Cilia/Nucleus
While motile cilia feature a classic "9+2" microtubule axoneme arrangement, non-motile primary cilia possess which arrangement?
What is 9 + 0
The Golgi body alters proteins by adding carbohydrate chains to them.
What is (Answer: True—this is glycosylation)
The cell membrane is primarily made of a double layer of molecules called a _______ bilayer.
What is (Answer: Phospholipid)
Prokaryotic cells have a nucleus.
What is False
What organelle creates and sends raw proteins directly to the Golgi body?
What is (Answer: Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum / RER)
The tail ends of phospholipids love water and face outward toward the fluid.
What is (Answer: False—the tails are hydrophobic and hide on the inside)
What vital nucleic acid molecule is stored safely inside the nucleus?
what is (Answer: DNA)
Is the cell wall located on the inside or the outside of the cell membrane?
What is (Answer: Outside)
Do metabolic chemical reactions happen inside the nucleus or inside the cytoplasm?
What is (Answer: Cytoplasm)
Non-moving cilia that act like cellular antennas are called _______ cilia.
What is (Answer: Primary)
What type of vacuole forms when a cell engulfs food particles from the outside?
What is (Answer: Food vacuole)
Cellular respiration begins in the cytoplasm with a process called _______, which breaks down glucose.
What is (Answer: Glycolysis)
Prokaryotic cells (like bacteria) have true cilia.
What is (Answer: False—they are unique to eukaryotic cells)
Vacuoles can store nutrients, water, and even cellular waste products.
What is (Answer: True)
What lipid-loving term describes the water-fearing tails of the cell membrane?
What is (Answer: Hydrophobic)