Types of Cells and Organelles
Organelles
Chemistry of Life
More Chemistry
Miscellaneous
100
Which of the following organisms are prokaryotic? a. Plants b. Animals c. Bacteria d. Fungi
What is c. Bacteria
100
Which of the following is a function of the cell membrane? a. breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins from foods b. stores water, salt, proteins, and carbohydrates c. keeps the cell wall in place d. regulates which materials enter and leave the cell
What is d. regulates which materials enter and leave the cell
100
A monosaccharide is a a. carbohydrate. b. lipid. c. nucleic acid. d. protein.
What is a. carbohydrate.
100
A substance with a pH of 6 is called a. an acid. b. a base. c. both an acid and a base. d. neither an acid nor a base.
What is a. an acid.
100
Photosynthesis happens in which organelle? A. Chloroplast B. Mitochondria
What is A. Chloroplast
200
Identify a structure unique to eukaryotic cells: a. a nucleus b. cell wall c. genetic material d. Ribosome
What is a. a nucleus
200
When comparing leaf cells to root cells, which organelle would you expect to be more abundant in the leaf? a. Vacuoles b. golgi apparatus c. Mitochondria d. Chloroplasts
What is d. Chloroplasts
200
Amino acid is to protein as a. fat is to lipid. b. DNA is to RNA. c. sugar is to fat. d. simple sugar is to starch.
What is d. simple sugar is to starch.
200
Enzymes, also known as catalysts, affect the reactions in living cells by changing the a. products of the reaction. b. speed of the reaction. c. temperature of the reaction. d. pH of the reaction.
What is b. speed of the reaction.
200
Which of the following explains why humans sweat or dogs pant? a. Living things require oxygen. b. Living things maintain internal balance or homeostasis. c. Living things are made up of units called cells. d. Living things are based on a universal genetic code.
What is b. Living things maintain internal balance or homeostasis.
300
Which organelle is common to plant cells and animal cells? a. Mitochondrion b. Centrioles c. Chloroplast d. cell wall
What is a. Mitochondrion
300
Which order of levels of biological organization is correctly arranged from smallest to largest? a. cell, organism, tissue, ecosystem, community, biosphere b. biosphere, community, organism, ecosystem, tissue, cell c. tissue, organism, cell, ecosystem, biosphere, community d. cell, tissue, organism, community, ecosystem, biosphere
What is d. cell, tissue, organism, community, ecosystem, biosphere
300
Which of the following organic compounds is the main source of energy for living things? a. Carbohydrates b. Lipids c. nucleic acids d. Proteins
What is a. Carbohydrates
300
Energy is released from ATP when a. a phosphate group is added. b. adenine bonds to ribose. c. ATP is exposed to sunlight. d. a phosphate group is removed.
What is d. a phosphate group is removed.
300
An animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because: a. water will move into the cell. b. water will move out of the cell. c. solutes will move into the cell. d. solutes will move out of the cell.
What is a. water will move into the cell.
400
Which organelle makes proteins using coded instructions that come from the nucleus? a. Golgi apparatus b. Mitochondrion c. Vacuole d. Ribosome
What is d. Ribosome
400
When the concentration of molecules on both sides of a membrane is the same, the molecules will a. move across the membrane to the outside of the cell. b. stop moving across the membrane. c. move across the membrane in both directions at equal rates. d. move across the membrane to the inside of the cell.
What is c. move across the membrane in both directions at equal rates.
400
In a water molecule, shared electrons spend more time near the oxygen atom than the hydrogen atoms. As a result, the water molecule is: a. Nonpolar b. Polar c. completely neutral d. cannot form hydrogen bonds
What is b. Polar
400
What are the three parts of an ATP molecule? a. adenine, thylakoids, stroma b. stroma, grana, chlorophyll c. adenine, ribose, phosphate d. NADH, NADPH, and FADH2
What is a. adenine, thylakoids, stroma
400
Which means of particle transport requires input of energy from the cell? a. Diffusion b. Osmosis c. facilitated diffusion d. active transport
What is d. active transport
500
Which organelle converts glucose into energy the cell can use? a. Golgi apparatus b. Lysosome c. endoplasmic reticulum d. Mitochondrion
What is d. Mitochondrion
500
Which sequence correctly traces the path of protein synthesis? a. nucleus, ribosome, rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus b. ribosome, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, chloroplast c. smooth endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus, lysosome, Golgi apparatus d. mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, cell membrane
What is a. nucleus, ribosome, rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus
500
A covalent bond is formed as the result of a. transferring electrons. b. sharing an electron pair. c. transferring protons. d. sharing a proton pair.
What is b. sharing an electron pair.
500
Photosynthesis uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into a. oxygen. b. high-energy sugars. c. ATP and oxygen. d. oxygen and high-energy sugars.
What is d. oxygen and high-energy sugars.
500
Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in cellular respiration? a. glycolysis → fermentation → Krebs cycle b. Krebs cycle → electron transport → glycolysis c. glycolysis → Krebs cycle → electron transport d. Krebs cycle → glycolysis → electron transport
What is c. glycolysis → Krebs cycle → electron transport
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