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Lecture Quiz 4 - Chapter 6 - A Tour of the Cell

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which structure is common to plant and animal cells?

a)

chloroplast

b)

centriole

c)

mitochondrion

d)

central vacuole

2.

Which of the following is present in a prokaryotic cell?

a)

chloroplast

b)

nuclear envelope

c)

mitochondrion

d)

ribosome

3.

Which of the following pairs of organism groups consist solely of prokaryotic cells?

a)

Bacteria and Archaea

b)

Bacteria and Eukarya

c)

Archaea and fungi

d)

Bacteria and protists

4.

Which of the following organelles often occupy the majority of the volume of a plant cell?

a)

central vacuole

b)

lysosome

c)

Golgi apparatus

d)

chloroplast

5.

Which of the following organelles is primarily responsible for the production and modification of polysaccharides that will be secreted?

a)

mitochondrion

b)

lysosome

c)

Golgi apparatus

d)

peroxisome

6.

Disruption of the function of which of the following organelles would result in a dramatic decrease in ATP synthesis in eukaryotic cells?

a)

peroxisome

b)

lysosome

c)

mitochondrion

d)

Golgi apparatus

7.

Large numbers of ribosomes are present in cells that specialize in producing which of the following molecules?

a)

glycogen

b)

proteins

c)

cellulose

d)

nucleic acids

8.

The liver is involved in detoxification of many poisons and drugs. Which of the following structures is primarily involved in this process and therefore abundant in liver cells?

a)

lysosomes

b)

rough ER

c)

Golgi apparatus

d)

smooth ER

9.

Proteins that will be exported from the cell are synthesized by which of the following cellular components?

a)

rough ER

b)

free cytoplasmic ribosomes

c)

smooth ER

d)

lysosomes

10.

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

a)

lysosome

b)

smooth endoplasmic reticulum

c)

ribosome

d)

Golgi apparatus

11.

Movement of vesicles within the cell depends on what cellular structures?

a)

actin filaments and microtubules

b)

centrioles and motor proteins

c)

actin filaments and motor proteins

d)

microtubules and motor proteins

12.

Hydrolytic enzymes must be segregated and packaged to prevent general destruction of cellular components. In animal cells, which of the following organelles contains these hydrolytic enzymes?

a)

smooth ER

b)

lysosomes

c)

peroxisomes

d)

central vacuoles

13.

Which cell organelle contains its own DNA and ribosomes?

a)

mitochondrion

b)

peroxisome

c)

vacuole

d)

Golgi apparatus

14.

According to the endosymbiotic theory, mitochondria and chloroplasts originated as free-living prokaryotes that were engulfed by ancestral eukaryotic cells.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The nucleus is surrounded by a double membrane and contains DNA organized into chromosomes.

a)

True

b)

False