BIOLOGY QUIZ 4

1. Semi-permeable membrane that separates the nucleus from the rest of the cell
Nuclear membrane
2. Composed of DNA and contain the hereditary information of the cell and controls the type of
proteins synthetized
Chromosomes
3. Packages ribosomal subunits
Nucleus
4. Stores calcium, detoxifies drugs and participates in carbohydrate metabolism
Endoplasmic reticulum
5. Site of protein synthesis
Ribosomes
6. Site where the glucose molecule is metabolized to transfer the chemical energy of its chemical
bonds to a molecule of ADP to form of ATP
Mitochondria
7. Composed of a bi-layer of phospholipids with hydrophilic heads facing the internal and external
environments, hydrophobic tails facing each other and structural proteins. Semi-permeable
membrane that surrounds the cell and regulates what passes into or out of the cell.
Plasma
8. Synthesizes lipid, phospholipids and steroids
Endoplasmic reticulum
Identify the following as characteristics of plant or animal cells
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With a cell wall, rigid PLANT

With a chloroplast PLANT
Flexible ANIMAL
With many small vacuoles ANIMAL
With a single large vacuole PLANT

14. Cells with no organized nucleus and no nuclear membrane, and with a single, circular
chromosome and fewer genes are
Prokaryotic
15. Cell with an organized nucleus and with a selectively permeable nuclear membrane, and with
paired rod shaped chromosomes and many genes are
Eukaryotic
16. Organisms in which the cells are compartmentalized to form organelles such as endoplasmic
reticulum, and Golgi apparatus are
Eukaryotic

17. The characteristic of eukaryotic cells that allows incompatible chemical reactions to be separated,
groups enzymes that work together increasing efficiency, maintains high concentrations of
molecules needed for chemical reactions in a particular region, and makes larger size possible is
Compartmentalization
18. The cytoskeleton is made up of
Microtubules, Intermediate filaments, microfilaments
19. The function of the cytoskeleton is to
Provide support for the cell, supplies tracks used for internal transport, is used in cell mobility
20. According to the fluid mosaic model of membrane structure, proteins of the membrane are mostly
Embedded in a phospholipid bilayer
21. The movement of molecules from and area of higher concentration to an area of lesser
concentration is called
Diffusion
22. Diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called
Osmosis
23. Which of the following characteristics of phospholipids is responsible for their ability to form
membranes?
They are amphipathic
24. The organelles of the endomembrane system were probably formed through
Involution or invagination of the cell membrane
25. The mitochondria and chloroplasts were probably formed through
Endosymbiosis
26. In order for a protein to be an integral membrane protein it would have to be
Amphipathic, with at least one hydrophobic region
27. Which of the following membrane activities require energy from ATP hydrolysis?
Na+ ions moving out of a mammalian cell bathed in physiological saline
28. Which organelle is the primary site of ATP synthesis in eukaryotic cells?
Mitochondrion
29. One of the key innovations in the evolution of eukaryotes from a prokaryotic ancestor is the
endomembrane system. What eukaryotic organelles or features might have evolved as a part of, or
as an elaboration of, the endomembrane system
Nuclear envelope

30. The primary function of polysaccharides attached to the glycoproteins and glycolipids of animal cell
membranes is
To mediate cell-to-cell recognition
31. Which of the following statements is correct about diffusion?
It is a passive process in which molecules move from a region of higher concentration to a region
of lower concentration.