Protists Quiz

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Simple Protists
  1. Plant-like protists are collectively called:
    protozoans
    algae
    diatoms
    pseudopodia
  2. Where would you find a paramecium?
    in quiet ponds
    in the human body
    in dirt
    on leaves
  3. Which of the following moves using pseudopodia?
    paramecium
    euglena
    diatoms
    ameba
  4. Which of the following is unicellular and heterotrophic?
    ameba
    paramecium
    algae
    both ameba & paramecium
  5. The word “pseudopodia” means:
    small cell
    fake eye
    false foot
    first animal

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Identify the organism pictured above.

ameba
paramecium
euglena
diatom

  1. Which organelle functions to remove excess water?
    micronucleus
    contractile vacuole
    pellicle
    gullet
  2. The ameba reproduces by:
    fusion
    endocytosis
    binary fission
    conjugation
  3. The paramecium belongs to the Kingdom ____ and the Phylum _____
    Ciliphora, Protista
    Protista, Ciliophora
    Protozoa, Protista
    Animalia, Protista
  4. Which of the following is autotrophic?
    paramecium
    foraminifera
    ameba
    euglena

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Quiz – Biochemistry

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Biochemistry Quiz
1. All of the following are carbohydrates EXCEPT:
starch
glycogen
chitin
cholesterol2. The structure contains which functional group
aldehyde
ketone
amino
carboxyl

3. Fatty acids that are unsaturated have:
an amino group
a double bond
an excess of protons
a carboxyl group

4. The structure below is a:


monosaccharide
disaccharide
lipid
polymer

5. Which of the following can have a quaternary structure?
fatty acid
protein
polysaccharide
DNA

6. An organic compound is one that:
contains carbon
is slightly acidic
forms long chains
is soluble in water

7. Which of the following elements is the LEAST abundant in living organisms?
oxygen
nitrogen
phosphorous
sodium

8. Which of the following is used in PET scans?
uranium
ions
isotopes
steroids

9. Carbon can form ___ separate bonds with other elements?
1
2
3
4

10. The cohesion of water is caused by:
ionic bonds
hydrophobic compounds
hydrogen bonds
covalent bonds

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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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Diffusion Across Membranes

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Diffusion Across membranes

1. Which of the following is NOT a type of passive transport?
diffusion
osmosis
endocytosis
facilitated diffusion

2. Chamber A contains 40% helium and Chamber B contains 20% helium. Chambers are connected by a tube the molecules are free to cross. Which of the following will occur?
some helium will move from chamber A to chamber B
some helium will move from chamber B to chamber A
helium will remain concentrated in chamber A
all of the helium will move into chamber B

3. What will happen to an animal cell placed in a salt water solution?
The cell will shrink
the cell will expand
the cell will burst
the cell will shrink and then expand and then shrink again

4. An animal cell placed in a hypotonic solution will:
die
take on water
lose water
divide

5. Which of the following is a type of active transport?
sodium potassium pump
endocytosis
exocytosis
all of these

6. Active transport requires:
a concentration gradient
osmosis
energy
a hypertonic solution

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