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Cell Biology Quiz

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Describe what happens in the two types of redox reactions.

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2.

What is the definition of cellular respiration and why is it important to cell/organisms?

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3.

If two separate cells have different organelles per cell, what would that tell us about their functions?

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4.

What is the general difference between passive transport and active transport

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5.

What are the main observations of cell theory?

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6.

How do cells arise from preexisting cells

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7.

How are phospholipids held together in a plasma membrane

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8.

Without cells, there is no life

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9.

What are the two main categories of cells

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10.

How many times does the citric acid cycle turn for each glucose molecule

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11.

Match the type of cellular respiration to its correct definition

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12.

Match the term to the correct process

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13.

If two separate cells have different organelles per cell what would that tell us about their function

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14.

Where does pyruvate oxidation occur

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15.

What is oxidation?

a)

loss of electrons

b)

loss of water

c)

gain of electrons

d)

gain of water

16.

Reduction is the ___________ of electrons.

a)

loss

b)

gain

c)

sharing

d)

transfer

17.

During a chemical reaction, the loss of an electron from an atom or molecule is termed

a)

reduction

b)

cellular respiration

c)

kinetics

d)

oxidation

e)

metabolism

18.
Process where food is broken down to release chemical energy. Occurs in the mitochondria.
a)
Cellular Respiration
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Active Transport
d)
Passive Transport
19.
What is the third step of Cell Respiration?
a)
Glycolysis
b)
Krebs Cycle
c)
Calvin Cycle
d)
Electron Transport Chain
20.
What is the second step of Cell Respiration?
a)
Glycolysis
b)
Krebs Cycle
c)
Calvin Cycle
d)
Electron Transport Chain
21.
Which process in eukaryotic cells will proceed normally whether oxygen (O2) is present or absent?
a)
electron transport
b)
glycolysis
c)
the citric acid cycle (Krebs)
d)
oxidative phosphorylation
22.
What are the reactants for Cell Respiration?
a)
CO2 + H20
b)
Sugar + CO2
c)
Sugar + O2
d)
CO2 + H20 + 38 ATP
23.

Which organelle performs Cellular Respiration?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Mitochondria

24.
How is energy released from ATP?
a)
adding a phosphate
b)
making a new bond
c)
removing the 3rd phosphate
d)
adding a protein
25.
anaerobic respiration is also called:
a)
Cellular Respiration
b)
Fermentation 
c)
The Electron Transport Chain
d)
Kevin
26.
Which of these makes the most ATP energy molecules?
a)
Aerobic
b)
Anaerobic
27.
How is energy released from ATP?
a)
adding a phosphate
b)
making a new bond
c)
removing the 3rd phosphate
d)
adding a protein
28.
What is the main chemical compound that stores and releases energy?
a)
ATP
b)
Cytoplasm
c)
PTP
d)
Oxygen
29.
This is the equation for...
a)
photosynthesis
b)
cellular respiration
30.
This molecule contains three phosphate groups
a)
ADP
b)
ATP
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Nucleus
31.
Which of the following is not part of the Cell Theory?
a)
All organisms are made up of one or more cells
b)
Cells are the basic unit of life
c)
All cells come from other cells
d)
Endoplasmic reticulum, cell membrane, golgi bodies, vacuoles are cell organelles
32.
 Cell Theory states: "All living things are made up of cells."
a)
True
b)
False
33.

Which diagram correctly models the cell theory?

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three parts of Cell Theory?
a)
All living things are made of cells.
b)
The cell is the smallest living thing that can perform all the functions of life.
c)
Cells are too small to see without a microscope.  
d)
All cells must come from pre-existing cells.
35.

Which statement is NOT a part of the Cell Theory?

a)

All cells come from pre-existing cells

b)

All living things are made of cells

c)

All cells form from spontaneous generations

d)

Cells are the basic unit of structure & function of living organisms

36.
What does "bilayer" mean?
a)

one layer

b)

two layers

c)

laminated

d)

bilateral

37.

What are the two parts of a phospholipid?

a)

Head and tail

b)

Head and arm

c)

Base and tip

d)

Core and limb

38.
"Water Fearing" 
a)
Hydrophobic
b)
Hydrophilic 
c)
Hydroelectric 
d)
Hydroloric
39.
Osmosis is the diffusion of _____ across a selectively permeable membrane.
a)
food
b)
air
c)
water
d)
oxygen
40.
What does selectively-permeable mean?
a)
The cell controls what passes in and out of the cell
b)
Nothing gets through
c)
The cell lets only large substances through
d)
The cell is going to die.
41.

True or False: In simple diffusion, molecules move from high concentration to low concentration across a membrane.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

In ACTIVE TRANSPORT, substances move from:

a)

High concentration to low concentration

b)

Low concentration to high concentration