Where can you NOT find ribosomes performing translation?
Chloroplasts
Mitochondria
All of these are places that you can find ribosomes
Cytoplasm
Which does NOT describe the inner membrane of the mitochondria?
Selectively permeable
Contains components for cellular respiration
Impermeable
Folds to create cristae
The purpose of cellulose is to:
Provide strength to the cell wall
Store water
Create an acidic environment
Regulate digestive enzymes
Which of the following functions is carried out by intermediate filaments but not microtubules?
Providing nuclear lamina structure
Movement of structures within the cell
Cell movement
Cell division
A plant cell surrounded by a hypertonic solution will respond by:
Storing waste in the central vacuole
Losing water while maintaining its cell wall shape
Bursting
Putting pressure on the cell walls through a central vacoule
The _____ is a double membrane that shields the nucleus.
nucleolus
chromatin
DNA
nuclear envelope
Which of the following helps maintain the shape of the nucleus?
Nuclear envelope
Nuclear pore
Nuclear localization signal
Nuclear lamina
How is the phospholipid bilayer oriented?
Heads face inward towards each other
One head layer touches the second tail layer
Tails face inward towards each other
Head and tails alternate directions within a layer
Which of the following describes a process that involves viral replications and assembly within a host, followed by bursting the host cell wall?
Prophage
Replication
Lysogenic cycle
Lytic cycle
Where is the starting point of ribosome synthesis?
Nuclear pore
Nucleolus
Nuclear localization signal
Nuclear envelope
What is the fundamental unit of life?
Fatty Acids
Water
Phospholipids
Cells
Which of these terms best describes the internalization of a specific protein from outside the cell?
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
Lysosome
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Which of the following cells might have the most mitochondria?
Bacterium
Skin cell
Cardiac muscle cell
None of these cells have mitochondria
What type of transport uses membrane proteins to passively move solutes?
Active transport
Facilitated diffusion
Osmosis
Simple diffusion
What is another term for the intracellular space?
Phospholipids
Cytoplasm
Cholesterol
Bilayer
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?
Exocytosis
Pinocytosis
Phagocytosis
Lysosome
Active transport involves
Chemical energy
Sodium ions
Simple diffusion
The movement of water
Which of the following is true about chlorophyll?
Is broken down into a food source
Absorbs specific light wavelengths
Exists in the stroma
It is a protein
What language does the word 'hydro' come from?
Russian
Persian
Greek
Latin
Which of the following describes prokaryotic DNA?
It is linear.
It is usually larger than eukaryotic DNA.
It is within a nucleus.
It is circular.
What type of cell might have more smooth ER?
Skin
Liver
Heart
Nerve
What do all eukaryotes have that prokaryotes do not?
Nucleus
Cell membrane
Cytoskeleton
DNA
The following cytoskeleton component(s) can be dynamic, shrinking and growing by adding and subtracting subunits:
Microtubules only
Microfilaments only
Microtubules and Intermediate filaments
Microtubules and Microfilaments