1. The Cell Test Review
Practice Questions

3. Which organelle is the storehouse for most of a cell's genetic information?
a. mitochondrion b. chloroplast c. centriole d. nucleus

4. What describes rough endoplasmic reticulum?
a. protected by vesicles b. connected to the Golgi apparatus c. surface covered with ribosomes d. stored in the central vacuole

5. Which organelles contain enzymes that break down old cell parts?
a. centrioles b. lysosomes c. vacuoles d. chloroplasts

6. In the plasma membrane, phospholipid tails…
A point outward from the membrane
B are hydrophilic
C are hydrophobic
D are mixed with water molecules

7. What kinds of substances use exocytosis to cross the cell membrane?
A Small molecules like oxygen
B Large molecules like hormones
C Water
D Sugar and Sodium

8. What molecule carries energy for the cell to use?
A Proteins
B Nucleic Acids
C Chlorophyll
D ATP

9. What are the products of photosynthesis?
A glucose and carbon dioxide
B water and oxygen
C sunlight and oxygen
D oxygen and glucose

10. Which of the following moves substances AGAINST the concentration gradient?
A Active transport
B Diffusion
C Passive Transport
D Facilitated diffusion

11. Which of the following is part of CELL THEORY?
a. All cells form by free-cell formation.
b. All organisms are made of cells.
c. All cells contain DNA.
d. All cells are eukaryotic.

12. A hypotonic solution has…
A More solutes than the cell B Fewer solutes than the cell C The same solutes as the cell D A neutral pH

13. Which type of transport uses proteins to move substances across a membrane?
A Exocytosis and endocytosis
B diffusion and osmosis
C aquaporins and phospholipids
D facilitated diffusion and protein pumps

14. All of the following are true about VESICLES, except…
A transport proteins around the cell B Used in endocytosis C Used in exocytosis D Form in the nucleus

15. When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, what happens to the cell?
A It shrinks
B It swells
C It bursts
D It doesn’t change

16. What does this equation represent
What does this equation represent? C6H12O6 + 6O2 -----> 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP
A photosynthesis
B glycolysis
C transpiration
D cellular respiration