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Cell Structure and Function 2.6-2.11

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

What are the two main types of transport

a)

passive and diffusion

b)

active and osmosis

c)

passive and active

d)

cotransport and passive

2.

The concentration gradient for active transport goes from (a)  

3.

Which of the statements is true of facilitated diffusion?

a)

Substances are transported out of the cell only.

b)

Transport occurs with the help of membrane proteins.

c)

Energy is required for transport of substances.

d)

Substances are transported against their concentration gradient.

4.

What is hypertonic?

a)

No net movement of water

b)

Lose water to extracellular surroundings

c)

Gains water

5.

Sweat, released through ducts to the skin surface, helps to cool the body. The types of cells that produce these compounds have different numbers of specific organelles, depending on their function? Based on their function, you would expect melanocytes in the skin to have a higher than usual number of....

a)

lysosomes

b)

chloroplasts

c)

golgi bodies

d)

ribosomes

6.

The endosymbiont theory is supported by all the following pieces of evidence except the fact that...

a)

mitochondria have circular DNA like prokaryotes

b)

mitochondria use ATP like prokaryotes

c)

chloroplasts have ribosomes like prokaryotes

d)

chloroplasts reproduce through a splitting process like certain prokaryotes

7.

Which of the following best describes how organelles within the endomembrane system function together to transport proteins?

a)

Contiguous extracellular membranes connect each organelle, allowing for proteins to travel through the endomembrane system.

b)

Ribosomes bud off from one organelle and then fuse with others to transport proteins through the endomembrane system.

c)

Vesicles bud off from one organelle and then fuse with others to transport proteins through the endomembrane system.

d)

Contiguous intracellular membranes connect each organelle, allowing proteins to travel through the endomembrane system.

8.

Which of the following are common traits of chloroplasts and mitochondria?

a)

both are surrounded by a single membrane

b)

both have their own DNA

c)

both are found in plant and animal cells.

d)

both synthesize proteins on ribosomes in the rough ER

9.

Large molecules are moved out of the cell by which of the following processes?

a)

endocytosis

b)

exocytosis

c)

vesicles

d)

passive diffusion

10.

Four sweet potato cores were placed in solutions of varying concentrations and were found to neither gain nor lose mass in a sucrose solution of 0.42 M. What is the molarity of the cores?

a)

0.58M

b)

0.42M

c)

1.68M

11.

When a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, what is likely to occur?

a)

The cell will swell as water enters.

b)

The cell will shrink as water exits.

c)

There will be no change in the cell's volume.

d)

The cell will divide.

12.

Which organelle is primarily involved in the synthesis of oils, phospholipids, and steroids?

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Mitochondria

13.

What process describes the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration?

a)

Active transport

b)

Facilitated diffusion

c)

Osmosis

d)

Exocytosis

14.

Which cellular process is primarily involved in the breakdown of peroxides?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Lysosomes

c)

Peroxisomes

d)

Golgi apparatus

15.

What type of transport mechanism is used by cells to intake large particles?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Active transport

c)

Facilitated diffusion

d)

Phagocytosis