Cell Structure and Function
100 points: What are the basic building blocks of all living organisms?
Answer: What are cells?
100 points: What type of microscope uses light to magnify specimens?
Answer: What is a compound light microscope?
100 points: What term describes cells that perform specific functions in multicellular organisms?
Answer: What is cell specialization?
100 points: What is cystic fibrosis primarily affecting in the body?
Answer: What is the respiratory system?
100 points: What is the process by which cells take in materials called?
Answer: What is endocytosis?
200 points: Name one organelle responsible for energy production in a cell.
Answer: What is the mitochondrion?
200 points: What type of microscope provides a three-dimensional view of a specimen?
Answer: What is a scanning electron microscope?
200 points: Name a type of specialized cell found in the human body.
Answer: What is a red blood cell?
200 points: What type of disease results from mitochondrial dysfunction?
Answer: What are mitochondrial diseases?
200 points: What is the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane known as?
Answer: What is osmosis?
300 points: What structure protects and gives shape to plant cells?
Answer: What is the cell wall?
300 points: What is the purpose of the eyepiece on a microscope?
Answer: What is to magnify the image?
300 points: What is the primary function of nerve cells?
Answer: What is transmitting signals?
300 points: Which organelle is often impaired in patients with mitochondrial diseases?
Answer: What is the mitochondrion?
300 points: What is it called when a cell expels materials outside its membrane?
Answer: What is exocytosis?
400 points: What organelle is known as the “control center” of the cell?
Answer: What is the nucleus?
400 points: What is the maximum magnification of a typical light microscope?
Answer: What is about 1000x?
400 points: How do muscle cells differ from skin cells?
Answer: What is muscle cells have the ability to contract?
400 points: Name a common symptom of cystic fibrosis.
Answer: What is difficulty breathing?
400 points: What process involves the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
Answer: What is diffusion?
500 points: What is the function of ribosomes in a cell?
Answer: What is protein synthesis?
500 points: How does an electron microscope differ from a light microscope in terms of resolution?
Answer: What is higher resolution due to shorter wavelength electrons?
500 points: What is an example of a specialized plant cell and its function?
Answer: What is a guard cell that regulates gas exchange?
500 points: How can diseases impact cellular communication?
Answer: What is they can disrupt signaling pathways?
500 points: How do active transport and passive transport differ?
Answer: What is active transport requires energy, while passive transport does not?