Cell Quiz

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Cells

1. What part of the cell is responsible for breaking down and digesting things?
ribosomes
lysosomes
endoplasmic reticulum
vacuole

2. Identify the organelle pictured.

chloroplast
endoplasmic reticulum
golgi apparatus
mitochondria

3. What part of the cell serves as the intracellular highway?
endoplasmic reticulum
golgi apparatus
cell membrane
mitochondria

4. Which of the following would you NOT find in a bacterial cell?
DNA
cell membrane
golgi apparatus
ribosomes

5. Which of the following is found in plant cells, but not animal cells?
cell wall
vacuole
mitochondria
endoplasmic reticulum

6. The jellylike interior of the cell is called the:
vacuole
cytoplasm
cytoskeleton
nucleus

7. Identify the organelle.
golgi apparatus
endoplasmic reticulum
mitochondria
lysosome

8. What part of the cell makes proteins?
ribosomes
mitochondria
lysosomes
vacuole

9. Where are ribosomes usually located in animal and plant cells?
inside the nucleus
near the cell membrane
on the endoplasmic reticulum
inside the vacuole

10. What part of the cell serves to process, package and export proteins?
mitochondria
endoplasmic reticulum
nucleolus
golgi apparatus

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Mitosis Quiz

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Mitosis

 

 

cell

  1. What phase is this cell in?

prophase
metaphase
anaphase
telopase

  2. During which phase do chromosomes become visible?

telophase
anaphase
prophase
interphase

cell

3. Which phase is this cell in?

prophase
telophase
metaphase
interphase

4. A cell with 10 chromosomes undergoes mitosis and cell division. How many daughter cells are produced and what number of chromosomes do they have?
2 daughter cells, 5 chromosomes each
1 daughter cell, 10 chromosomes each
4 daughter cells, 20 chromosomes each
2 daughter cells, 10 chromosomes each

5. During which phase does the spindle form?
prophase
interphase
metaphase
anaphase

cell

6. Which phase is the cell in?
prophase
telophase
interphase
metaphase

7. The process where the cytoplasm divides and forms two new cells is called:
mitosis
cytokinesis
karyotype
spindle formation

cell

8. What phase is the cell in?
anaphase
interphase
telophase
prophase

9. Cytokinesis begins in:
interphase
metaphase
telophase
prophase

 

10. What is depicted in the illustration?
mitosis of an animal cell
cytokinesis of an animal cell
mitosis of a plant cell
cytokinesis of a plant cell

Introduction to Biology Quiz

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Introduction to Biology
 

1. Ultimately, all scientific knowledge comes from:
experimentation
observation
textbooks
both experimentation & observation

2. A hypothesis must be:
proven correct
testable
observed
experimental

3. A scientist testing the affects of a chemical on apple yeild sprays an orchard with the chemical. A second orchard does not receive the chemical. In the fall, the number of apples harvested from each forest is counted. Which of the following is the independent variable in the experiment?
the chemical
the number of apples
the first orchard
the second orchard

4. The orchard sprayed with the chemical yeilds an average of 60 apples per tree, the other orchard yields an average of 40 apples per tree. Based on the data, the scientist would:
report his data
test the chemical on other plants
determine that the chemical increases apple yield
determine that the results were inconclusive

5. In order for the apple tree experiment to be valid scientifically, both orchards must:
receive the same amount of sunlight
receive the same amount of water
have the same species of apple tree
all of these

6. Theories help scientists to:
explain large bodies of data
prove hypotheses
determine truth from lies
propose new ideas about how the world works

7. If a theory is challenged by new evidence, which of the following could occur?
the theory could be altered
the theory is accepted, not the evidence
the evidence is wrong
a vote is taken on whether to accept the new evidence

8. All living things must:
move
have two parents
eat food
maintain homeostasis

9. The mechanism by which evolution occurs is called:
creationism
natural selection
interdependence
metabolism

10. The smallest unit capable of carrying out life functions is:
a cell
tissue
DNA
blood

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Cell Quiz

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Cells!
1. The door to your house is like the ___ of a cell membrane?
phospholipid bilayer
gated channel
receptor protein
recognition protein
2. The phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane is like a(n):
screen door
plate glass window
hot water heater
oven

3. Facilitated diffusion ____ require energy and uses the help of ______
does, transport proteins
does, cytoplasm
does not, transport proteins
does not, sodium pumps

4. A semi permeable membrane is stretched across a chamber filled with water. The membrane is only permeable to water. 60 mg of salt is added to the left side of the chamber. Which of the following will happen?
water will move toward the right side
salt will move toward the right side
water will move toward the left side
salt will move toward the left side

5. The lipid bilayer keeps the inside of the cell membrane:
bipolar
protein saturated
dry
wet

6. Which of the following could be found in BOTH the nucleus and the cytoplasm
nucleolus
ribosomes
RNA
both RNA & ribosomes

7. Amino acid chains built by the ribosomes then move to the:
golgi apparatus
lysosome
endoplasmic reticulum
mitochondria

8. Which of the following structures has a 9 + 2 arrangement?
flagella
ribosome
mitochondria
golgi apparatus

9. The centriole is most like the:
lysosome
flagella
mitochondria
chromatin

10. Which of the following is composed of a large and a small subunit?
golgi apparatus
endoplasmic reticulum
mitochondria
ribosome

11. A cell that is missing lysosomes would have difficulty doing what?
digesting food
storing energy
packaging proteins
moving cytoplasm

12. Which of the following cell parts is described as a “fluid mosaic”?
chloroplast
vacuole
cell membrane
endoplasmic reticulum

13. Some cells take in large molecules through the process of:
protein synthesis
endocytosis
cytoplasmic streaming
ATP

14. Which of the following organelles would NOT be found in a plant cell?
chloroplast
DNA
food vacuole
cell membrane

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DNA QUIZ

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DNA QUIZ

1. Name this structure.
deoxynucleic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid
denatured ribonucleic acid
deoxoribonuclear acid2. The process by which RNA is made from DNA:
synthesis
translation
transcription
replication

3. Adenine always pairs with:
thymine
cytosine
guanine
ribose

4. The “rungs” of the DNA ladder are made of:
phosphates and hydrogen
glucose and sugars
sugars and phosphates
base pairs

5. The DNA molecule is held together by:
magnetism
glucose
glue
hydrogen bonds

6. The process by which DNA makes a copy of itself is called:
synthesis
replication
transcription
translation

7. A gene is:
a segment of DNA that codes for a protein
a set of homologous chromosomes
a molecule within DNA
a type of pants

8. The twisted ladder shape of DNA is called a:
hydrogen twist
deoxyribose flip
double helix
double membrane

9. The sugar found in DNA is:
equal
deoxyribose
ribose
glucose

10. Which of the following takes the genetic code to the cytoplasm:
DNA
deoxyribose
tRNA
mRNA

11. The three nucleotide sequence on RNA is called a:
tRNA
codon
triplet
gene

12. Three nucleotides code for:
1 amino acid
3 amino acids
1 protein
3 proteins

13. RNA differs from DNA in that:
it has a different kind of sugar
it is single stranded
it has uracil
all of these

14. DNA is called the “blueprint of life” because:
it is like a fingerprint
it has a blue color
it contains the plans for building an organism
it can relay messages to other molecules

15. The two men who established the structure of DNA were:


Frederick and Alvers
Watson and Crick
Berkely and Fry
Darwin and Lamarke

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