Biology - Cytology Competitive Review Questions
1. List the following objects in order smallest to largest
a. Organism
b. Organ
c. Organelle
d. Atom
e. Cell
2. What are 2 functions of the cell membrane?
3. What does selectively permeable mean?
4. What kind of microscope is used for viewing living cells?
5. What kind of microscope is used for viewing viruses?
6. What is the function of mitochondria
7. What is the function of chloroplasts?
8. What is the function of rough endoplasmic reticulum?
9. What is the function of smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
10. What is the function of the golgi apparatus?
11. What is the function of a vacuole?
12. What is the function of ribosomes
13. What is the function of the cell wall?
14. What type of cell does not have a nucleus?
15. Give an example of a prokaryotic organism.
16. Define cellular transport.
17. What are the 2 main types of cellular transport?
18. What main type of transport requires no energy?
19. What is a concentration gradient?
20. Define diffusion.
21. What is equilibrium?
22. Define osmosis.
23. What type of passive transport moves charged molecules across the membrane by proteins?
24. What type of transport moves charged molecules across the membrane by proteins?
25. What main type of transport requires energy?
26. What main type of transport moves molecules against the concentration gradient?
27. What type of movement by vesicles moves molecules out of a cell?
28. What type of movement by vesicles moves molecules in to the cell?
29. What type of active transport is the sodium / potassium pump?
30. What form of energy is needed to perform active transport?