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Unit 2 Exam: Cell Structure and Transport

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 2hrs 3mins

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Class
Date
1.

What best describes the solution the cell is in?

a)

Hypotonic Solution

b)

Hypertonic Solution

c)

Isotonic Solution

d)

None of the above

2.

Which of the following are NOT found in animal cells?

a)

chloroplasts and cytoplasm

b)

chloroplasts and cell wall

c)

cell wall and cell membrane

d)

mitochondria and nucleus

3.

What characteristic defines this organism as a prokaryotic cell?

a)

Ability to move

b)

Ability to respond to stimuli

c)

Having a nucleus

d)

Lacking of membrane-bound organelles

4.
What is the function of the cell membrane, in ALL living organisms?
a)
Provides support and structure in the cell.
b)
Synthesizes protein for ATP for the cell.
c)
Storage of raw materials (food) and ATP for the cell. 
d)
Regulates the transport of materials into and out of the cell. 
5.
What type of transport is occurring in Part C of the diagram shown?
a)
Active Transport
b)
Osmosis
c)
Facilitated Diffusion
d)
Diffusion
6.
What is facilitated diffusion?
a)
Transport that uses proteins to help move molecules across the membrane. 
b)
Movements of substances through a membrane. 
c)
When molecules spread from High to Low concentration on their own. 
d)
When pressure pushes something through a membrane. 
7.
What is something that prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have in common?
a)
They have a nucleus. 
b)
They are multi-cellular. 
c)
They have DNA. 
d)
They have organelles that are membrane-bound.
8.
This picture represents what type of cell transport?
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
osmosis
d)
passive transport
9.
what type of solution causes the blood cells to swell and burst.
a)
hypotonic solution
b)
hypertonic solution
c)
isotonic solution
d)
active transport
10.

An unidentified cell under a microscope contains a nucleus. You know that this cannot be an example of this type of cell:

a)

prokaryotic cell

b)

eukaryotic cell

c)

plant cell

d)

animal cell

11.

What are the yellow circles on the diagram and how do they react to water?

a)

phosphate heads, hydrophilic

b)

phosphate heads, hydrophobic

c)

lipid tails, hydrophobic

d)

lipid tails, hydrophilic

12.

The particles in this diagram are too large to pass through the semipermeable membrane, so water moves across instead to achieve equal concentrations on both sides. This is an example of:

a)

simple diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

osmosis

d)

active transport

13.
The cell membrane of the red blood cell will allow water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide to pass through. Because other substances are blocked from entering, this membrane is called
a)
perforated
b)
semi-permeable
c)
non-conducive
d)
permeable
14.

When a cell forms a vesicle around unwanted particles and expels it OUT of the cell.

a)

Pinocytosis

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Receptor-mediated

d)

Exocytosis

15.
Which is true about active transport?
a)
It requires energy
b)
it does not require energy
c)
It moves substances down the concentration gradient
d)
it moves material from high to low concentration
16.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
mitochondrion
d)
golgi apparatus
17.
What is found in both plant and animal cells but is much larger in plant cells?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Vacuole
18.
This organelle takes food and turns it into ENERGY for plant and animal cells.
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Lysosome
d)
Ribosome
19.
What is the gel-like substance inside of cells called?

a)
photoplasm
b)
photosynthesis
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
cytoplasm
20.

Identify the structure at the end of the arrow.

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Nucleus

c)

Ribosome

d)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

21.

Identify the structures at the bottom of the arrows.

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Golgi Bodies

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Chloroplasts

22.

Identify the structure that the arrow is pointing to.

a)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

b)

Golgi Body

c)

Ribosome

d)

Mitochondria

23.
Using this image, what organelle is C?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Large Cell Vacuole
d)
Chloroplast
24.
What is the function of the vacuole?
a)
Sac that stores water, nutrients, and waste products
b)
Sac filled with digestive chemicals
c)
Jelly-like substance within the plasma membrane
d)
stack of membranes that packages chemicals
25.
I make proteins for the cell. What am I?
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
lysosome
26.

This cell would be classified as a(n) ________________ cell.

a)

prokaryotic

b)

eukaryotic

c)

animal

d)

virus

27.
Gives the cell a rigid, box-like shape; outside of the cell membrane; in plants.
a)
cytoplasm
b)
chromatin
c)
cell wall
d)
cell membrane
28.
Which organelle uses energy from sunlight to make sugar?
a)
mitochondria
b)
nucleus
c)
chloroplasts
d)
vacuoles
29.
What is this?
a)
mitochondria
b)
lysosomes
c)
chloroplast
d)
endoplasmic reticulum
30.

organelle that contains digestive enzymes to

breakdown harmful substances

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Vacuole

c)

Lysosome

d)

Centriole

31.

long hair like projection used for movement in

cells; uses a whip-like motion

a)

Cilia

b)

Flagella

c)

Microsome

d)

Vesicle

32.
What is the difference between rough and smooth ER?
a)
There is no difference.
b)
Plants have rough ER, animals have smooth ER.
c)
What type of injuries the Doctors treat.
d)
Rough has ribosomes, smooth does not.
33.
Describes the arrangement of the cell membrane as bendable and made of many parts. 
a)
The Fluid Mosaic Model 
b)
The Major Mobility Model 
c)
The Crazy Cell Model
d)
The Maze Model
34.
What do the brown structures represent?
a)
Phospholipids
b)
Glycoproteins
c)
Channel Proteins 
d)
Cyctoskeleton Filaments
35.
Hydrophobic region of the cell membrane?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
C
d)
36.

This image is an example of a phospholipid. Which part of a phospholipid is HYDROPHILIC?

a)

the phosphate "head"

b)

the lipid "tails"

37.

The cell membrane is made up of:

a)

Polar phosphate heads, non-polar lipid tails

b)

Non-polar protein heads, polar fatty acid tails

c)

Polar hydrogen heads, polar fatty acid tails

d)

Non-polar protein heads, non-polar lipid tails

38.
Which of the following scientists concluded that all animals are made of cells?
a)
Rudolf Virchow
b)
Matthais Schleiden
c)
Robert Hooke
d)
Theodor Schwann
39.

Which statement was NOT included in cell theory?

a)

All living things are composed of cells.

b)

Living cells come only from other living cells.

c)

Each cell contains a cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum.

d)

Cells are the smallest structure of living things that can perform the functions necessary for life.

40.

Who discovered that all cells come from other living cells and had research that lead to the last major principle of cell theory?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Theodore Schwann

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Rudolf Virchow

41.

Which of the following describes the structure and function of a cell membrane? 

I. semipermeable bilayer of phospholipids that regulates what enters and exits the ribosomes during protein synthesis

II. phospholipid bilayer that has hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions to regulate the movement of substances across the membrane

III. proteins embedded with organelles that allow big molecules to cross using passive diffusion. 

a)

II only

b)

I and II

c)

III only

d)

II and III

42.

Endocytosis is different from facilitated diffusion. Which of the following accurately describes the main differences between the two types of transport?

I. Facilitated diffusion uses energy to help carrier molecules across the membrane, but endocytosis uses energy to export large molecules from the cell. 

II. Endocytosis is an example of active transport while facilitated diffusion is passive. 

III. Both are methods of active transport; endocytosis uses transport molecules to ingest large molecules and facilitated diffusion uses carrier proteins to export water. 

a)

No answer is correct

b)

II only

c)

I and III

d)

II and III

43.

Which of these is true about the enzyme in Figure 1 above?

a)

It has become denatured after the process

b)

The enzyme is unaffected and can be used again

c)

The enzyme is the pointed molecule

d)

The enzyme is combining molecules of the substrate

44.

How do carrier proteins facilitate active transport?

a)

Carrier proteins move substances from a low to high concentration.

b)

Carrier proteins create an hypertonic solution.

c)

Carrier proteins move substances from a high to low concentration.

d)

Carrier proteins block the plasma membrane

45.

The cell has a lower concentration of solute, and the net movement of water is into the cell.

a)

Hypotonic solution

b)

Hypertonic solution

c)

Isotonic solution

46.

Which means of particle transport is shown in Figure 7–4?

a)

diffusion

b)

osmosis

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

active transport

47.
The cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
48.
Hydrophobic region of the cell membrane?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
C
d)
49.

Essential nutrients move through a cell membrane by both passive transport and active transport. Which of the following correctly describes the transport of materials across a cell membrane?

a)

Active transport requires chemical energy to move nutrients from areas of low concentration to areas of high concentration.

b)

Passive transport requires chemical energy to move nutrients from areas of low concentration to areas of high concentration.

c)

Active transport moves nutrients from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration without the use of chemical energy.

d)

Passive transport moves nutrients from areas of low concentration to areas of high concentration without the use of chemical energy.

50.
 An animal cell placed in a hypertonic (salty) solution will
a)
Stay the same
b)
Shrink- get smaller
c)
Swell- get bigger
51.

Trichondia is a eukaryotic organism that attaches itself to fish and eats bacteria. Which of the following distinguishes Trichodina from all prokaryotes?

a)

Trichodina is unicellular

b)

Trichodina has a nucleus

c)

Trichodina has cytoplasm

d)

Trichodina is heterotrophic

52.

A type membrane protein that can pump one substance in one direction, while transporting another substance in the opposite direction.

a)

pump transport

b)

bulk transport

c)

diffusion

d)

osmosis

53.
What type of transport is this?
a)
Endocytosis
b)
Facilitated Diffusion
c)
Active Transport Pump
d)
Osmosis
54.

Which one is the definition of active transport?

a)

movement of particles through the cell membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration using energy in the form of ATP.

b)

passage of water molecules from a region of their higher concentration to a region of their lower concentration through a partially permeable membrane

c)

net movement of molecule from a region of higher concentration to region of lower concentration. Molecule down a concentration gradient

d)

net movement of molecule from a region of lower concentration to region of higher concentration. Molecule down a concentration gradient

55.

Organize the levels into the least complex to the most complex:

a)

organelle

b)

cell

c)

tissue

d)

organ

e)

organ system

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
56.

If you eat meat for dinner, the organic molecules in the meat would be found in new molecules of...

a)

glucose

b)

protein

c)

starch

d)

fatty acids

57.

Label the function of each organelle:

58.

Which two answer choices describe sugar & fat molecules?

a)

Fat molecules are inorganic

b)

Sugar molecules provide us with energy

c)

Fat molecules store extra energy

d)

Sugar molecules produce proteins

59.

If enzymes change shape, they will no lomnger function. Two factors that can change the shape of enzymes are ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
temeprature
pH
sunlight
nitrogen
60.

Process X represents ​ (a)   which occurs in the ​ (b)   . Process Y represents ​ (c)   which occurs in the ​ (d)   . Do both plant and animals cells complete cellular respiration? ​ (e)  

Choose from the below words
photosynthesis
chloroplast
cellular respiration
mitochondria
Yes, they do.
No, they do not.
61.

The actions of cells X and Y help the plant to control ​ (a)   loss, which helps them maintain ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
water
oxygen
homeostasis
metabolism
62.

At which point on the graph does the enzyme denature?

63.

When looking at an onion cell under the microscope, in lower power you will see ​ (a)   cells and they will be ​ (b)   . In high power, you will see ​ (c)   cells and they will be ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
more
smaller
less
larger
64.

Match the following:

a)

active transport

1.

requires ATP

b)

passive transport

2.

does not require ATP

c)

diffusion

3.

molecules move from high to low

d)

endocytosis

4.

molecules move from low to high

65.

Label each organelle:

66.

Three potato slices with the same mass were each placed in three beakers, each labeled with its number and contents. After 30 minutes, the potato slices were removed from the solutions, dried with a paper towel, and the mass was determined. The results are shown in the table.

Why did the potato in Beaker 1 gain mass but the potatoes in Beaker 2 and Beaker 3 did not?

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67.

Why is Molecule A able to diffuse across the cell membrane but Molecule B is not?

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68.

Cells employ different methods to transport substances in and out of the cell. Facilitated diffusion is one such method. Explain what facilitated diffusion is and how it operates within the cell membrane to transport specific molecules, such as glucose, into the cell. Describe the role of transport proteins in this process.

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69.

Cells use different methods to move materials into and out of the cell.  The sodium-potassium pump is an example of one of these methods.  What type of transport method does the sodium-potassium pump use and explain this method? 

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70.

Vegetables at the grocery store are sprayed with water to prevent wilting.   What transport method do the celery cells undergo when sprayed with water?  Explain why this process occurs.

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