Cell Transport Unit Test
~Please DO NOT write on the test~
I CAN describe the parts of cells.
1. The ideas that all living things are composed of cells come from other cells defines:
a. Central dogma
b. The laws of inheritance
c. Organelle theory
d. Inheritance of acquired characteristics
e. Cell Theory
2. You would expect a cell with an extensive Golgi apparatus to
a. make a lot of ATP (energy)
b. secrete a lot of material
c. move actively
d. perform photosynthesis
e. store large quantities of food
3. The function of the nucleolus is
a. To manufacture polypeptides
b. To help manufacture ribosomes
c. Intracellular digestion
d. To store chromatin
e. To produce hydrogen peroxide
4. A cell has mitochondria, ribosomes, smooth ER, and other parts. Based on this information, it could NOT be
a. a cell from a pine tree
b. a grasshopper cell
c. a yeast (fungus) cell
d. a bacterium
e. actually, it could be any of the above
5. The _________of a mitochondrion is/are an adaptation that increases the surface are & enhance a
mitochondrion’s ability to produce ATP.
a. Stroma
b. Grana
c. Intermembrane space
d. Cristae
e. Matrix
6. While looking through a microscope, Jordan noticed a cellular structure that had circular DNA, no nucleus, and
no membrane covered organelles. She most likely was observing (SC-07-3.4.1)
A. a plant cell
B. an animal cell
C. a bacteria
D. an atom
7. Cilia differ from flagella in that
a. Cilia are composed of microfilaments & flagella are composed of intermediate filaments.
b. Cilia contain 9 microtubule doublets surrounding a central pair of microtubules; flagella contain
only 9 microtubule doublets.
c. The protein filaments of cilia are “naked”; those of flagella are wrapped in an extension of the
cell membrane.
d. Cilia are typically more numerous & shorter than flagella.
8. Organelles involved in energy conversion are the
a. rough ER and Golgi apparatus
b. nucleus and smooth ER
c. nucleus and chloroplast
d. lysosome and ribosome
e. mitochondrion and chloroplast
9. Which of the following consists of prokaryotic cells?
a. Plants and animals
b. Bacteria and archaea bacteria
c. Plants, fungi, bacteria , & archaea
d. Animals
e. Plants, bacteria, and archaea
10. All of the following statements would be supported by the cell theory EXCEPT
a. All living things are made of cells.
b. All cells come from other cells.
c. The cell is the basic functional unit of an organism.
d. Cells reproduce to form additional cells.
e. Cells may grow to an unlimited size.
11. Which of the following statements best describes an organism’s attempt to maintain CELLULAR homeostasis?
a. a flowering plant bends towards the light
b. a paramecium’s contractile vacuole expels excess water from a cell.
c. a wren lays three eggs in its nest
d. a pup growls when a litter mate attempts to take its bone.
e. an earthworm’s DNA is replicated
12. Which of the following structures would be used to identify a prokaryotic cell?
a. cell membrane, nucleus, and DNA
b. cell wall, flagella, and chloroplasts
c. cytoplasm, smooth ER, and rough ER
d. mitochondria, Golgi body, and lysosomes
e. cell membrane, ribosomes, and a chromosome
13. Which of the following correctly matches a structure with its function?
a. mitochondria—photosynthesis
b. nucleus—cellular respiration
c. vacuole—storage
d. chloroplast—cellular respiration
e. lysosome—movement
14. Plant cells contain both a cell wall and a cell membrane. What is the composition of the cell wall, and where is
it located in relation to the cell membrane?
a. cellulose, inside the cell membrane
b. glucose, inside the cell membrane
c. glucose, outside the cell membrane
d. cellulose, outside the cell membrane
15. The cell organelle in a plant cell that could be compared to a restaurant because it makes “food,” would be
A. the vacuole.
B. the nucleus.
C. the lysosome.
D. the chloroplast.
I CAN describe life processes at the cellular level by describing how molecules enter and leave the cell.
16. To enter or leave a cell, substances must pass through
a. the Golgi apparatus
b. a ribosome
c. the nucleus
d. the plasma membrane
17. The movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration is called
a. diffusion
c. catalysis
b. endocytosis
d. active transport
18. Phospholipid molecules in a membrane are arranged with their ______ on the exterior and their _____ on the
interior.
a. hydrophobic heads….hydrophilic tails
b. hydrophilic heads…hydrophobic tails
c. nonpolar heads…polar tails
d. hydrophobic tails…hydrophilic heads
e. hydrophilic tails…hydrophobic heads
19. Which process always involves the movement of materials from inside the cell to outside the cell?
a. Phagocytosis
b. Endocytosis
c. Exocytosis
20. Facilitated diffuision uses energy. True or False?
a. True
b. False
21. Diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called
a. active transport
b. osmosis
c. exocytosis
d. passive transport
e. facilitated diffusion
22. A plant cell is placed in a solution whose solute concentration is twice as great as the concentration of the cell
cytoplasm. The cell membrane is selectively permeable, allowing water but not the solutes to pass through. What
will happen to the cell?
a. No change
b. The cell will shrivel because of osmosis.
c. The cell will swell because of osmosis.
d. The cell will shrivel because of active transport of water.
e. The cell will swell because of active transport of water.
23. Red blood cells have a salt content of 0.9%. When a microbiologist places red blood cells in pure water,
osmosis occurs. What net movement of a substance occurs in this instance of osmosis?
a. water molecules move out of the cells
b. water molecules move into the cells.
c. salt ions move out of the cells.
d. salt ions move into the cells.
24. Which key factor distinguishes organic compounds from inorganic compounds?
a. organic compounds contain carbon.
b. organic compounds contain hydrogen
c. organic compounds provide energy for cells
d. organic compounds are the building blocks of cells
25. The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane is known as
a. exocytosis
c. endocytosis
b. phagocytosis
d. osmosis
26. A substance that moves across a cell membrane without using the cell’s energy tends to move
a. away from the area of equilibrium
b. away from the area where it is less concentrated
c. away from the area where it is more concentrated
d. toward the area where it is more concentrated
27. Which of the following is an example of ACTIVE TRANSPORT?
a. facilitated diffusion
c. diffusion
b. osmosis
d. none of the above
28. Osmosis uses energy. True or False?
a. True
b. False
29. Which of the following would diffuse through a cell membrane the most easily?
a. a large polar molecule
b. a large nonpolar molecule
c. a small polar molecule
d. a small nonpolar molecule
30. A nursing infant is able to obtain disease-fighting antibodies, which are large protein molecules, from its
mother’s milk. These molecules probably enter the cells lining the baby’s digestive tract via
a. osmosis
b. passive transport
c. exocytosis
d. diffusion
e. endocytosis
31. Zoologists discovered that the blood cells of a certain African lungfish were much slower to swell or shrink
with water when faced with changes in blood solute concentration, a useful adaptation to drought and
dehydration. The researchers suspected that this might have something to do with the number of ______ in the
blood cells.
a. phospholipids
b. aquaporins (proteins that transport water)
c. ATPs
d. enzymes
32. A freshwater paramecium is placed in salt water. Which of the following events would most likely occur? (Ask
yourself where the water in the paramecium is going!!)
a. an increase in the action of its contractile vacuole
b. swelling of the cell until it becomes turgid
c. swelling of the cell until it bursts
d. shriveling of the cell
33. A manufacturing company dumps its wastes into a nearby pond. One of the wastes is found to
paralyze the contractile vacuoles of certain protists. A biologist looking at these organisms would find
that these protists
a. Have lost water & shrunk.
b. Have gained water & burst.
c. Have died because wastes have built up in the cytoplasm
d. Are surviving but are unable to reproduce
34. The molecules responsible for membrane transport are
a. Steroids
c. Carbohydrates
b. ATP
d. Proteins
35. In lab, you use a special balloon that is permeable to water but not sucrose to make an “artificial
cell.” The balloon is filled with a solution of 20% sucrose and 80% water and is dropped in a beaker
containing a solution of 40% sucrose and 60% water. Which of the following will occur?
a. Water will leave the balloon
c. Sucrose will leave the balloon
b. Water will enter the balloon
d. Sucrose will enter the balloon
36. Sodium, calcium, and potassium would be transported into a cell using which type of transport?
a. endocytosis b. passive
c. osmosis
d. exocytosis
For questions 37-39 using the following answer choices to tell describe each picture:
A. Hypertonic
B. Hypotonic
C. Isotonic
Matching—Match the direction of net movement to its description for questions 40-46. The direction of movement
choices may be used more than one.
40. Simple diffusion
A. Active Transport
41. Moves solutes against the concentration
B. Osmosis
gradient
C. Passive Transport
42. Diffusion with the help of a transport protein
D. Facilitated Diffusion
43. Diffusion of water
44. How small molecules like oxygen and carbon
dioxide enter and leave cells
45. Helped by aquaporins (transport water)
46. Endocytosis
Label the following cell membrane parts that are important during cell transport using the following answer choices
for questions 47-50.
A. protein channel
B. Carbohydrate chain
C. Hydrophilic Head
D. Hydrophobic tail