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MODULE 1 SECTION 10.2

Cell Structure and Function


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1) Which organelle is responsible for the control of cell reproduction?

(a) mitochondria
(b) ribosomes
(c) Golgi apparatus
(d) nucleus
(e) lysosome

2) Which microscope can magnify objects up to about a thousand times?

(a) transmission electron microscope
(b) stereoscopic microscope
(c) compound microscope
(d) phase contrast microscope
(e) scanning electron microscope

3) A cell membrane is

(a) permeable
(b) partially permeable
(c) impermeable
(d) none of these
(e) permafrost

4) Normally the cytoplasm of the cell does not contain

(a) chloroplasts
(b) mitochondria
(c) ribosomes
(d) lysosomes
(e) chromosomes

5) If a solution outside a cell is more concentrated so that the cell loses water to its environment, the external solution is said to have a __________ water potential than the cell contents.

(a) higher
(b) in equilibrium
(c) equal
(d) lower
(e) viscous

6) Which device regulates the amount of light entering a microscope?

(a) nosepiece
(b) eyepiece
(c) body tube
(d) diaphragm
(e) the bulb

7) Which mechanism requires ATP energy?

(a) facilitated diffusion
(b) osmosis
(c) diffusion
(d) active transport
(e) public transport

8) Pinching in of fluids by a unicellular organism is the process of

(a) phagocytosis
(b) osmosis
(c) pinocytosis
(d) exocytosis
(e) facilitated diffusion

9) Which stain would be the best to make the structures of cheek epithelial cells easy to observe?

(a) iodine solution
(b) methyl red
(c) phenolphthalein
(d) methylene blue
(e) 20 vol. H2O2

10) Which is true of eukaryotic cells?

(a) they evolved more recently than prokaryotic cells
(b) they lack membrane bound organelles
(c) they lack a nuclear membrane
(d) they lack DNA
(e) they lack the will to live

11) What is the function of chloroplasts?

(a) protein synthesis
(b) photosynthesis
(c) respiration
(d) movement
(e) to challenge dyslexics

12) Which structure is found only in plant cells or algae?

(a) endoplasmic reticulum
(b) mitochondrion
(c) nucleus
(d) lysosome
(e) chloroplast

13) Cilia and flagellae are most similar in structure to

(a) centrioles
(b) ribosomes
(c) mitochondria
(d) chloroplasts
(e) endoplasmic reticulum

14) Which organelle sometimes merges with food vacuoles and functions in chemical hydrolysis?

(a) lysosomes
(b) chloroplasts
(c) nucleus
(d) mitochondria
(e) ribosomes

15) The part of the microscope that contains the objectives is the

(a) eyepiece
(b) nosepiece
(c) stage
(d) ocular
(e) syllabus

16) A structure commonly found in animal cells, but rarely in plant cells, is the

(a) Golgi apparatus
(b) centriole
(c) nucleus
(d) mitochondrion
(e) endoplasmic reticulum

17) Which cell organelle contains the chromosomes?

(a) Golgi apparatus
(b) nucleus
(c) lysosome
(d) mitochondrion
(e) endoplasmic reticulum

18) Certain types of granulocytes (white blood cells) in the blood ingest bacteria and debris. This function is most likely to occur by

(a) exocytosis
(b) passive transport
(c) phagocytosis
(d) pinocytosis
(e) facilitated transport

19) Which cell structure is known as the powerhouse of the cell?

(a) nucleus
(b) mitochondrion
(c) vacuole
(d) endoplasmic reticulum
(e) centriole

20) Osmosis is a process that

(a) involves the movement of particles from saturated solutions
(b) moves water molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, using energy
(c) involves the active transport of dissolved solids
(d) continues until the medium on each side of the membrane has a lower water potential
(e) equalizes the concentration of particles by the movement of water molecules

21) In animals, the structures which make lipids are called

(a) blasted nuisance
(b) Elastoplasts
(c) Golgi bodies
(d) chloroplasts
(e) smooth e.r.

22) Which is the part of the microscope you look into?

(a) ocular
(b) nosepiece
(c) body tube
(d) diaphragm
(e) crystal ball

23) According to the fluid mosaic model of the plasma membrane, proteins are

(a) spread out in a continuous layer over both membrane surfaces
(b) located in the hydrophilic area of the membrane
(c) oriented in a random manner throughout the membrane
(d) embedded in the lipid bilayers
(e) capable of leaving the membrane and dissolving in the solution of the external environment

24) Use the information below and your knowledge of biology (huh!) to answer questions 24 and 25:
Each student in a biology laboratory received two solutions. One solution was distilled water. The other was a salt solution with a concentration of salts slightly greater than that of the cell. The solutions were labelled X and Y, respectively. The students were instructed to place some fresh-water Protozoans in each of the solutions and to identify the solutions on the basis of their observations. The Protozoans in solution X shrivelled. Those in solution Y swelled up and burst.
These results indicate that

(a) solution X was salt water
(b) solution Y contained killer Protozoans
(c) solution Y was salt water
(d) solution X was distilled water
(e) solution X was tap water

25) The Protozoans in solution X shrivelled because

(a) an antagonistic substance was placed into the solution
(b) their membranes were more permeable to the passage of water than the organisms in Y
(c) osmotic pressure failed to operate
(d) a disproportionate amount of water diffused from the Protozoans
(e) Golgi bodies in the test organisms lost their function

26) Which structure is chiefly responsible for the rigidity of the plant cell?

(a) cell membrane
(b) cell wall
(c) nucleolus
(d) nucleus
(e) bricks and mortar

27) In pond water, Protozoans pump out excess water by means of their

(a) bilge pump
(b) trichocyst
(c) cell membrane
(d) contractile vacuole
(e) pseudopodia

28) Which is a major function of the mitochondria?

(a) Assembling proteins such as enzymes
(b) Carrying out respiratory activity
(c) Duplicating the chromosomes needed for cell division
(d) Absorbing light in photosynthesis
(e) All of the above are major functions

29) Which is involved directly in the synthesis of proteins as well as in transport within the cell?

(a) ribosomes
(b) Golgi bodies
(c) rough endoplasmic reticulum
(d) smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(e) vacuoles

30) A dominant organelle in cells heavily involved in lipid synthesis is the

(a) ribosome
(b) lysosome
(c) smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(d) mitochondrion
(e) contractile vacuole

31) The Golgi apparatus would be most prominent in cells that

(a) divide rapidly
(b) produce ATP
(c) contain chlorophyll
(d) actively secrete substances
(e) are large and inactive

32) A gland cell capable of producing large quantities of a protein hormone would be likely to have well developed

(a) cilia
(b) centrioles
(c) rough endoplasmic reticulum
(d) smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(e) lysosomes

33) Which substance would normally have the least difficulty in crossing a cell membrane?

(a) water
(b) protein
(c) carbohydrate
(d) salt
(e) there would be little difference in any of the above

34) Which requires the chemical energy of the cell to occur?

(a) diffusion
(b) facilitated diffusion
(c) osmosis
(d) bulk flow
(e) none of the previous

 

 

 

 



 

 

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