chloroplast; vacuole

b)

chloroplast; mitochondria

c)

mitochondria; chloroplast

d)

mitochondria; ribosome

21.

Which of the following organelles is found in ALL kingdoms of life?

a)

nucleus

b)

chloroplast

c)

ribosomes

d)

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

22.

When measuring the amount of a solute, the following terms are used:  Identify the correct word parts to their meanings, Isotonic = _________, Hypotonic = _________,

and Hypertonic = _________

a)

same; more; less

b)

more; less; same

c)

less; more; same

d)

same; less; more