CP Biology
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Cell Exam
1) Which organelle packages proteins for use outside the cell?
a. Golgi Apparatus
d. Chloroplasts
b. Vacuole
e. Ribosomes
c. Mitochondria
2) Which of the following are characteristic of BOTH prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
a. Cytoplasm and a well-defined nucleus surrounded by a membrane
b. Membrane sites of ATP synthesis, Golgi complex, and ribosomes
c. Cell wall, several chromosomes, and cytoplasm
d. Cell membrane, ribosomes, DNA, and RNA
3) Which organelle creates ribosomes?
a. Rough ER
d. Vesicles
b. Smooth ER
e. Nucleolus
c. Chloroplasts
4) Which organelle breaks down food particles and bacteria?
a. Mitochondria
d. Smooth ER
b. Chloroplasts
e. Vacuoles
c. Lysosomes
5) Some components of cells are listed.
Which of the components could be observed using a microscope in a prepared slide of leaf epidermal cells but
not in a prepared slide of human cheek cells?
a. Components 2 and 3 only
b. Components 3 and 4 only
c. Components 1, 2, and 3 only
d. Components 1 and 5 only
6) The concentration of water is _______in the soil than in plant root cells. Water moves into root cells by the
process called_________.
lower, diffusion
lower, osmosis
higher, osmosis
higher, diffusion
7) Bacteria are known by a more scientific name called:
a. Prokaryotes
d. Protista
b. Fungi
e. Endosymbionts
c. Eukaryotes
8) Which is not part of the Cell Theory?
a. Cells are the basic units of structure and function
b. Cellular function is related to cellular shape
c. Cells come from preexisting cells
d. All living organisms are based on cells
9) Which organelle pictured to the right is used for movement?
a. Vesicles
d. Flagella
b. Pili
e. Mitochondria
c. Cilia
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10) The picture shows a contractile vacuole of a unicellular freshwater organism. The contractile vacuole regulates
the flow of water into and out of the cell in an aquatic environment.
What conditions cause the contractile vacuole to fill with water?
a. The concentration of water is greater outside the cell than inside the cell.
b. The temperature of water in the vacuole is higher than the temperature of its environment.
c. The concentration of water inside the cell is the same as outside the cell.
d. The temperature of water in the vacuole is lower than the temperature of its environment.
11) The organelle in white blood cells that enables them to digest bacteria is the:
a. Lysosome
d. Mitochondria
b. Chromosome
e. Centriole
c. Endoplasmic reticulum
12) A cell in a hypotonic solution will
a. swell
c. stay the same size
b. shrink
d. impossible to tell
13) Which organelle performs cellular respiration and makes ATP?
a. Ribosomes
d. Golgi body
b. Mitochondria
e. Chromatin
c. Lysosomes
14) What is the correct sequence of membrane compartments through which protein moves from synthesis to
release from the cell?
a. Nucleolus  Golgi Rough ER  cell membrane
b. Ribosome  Golgi  Rough ER  cell membrane
c. Nucleolus Rough ER  Smooth ER  cell membrane
d. Golgi  Rough ER  Smooth ER cell membrane
e. Ribosome Rough ER  Golgi  cell membrane
15) Which organelle stores food and waste in cells?
a. Golgi Apparatus
d. Vacuoles
b. Lysosomes
e. Rough ER
c. Smooth ER
16) A type of cellular transport is shown.
Which description best identifies this type of cellular transport?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Active transport because energy is being used to move molecules against the concentration gradient
Facilitated diffusion because energy is being used to move molecules with the concentration gradient
Osmosis, because energy is not being used to move molecules with the concentration gradient
Endocytosis, because energy is not being used to move molecules against the concentration gradient
17) Through photosynthesis, which organelle creates glucose and oxygen?
a. Cytoplasm
d. Centrioles
b. Chromatin
e. Chloroplasts
c. Mitochondria
18) Which organelle creates proteins needed by the cell?
a. Nucleolus
d. Mitochondria
b. Ribosomes
e. Chloroplasts
c. Nucleus
19) Which cell part is made from cellulose and provides support and protection for plant cells?
a. Cell wall
d. Flagella
b. Plasma membrane
e. Cytoplasm
c. Cytoskeleton
20) Because it is semi-permeable, which cell part allows materials such as water and nutrients to enter a cell?
a. Cell Wall
d. Vacuoles
b. Plasma membrane
e. Golgi body
c. Vesicles
21) In eukaryotic organisms, which organelle contains the genetic instructions called chromatin?
a. Cytoplasm
d. Nucleolus
b. Lysosomes
e. Nucleus
c. Centrioles
22) There are 4 beakers below filled with differing water concentrations. Inside each beaker is a round cell, also
with differing water concentrations. Which beaker contains the cell that will lose water and take the longest to
reach equilibrium?
a.
In the four beakers in the above picture, which beaker is filled with the highest concentration of water?
a. Beaker A
c. Beaker C
b. Beaker B
d. Beaker D
23) What is the total magnification of a microscope if the eyepiece has the power of 5x and the objective lens has
the power of 15x? No calculator is needed so don’t ask.
a. 15x
c. 3x
b. 5x
d. 75x
24) Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is needed to perform all of the following except which?
a. Pinocytosis
c. Exocytosis
e. Facilitated diffusion
b. Phagocytosis
d. Active transport
25) Due to the higher concentration of oxygen in the lung compared to your blood, oxygen goes from the lungs
into red blood cells by
a. Facilitated Diffusion
c. Active Transport
b. Osmosis
d. Simple Diffusion
26) The process used by white blood cells to take in large particles like viruses or bacteria to protect us from
getting sick is called
a. Pinocytosis
c. Phagocytosis
b. Protein pumps
d. Exocytosis
27) Which pair of organelles best shows that plant cells have functions different from animal cells?
a. Cytoplasm and mitochondria
c. Ribosome and Golgi apparatus
b. Chloroplasts and cell wall
d. Nucleus and cell membrane
28) Which statement best explains the function of the vesicles?
a. delivering packaged materials to the Golgi apparatus for protein synthesis
b. exchanging genetic information between the Golgi apparatuses of separate cells
c. extracting portions of the Golgi apparatus to be regenerated for growth within the cell
d. transporting packaged molecules from the Golgi apparatus to be released out of the cell
29) During active transport, why is ATP used?
a. ATP is used to open protein channel
b. ATP is used to move molecules against the concentration gradient
c. ATP is used to move water molecules across cell membrane
d. ATP is used to move molecules through protein channel
30) Examine the picture below. A cell has a greater concentration of substance X inside the cell. However, the cell
needs more of substance X. How can the cell obtain more of substance X?
a. Diffusion out of the cell
b. Diffusion into the cell
c. Active transport out of the cell
d. Active transport into the cell
e. Passive transport into the cell