Which of the following helps maintain the shape of the nucleus?
Nuclear envelope
Nuclear localization signal
Nuclear pore
Nuclear lamina
The _____ is a double membrane that shields the nucleus.
chromatin
DNA
nucleolus
nuclear envelope
What is the fundamental unit of life?
Phospholipids
Water
Fatty Acids
Cells
What language does the word 'hydro' come from?
Latin
Russian
Persian
Greek
What type of transport uses membrane proteins to passively move solutes?
Osmosis
Facilitated diffusion
Simple diffusion
Active transport
A plant cell surrounded by a hypertonic solution will respond by:
Bursting
Losing water while maintaining its cell wall shape
Putting pressure on the cell walls through a central vacoule
Storing waste in the central vacuole
The purpose of cellulose is to:
Create an acidic environment
Regulate digestive enzymes
Store water
Provide strength to the cell wall
Which of the following describes a process that involves viral replications and assembly within a host, followed by bursting the host cell wall?
Prophage
Lytic cycle
Replication
Lysogenic cycle
Which of the following is true about chlorophyll?
Exists in the stroma
Is broken down into a food source
Absorbs specific light wavelengths
It is a protein
Which of the following describes prokaryotic DNA?
It is usually larger than eukaryotic DNA.
It is linear.
It is within a nucleus.
It is circular.
What do all eukaryotes have that prokaryotes do not?
Cytoskeleton
Cell membrane
Nucleus
DNA
What type of cell might have more smooth ER?
Skin
Nerve
Liver
Heart
A foreign cell has entered your blood stream. Which process describes how it can be engulfed by one of the cells in your immune system?
Phagocytosis
Exocytosis
Pinocytosis
Lysosome
Which of these terms best describes the internalization of a specific protein from outside the cell?
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
Phagocytosis
Lysosome
Pinocytosis
What is another term for the intracellular space?
Cytoplasm
Phospholipids
Bilayer
Cholesterol
Where can you NOT find ribosomes performing translation?
Cytoplasm
Chloroplasts
All of these are places that you can find ribosomes
Mitochondria
