Biology - Cells Quiz

18 Questions | By Kkelchner | Updated: Mar 20, 2022 | Attempts: 591

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When beginning to study biology, you’ll see pretty quickly that the topic covers such a wide range of items – from the biggest animals you can think of like the blue whale, all the way down to the smallest living things like bacteria. What are the building blocks for these organisms? The cell, of course! Take the following quiz to see how much you can tell us about cells!

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1.

Which of the following scientists was not involved in the formation of the cell theory?
- A.
  
  Luis Pasteur
- B.
  
  Robert Hooke
- C.
  
  Anton vanLeeuwenhoek
2.

The cell theory says: All living things are made of cells, cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things; and ____________________________.
3.

Which type of cell does not have a nucleus?
- A.
  
  Eukaryote
- B.
  
  Prokaryote
- C.
  
  Plant
- D.
  
  Animal
4.

Which combination of organelles below could only be found in a plant cell?
- A.
  
  Nucleus, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum
- B.
  
  Ribosomes, centrioles, cytoplasm, cell membrane
- C.
  
  Nucleus, cell membrane, golgi bodies, mitochondria
- D.
  
  Endoplasmic reticulum, chloroplasts, mitochondria, cell wall
5.

Which of the following organic compounds is not part of cell membrane?
- A.
  
  Nucleic acids
- B.
  
  Proteins
- C.
  
  Lipids
- D.
  
  Carbohydrates
6.

Diffusion is the ____________________ movement of molecules from an area of ___________ concentration to one of _________________.
7.

The diffusion of water is also known as ______________________.
8.

Three types of passive transport are ______________________, ________________, and ____________________.
9.

Active transport bears this name because ___________________________________________________________________________________________.
10.

Another word for the process of cell's taking in nutrients by making a vacuole of cell membrane around the nutirent is
11.

If you had a cell bathed in a 20% salt water solution, you would expect the water in the cell to
- A.
  
  Go in the cell because the salt would attract it.
- B.
  
  Go out of the cell.
- C.
  
  Do nothing.
12.

If you have a beaker of distilled water and a baggie placed in the beaker containing a 40% sugar solution. The baggie is ____________________ in relation to the beaker.
- A.
  
  Hypotonic
- B.
  
  Hypertonic
- C.
  
  Isotonic
13.

If a hypertonic cell (whose solutes are permeable to the membrane) is in distilled water, what direction would you expect the solutes to travel in relation to the membrane?
14.

Using the same scenario as above, what direction would you expect the water to move?
15.

Referring to quesition 16, what would happen to the cell?
16.

What part of a plant cell keeps it from bursting if the osmotic pressure increases?
- A.
  
  Contractile vacuole
- B.
  
  Nucleus
- C.
  
  Cell wall
17.

How do most cells in living things prevent changes in osmotic pressure from affecting their shape?
- A.
  
  Contractile vacuoles pump out excess water
- B.
  
  They generally do not come in contact with envrionments very different than that inside the cell
- C.
  
  They have cell walls so the interior and exterior do not come in contact with one another
18.

The process by which cells in an organism can develop different ways to perform different tasks is called_______________.