Chapter 6: Introduction to Living Cells
Name
AP Biology
Date
Mr. Mennecke
1. Which life function is not necessary for an organism to maintain homeostasis?
a. Regulation
c. Excretion
b. Reproduction
d. Growth
2. ___________ is to removal of undigested materials as ____________ is to removal of
metabolized cellular materials.
a. excretion: egestion
b. excretion: hydrolysis
c. egestion: excretion
d. digestion: egestion
For Questions 3-5 choose the best answer(s) from the list given below.
I. viruses
II. plants
III. animals
IV. bacteria
3. This organism is the only exception to the cell theory.
a. I only
c. III only
b. II only
d. I and IV only
4. This/These organism(s) carries on all life functions.
a. I only
c. II, III, and IV only
b. II and III only
d. I and IV only
5. This/These organism(s) always needs to live in a host organism to carry on only 3 life
functions.
a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. IV only
6. Which is not a rule of the cell theory?
a. the cell is the basic unit of life
b. all cells carry on the life functions
c. all cells must contain membrane-bound organelles
d. all cells come from pre-existing cells
7. Convert the following measurements:
a. 100 m = ________mm
b. 1.5 mm = ________m
c. 3 m = _________mm
d. 3 mm = _________m
e. 500 m = _________mm
f. 2 mm = _________m
g. 1234m = _________mm
h. 750 m = _________m
Chapter 6: Introduction to Living Cells
8. What is the size of the cheek cell in the diagram below?
a.
b.
c.
d.
200 m
2000m
50 m
500 m
---------------------------------
2mm
9. What is the size of one plant cell in the diagram below?
a.
b.
c.
d.
1500m
300m
500m
50m
-------------------------------------
1.5 mm
10. Define the microscope parts:
a. Diaphragm
b. Fine adjustment
11. As a spherical cell grows in diameter, the m2 of plasma membrane surface area per m3 of
cellular volume
a. increases
c. adjusts by adding infoldings
b. decreases
d. stays the same
12. From the following, choose the statement that correctly characterizes bound ribosomes.
a. Bound ribosomes are enclosed in their own membrane.
b. Bound ribosomes are structurally different from free ribosomes.
c. Bound ribosomes generally synthesize membrane proteins and secretory proteins.
d. The most common locations for bound ribosomes is the plasma membrane of the ER.
Chapter 6: Introduction to Living Cells
13. Which of the following organelles is least closely associated with the endomembrane system?
a. nuclear envelope
c. ER
b. chloroplast
d. Golgi bodies
14. A certain poison disrupts the cytoskeleton of cells. Which of the following functions would be
affected most directly by this drug?
a. cell division
c. protein synthesis
b. cellular respiration
d. digestion within lysosomes
15. Which of the following is common to plant and animal cells?
a. chloroplasts
c. mitochondria
b. wall made of cellulose
d. centrioles
16. Which component is present in prokaryotic cells?
a. mitochondria
c. chloroplasts
b. ribosomes
d. ER
17. The cytoskeleton senses mechanical disturbance of the extracellular matrix via
a. collagen
c. proteoglycan
b. myosin
d. cellulose
18. Which type of cell would probably provide the best opportunity to study lysosomes?
a. muscle and nerve cells
c. leaf cell of a plant
b. bacterial cell
d. phagocytic white blood cell
19. Which of the following structure-function pairs is mismatched?
a. nucleolus- ribosome production
c. Golgi- secretion of cell products
b. lysosome- intracellualr digestion
d. microtubules- muscle contraction
20. Which of the following shows the correct size order from smallest to largest?
a. gene, DNA, chromosome, chromatin, nucleus
b. DNA, chromatin, gene, chromosome, nucleus
c. Nucleus, chromosome, gene, chromatin, DNA
d. DNA, gene, chromosome, chromatin, nucleus
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