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Cell Structure and Function Concepts

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 3hrs 24mins

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Class
Date
1.

Cells that contain a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles are called:

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Simple

d)

Bacteria

2.

Eukaryotic cells all have MITOCHONDRIA. What is the function?

a)

To create proteins for the cell

b)

To clean out cell waste

c)

To generate energy from glucose

d)

To store DNA

3.

A type of cell has a nucleus, lysosomes, cell membrane & chloroplast. The type of cell is:

a)

Animal Cell

b)

Plant Cell

c)

Bacteria

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the Above

4.

What cell part is responsible for the conversion of sunlight and water into glucose (photosynthesis)?

a)

Lysosome

b)

Central Vacuole

c)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

d)

Chloroplast

5.

Select all cell organelles that are found ONLY in plant cells.

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Central Vacuole

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Chloroplast

e)

Golgi Apparatus

6.

A cell has a cell wall, ribosomes, but NO nucleus. What type of cell is it?

a)

Plant Cell

b)

Bacteria Cell

c)

Animal Cell

7.

What cell organelle is responsible for synthesizing proteins?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Flagella

d)

Mitochondria

8.

What makes up a nucleotide?

a)

Sugar

b)

Polymer

c)

Nitrogen Base

d)

Polypeptide

e)

Phosphate

9.

What is a biotic factor?

a)

Geographic Features 

b)

Living things

c)

Hydrologic Cycle

d)

Non-living things

10.

What is an abiotic factor?

a)

Hydrologic Cycle

b)

Living Things

c)

Non-living Things

d)

Geographic Features 

11.

Check off ALL of the ABIOTIC factors below. (Choose all that apply.)

a)

Soil

b)

Rocks

c)

Birds

d)

Sun 

12.

Check off ALL of the examples of biotic factors below. (Choose all that apply.)

a)

Soil

b)

Rocks

c)

Birds

d)

Fish

13.

Since species within an ecosystem depend on one another, why don't populations of species continuously grow? 

a)

Not enough food, water, shelter

b)

Organisms don't reproduce

14.

What is a population?

a)

1 organism 

b)

Groups of individuals of the same species living in a particular area

c)

All life, biotic and abiotic in an area

d)

Groups of non-related/multiple species living in the same area

15.

What is a community?

a)

1 species living in a given location

b)

Biotic and Abiotic Factors

c)

Many populations living in the same location 

d)

1 organism 

16.

How is an ecosystem different from a community?

a)

They are the same

b)

An ecosystem includes the interaction between a community of organisms (biotic factors) interacting with their environment  (abiotic factors) 

c)

An ecosystem has only abiotic factors

d)

An ecosystem is more specific

17.

What provides energy for an entire ecosystem?

a)

Sun

b)

Air

c)

Water

d)

Fish

18.
Elements essential to life like Carbon and Nitrogen must be
a)
created using combustion
b)
emitted as carbon monoxide
c)
burned as fossil fuels
d)
cycled throughout the earth
19.
Legumes such as soybean plants play an essential role in the Nitrogen cycle because they
a)
fix nitrogen on root nodules
b)
grow well in black soil
c)
are a nitrogen rich food source
d)
are yummy
20.

The nitrogen cycle is important because

a)

plants need nitrogen to grow

b)

a majority of the air we breathe is nitrogen

c)

animals get nitrogen they need from eating plants

d)

all of the above is true

21.

Rhizobium is a bacteria that lives on the root nodules of legumes and is involved in

a)

decomposition

b)

nitrogen fixation

c)

cellular respiration

d)

photosynthesis

22.

Which organism in the diagram takes Nitrogen from the atmosphere and makes it usable to the plants?

a)

organism 1

b)

organism 2

c)

organism 3

d)

organism 4

23.

Carbon is stored deep in the lithosphere as

a)

biomass

b)

roots

c)

fossil fuels

d)

factory emissions

24.

Check all the ways that carbon is released in to the atmosphere.

a)

animal respiration

b)

emissions/combustion

c)

plant respiration

d)

decaying organisms

25.

What beneficial gas does algae put into ponds, lakes, and oceans?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

nitrogen

d)

argon

26.

How does competition affect population?

a)

Most populations do not have competition

b)

It maximizes the carrying capacity of an ecosystem

c)

It limits population sizes and drives natural selection

d)

It benefits both species and increases their populations

27.

How do ecosystems obtain energy in environments that have no light?

a)

Through chemosynthetic organisms

b)

Without light the organisms will need to move or they may go extinct

c)

Through photosynthetic organisms

d)

All ecosystems have some light

28.

Why are decomposers necessary in ecosystems?

a)

They recycle essential nutrients back down to producers

b)

They enrich soil with nitrogen

c)

They help keep ecosystems clean

d)

All of the above

29.

Why does high biodiversity increase ecosystem stability?

a)

Ecosystems do best when populations are as large as possible

b)

High biodiversity increases the carrying capacity of an ecosystem

c)

More diversity increases the chances that organisms can survive changes to an ecosystem

d)

Ecosystems are most stable when biodiversity is low

30.

How do invasive species impact ecosystems?

a)

The increase density dependent limiting factors

b)

They establish themselves as new keystone species in an area

c)

The open up new niches in the ecosystem

d)

They outcompete native species and overpopulate the area

31.

What are keystone species?

a)

Non-native species that have adapted to a new environment

b)

Species that have disproportionate effects on ecosystem stability

c)

The first species to return to an area after a natural disaster

d)

Organisms that can collapse an ecosystem if they overpopulate an area

32.

Cells must be large enough to house ________, __________, and structures needed to survive and ____________.

a)

DNA, Proteins, Live

b)

DNA, Proteins, Reproduce

c)

Carbohydrates, Proteins, Reproduce

d)

DNA, Phagocytosis, Reproduce

33.

Cells must remain small enough to allow for a surface-to-volumen ratio that will adequate echange with the _______________.

a)

lungs

b)

DNA

c)

environment

d)

surface area

34.

Cells need to exchange materials across the ______________________.

a)

villi mircovilli

b)

CO2 and O2

c)

plasma membrane

d)

lungs

35.

Hydrophilic

a)

Heads face outward, exposed to water

b)

Heads face inward, shielded from water

c)

Tails face inward, drinking water

d)

Hydrophobic

36.

Hydrophobic

a)

tails point outward

b)

head point inward

c)

tails point inward, shielded from water

d)

heads point outward, loving water

37.

What are the components to a plasma membrane?

a)

DNA, Carbohydrates, Enzymes, Golgi

b)

Phospholipids, Vesicle, Carbohydrates

c)

Phospholipids, Cholesterol, Proteins, Carbohydrates

d)

Heads and tails

38.

Phospholipids are produced in the ______________.

a)

vesicle

b)

lysosome

c)

smooth ER

d)

golgi apparatus

39.

After the vesicle pinches off, it migrates to the _________.

a)

Smooth ER

b)

Golgi

c)

Cell

d)

Lungs

40.

True or False: The membrane protein transport things in and out of the cell.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

True or False: Membrane proteins relay signals from outside the cell to the inside of the cell and vice versa.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

True or False: Membrane porteins hold the cell to other cells to move things between cells. Also known as intercellular junction.

a)

False

b)

True

43.

Membrane proteins are cell to cell recognition which is....

a)

ID markers so recognized by other humans

b)

ID markers so recognized by other cells (if not recognized could be attacked by immune system)

c)

building walls

d)

ID markers in the colors red, blue, and green

44.

When water moves until the solute concentration on both sides of the membrane is the same, this is known as ____________.

a)

equality

b)

everclear

c)

equilibrium

d)

every day I'm hustlin

45.

True or False: Water balance between cells and their environment is not important.

a)

False

b)

True

46.

____________ the solute concentration is the same on both sides of the membrane. Cell volume will not change.

a)

Hypotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Isotonic

47.

The solute concentration is lower on the outside of the cell. Water molecules move into the cell. Cell expands and may burst.

a)

Hypotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Isotonic

48.

The solute concentration is high on the outside of the cell. Water molecules move out to the cell. Cell shrinks

a)

Hypotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Isotonic.

49.

Which of the following is NOT an example of passive transport?

a)

endocytosis

b)

diffusion

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

osmosis

50.

If a cell is 80% water and the outside environment is 90% water. What is likely to happen?

a)

water will rush into the cell

b)

water will rush out of the cell

c)

water will not move into or out of the cell

d)

net movement of water will be equal

51.

What is Passive Transport?

a)

moves molecules and ions from high to low concentration with NO energy

b)

moves molecules and ions from high to low concentration using energy

52.

Active transport...

a)

is limited to only things leaving the cell

b)

includes diffusion

c)

requires energy

53.

What is selectively permeable?

a)

allows no substances to pass through

b)

allows all substances to pass through

c)

only allows certain substances to pass through

54.

What organelle controls the movement of susbstances into and out of the cell?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

55.

The movement of water down a concentration gradient within the cell is called?

a)

diffusion

b)

osmosis

56.

Predict what would happen to a cell that was placed in a hypertonic solution.

a)

the cell would shrivel

b)

the cell would expand

c)

the cell would remain the same

57.

When a cell uses energy to transport ions against the concentration gradient _________ is used.

a)

active transport

b)

passive transport

58.

In what direction will water move in a cell placed into a hypotonic solution?

a)

out of the cell

b)

into the cell

59.

What is Homeostasis?

a)

A stable, internal conditions

b)

A unstable, internal conditions

60.

Atom → molecule → organelle → cell→ tissue → organ

→ system → organism

→ population → community

→ ecosystem → biosphere.

a)

Taxonomic System

b)

Classification system

c)

Levels of Organization

d)

Periodic Table

61.

The smallest unit that makes up the known elements.

a)

Molecule

b)

Organelle

c)

Cell

d)

Atom

62.

The smallest unit

of a compound consisting of two or more atoms

bonded together.

a)

Organelle

b)

Cell

c)

Molecule

d)

Atom

63.

Structures in a cell that have specialized jobs.

Similar concept to organs for the human body.

a)

Tissue

b)

Molecule

c)

Atom

d)

Organelles

64.

The basic building block of living things, made up of organelles.

a)

Tissue

b)

Organelle

c)

Cell

d)

Atom

65.

Groups of cells with similar functions.

a)

Organs

b)

Molecules

c)

Tissues

d)

Organelles

66.

Group of tissues with similar functions.

a)

Organelles

b)

Cells

c)

Tissues

d)

Organs

67.

Group of organs with similar functions.

a)

Organism

b)

Cell

c)

Organ

d)

System

68.

Any single living individual, and can refer to a single human, animal, plant,

Protista, bacteria, or fungi.

a)

Community

b)

Cell

c)

Population

d)

Organism

69.

Organisms who are members of the same species in an ecosystem.

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Organ

d)

Community

70.

A biological community that includes various species and their physical environment (Biotic and Abiotic Factors).

a)

Organism

b)

Community

c)

Biosphere

d)

Ecosystem

71.

Where life is found on earth.

a)

Community

b)

Habitat

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biosphere

72.

The hawk is an example of a

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

73.

Which organism gets the LEAST amount of energy from the grass?

a)

grasshopper

b)

mouse

c)

owl

74.

What does a primary consumer eat?

a)

secondary consumers

b)

tertiary consumers

c)

other primary consumers

d)

producers

75.

Level B represents

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

tertiary consumers

76.

The rabbit is a

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

77.

Level C represents

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

tertiary consumers

78.

Level D represents

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

tertiary consumers

79.

This type of consumer eats producers and other consumers

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

decomposer

d)

omnivore

80.

According to the food web, which organism(s) is an herbivore?

a)

grass

b)

mouse

c)

fox

d)

wolf

e)

deer

81.

which organisms recycle dead organic matter back into the environment?

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

d)

detritivores

e)

decomposers

82.

If the producer level of a given organism contains 42 kcal, how much of that energy will be transferred to primary consumers?

a)

42 kcal

b)

0.42 kcal

c)

0.042 kcal

d)

4.2 kcal

83.

If 2100 kcal of energy is available at the producer level, how much of that energy will be transferred to the tertiary consumers?

a)

21,000 kcal

b)

2,100 kcal

c)

210 kcal

d)

2.1 kcal

84.

Which of the following eats other consumers?

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

tertiary consumers

e)

carnivores