Unit 5 Slideshow Quiz

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1. You are using a compound microscope to look at some cells,

and you notice that all of the cells have a nucleus. You decide

that all of the cells are what kind?

•A. plant cells

•B. eukaryotic cells

•C. animal cells

•D. prokaryotic cells

2. Prokaryotes do not have which of the following?

•A. any cytoplasm

•B. a cell membrane

•C. a nucleus

•D. any genetic material

3. Which of the following is an example of a prokaryote?

•A. a plant

•B. an animal

•C. a fungus

•D. bacteria

4. Which of the following is NOT a function of nucleus?

•A. stores DNA

•B. controls most of the cell’s processes

•C. contains the information needed to make proteins

•D. transports materials throughout the cell

5. What is the function of a cell wall?

•A. to support and protect the cell

•B. to make and store DNA

•C. to direct the activities of the cell

•D. to help the cell move

6. What part of the cell contains the cell’s genetic material and

controls its activities?

•A. lysosome

•B. nucleus

•C. cell envelope

•D. endoplasmic reticulum

7. Which of the following is a function of the cytoskeleton?

•A. helps a cell keep its shape

•B. contains DNA

•C. surrounds the cell

•D. transports proteins and lipids

8. Coded instructions from the nucleus are used by what

organelle to make proteins?

•A. Golgi apparatus

•B. endoplasmic reticulum

•C. vacuole

•D. ribosome

9. Food is converted into compounds that the cell uses for

growth, development, and movement by which organelle?

•A. chloroplast

•B. ribosome

•C. endoplasmic reticulum

•D. mitochondrion

10. Which of the following cell organelles form peptide bonds

between amino acids?

•A. mitochondria

•B. ribosomes

•C. Golgi apparatus

•D. vacuole

11. Which organelle provides the cell with a boundary from its

environment?

•A. endoplasmic reticulum

•B. cell membrane

•C. chloroplasts

•D. channel proteins

12. Which of the following would you find in plant cells but not

animal cells?

•A. mitochondria

•B. ribosomes

•C. chloroplasts

•D. endoplasmic reticulum

13. Proteins are transported to other parts of the cell by using

which organelle?

•A. mitochondrion

•B. ribosome

•C. nucleus

•D. endoplasmic reticulum

14. Pepsin is an enzyme produced by stomach cells to help digest protein. Stomach

cells package and secrete pepsin in which of the following

organelles?

•A. mitochondria

•B. Golgi apparatus

•C. vacuoles

•D. ribosomes

15. When does diffusion occur across a cell membrane?

•A. when the concentration of particles is different on each side of the membrane

•B. when the concentration of particles is equal on each side of the membrane

•C. when there are no particles on either side of the membrane

•D. when water moves across the membrane

16. Which of the following is a requirement for diffusion to take

place?

•A. a transport protein

•B. a concentration gradient

•C. a transport carbohydrate

•D. a carrier molecule

17. Water will move out of a cell when it is placed in which type of

solution?

•A. hypotonic

•B. hypertonic

•C. ergonomic

•D. isotonic

18. Mary Beth decided to practice her dance routine for an hour after she got home from school. Which of the following is NOT an example of her body maintaining homeostasis?

•A. perspiring

•B. getting thirsty

•C. breathing faster

•D. keeping rhythm

19. Why would an animal cell burst if it is surrounded by fresh

water?

•A. because solutes will move out of the cell

•B. because water will move out of the cel

•C. because solutes will move into the cell

•D. because water will move into the cell

20. Which of the following substances will MOST easily

travel across a cell membrane?

•A. glucose molecules

•B. water molecules

•C. sodium ions

•D. hormones

21. Structures in a cell membrane that help particles

move into and out of a cell during active transport are made of

what?

•A. phospholipids

•B. carbohydrates

•C. protein

•D. chromosomes

22. The gill cells of a saltwater fish use active transport to move

sodium ions out of the cells. The gill cells MOST likely use which of the following to remove sodium ions

against the concentration gradient?

•A. a phospholipid molecule

•B. a water molecule

•C. a chromosome

•D. a transport protein

23. For which of the following reasons would a cell use the

process of exocytosis?

•A. to bring a food molecule into the cell

•B. to excrete a hormone out of the cell

•C. to diffuse oxygen through a cell membrane

•D. to bring water into a cell

24. What are the two main stages of cell division called?

•A. cytokinesis and mitosis

•B. mitosis and the S phase

•C. interphase and cytokinesis

•D. mitosis and interphase

25. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement about the

cell cycle?

•A. cell division ends with cytokinesis

•B. cell growth occurs during the G2 phase

•C. interphase is usually the shortest phase

•D. during the S phase, DNA replicates

26. What happens during interphase?

•A. spindle fibers begin to form

•B. centromeres divide

•C. centrioles divide

•D. the cell grows

27. Which of the following is a correct description of the cell

cycle?

•A. the time between the birth and the death of a cell

•B. a series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

•C. the time needed for one cell to undergo mitosis

•D. the time from prophase until cytokinesis

28. Chromosomes are only visible during what part of the cell

cycle?

•A. during the G1 phase

•B. during interphase

•C. during mitosis

•D. when they are being replicated

29. Which of the following happens when a cell divides by

mitosis?

•A. the cell has difficulty getting enough oxygen and nutrients

•B. each new daughter cell receives a copy of the parent cell’s DNA

•C. the cell’s volume increases

•D. each new daughter cell has double the amount of DNA as the parent cell

30. Prophase occurs during which stage of the cell cycle?

•A. interphase

•B. cytokinesis

•C. mitosis

•D. G1

Answer Key•Numbers 1-14 (Cell Structure and Function)

•1. B

•2. C

•3. D

•4. D

•5. A

•6. B

•7. A

•8. D

•9. D

•10. B

•11. B

•12. C

•13. D

•14. B

Answer Key•Numbers 15- 23 (Cell Transport)

•15. A

•16. B

•17. B

•18. D

•19. D

•20. B

•21. C

•22. D

•23. B

Answer Key•Numbers 24 - 30 (Mitosis and Cell Cycle)

•24. C

•25. C

•26. D

•27. B

•28. C

•29. B

•30. C