Cells and Organelles 1
Fundamentals of Biology 1
Cells and Organelles 2
Fundamentals of Biology 2
Random Questions
100

Fungi and most plant cells do not contain a _____ as their MTOC

Centrosome

100

Can an atom break-down into something smaller, while still retaining the properties of the original element?

No

100

Many integral proteins are _____ proteins, meaning they extend all the way through the membrane

Transmembrane

100

Nucleic acids are polymers made of _____

Nucleotides

100

What is the seventh planet from the sun?

Uranus

200

The _____ is everything within the cell (fluid and organelles)

Cytoplasm

200

_____ fatty acids have 1 double bond

Monounsaturated

200

Do prokaryotes have a nucleus?

No - they have a nucleoid

200

What is an example of a globular structural protein?

Albumin

200

Who played Neo in The Matrix?

Keanu Reeves

300

What are the 2 directions of cytosis?

Endocytosis (in the cell) and Exocytosis (out of the cell)

300

_____ is a crucial storage polysaccharide in plants

Starch

300

Recognition proteins are also known as _____

Glycoproteins

300

Some polysaccharides are for _____, and others are for _____.

Storage, structure

300

What is sushi traditionally wrapped in?

Edible seaweed

400

The _____ synthesizes lipids and steroid hormones for export

Smooth ER

400

_____ groups attach to the nucleotide sugar at the 5' carbon

Phosphate

400

The loss of intracellular fluid in hypertonic environments causes the cell to _____

Assembly/Disassembly

400

_____ nucleotides have deoxyribose sugars without a hydroxyl on the 2' carbon

DNA

400

What is the full name of the school Harry Potter attended

Hogwarts School of Witch Craft & Wizardry

500

What do MTOCs develop that is crucial to cell division?

The spindle apparatus

500

Describe the general structure of a steroid:

Fused 4 ring structure (3 cyclohexanes & 1 cyclopentane)

500

Microtubules are a hollow tube, where the walls of the tube are a helical polymer of _____

Tubulin protein dimers

500

Non-protein molecules that assist enzymes

Cofactors

500

Who is the host of Jeopardy?

Dagm

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