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Biology Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which term best describes a cell that shrinks due to the loss of fluids through its membrane | Plasmolysis |
| The cell membrane is composed of all of the following except | Nucleic acids |
| Which of the following is not true regarding osmosis | Water molecules require the use of catalysts to move through the membrane |
| Which type of biological cell contains ribosomes | Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells contain ribosomes |
| All eukaryotic cells lack cell walls | false |
| Biological cells were first discovered by robert hooke in 1665 | True |
| Which organelle is responsible for storing water and maintaining the proper rigidity of a plant cell | Vacuole |
| Which organelle is responsible for making food for plants using carbon dioxide and water | Chloroplast |
| Which organelle is responsible for containing digestive enzymes that break down food particles or even bacteria and viruses inside of cells | Lysosome |
| What organelle is responsible for making proteins inside of cells | Rough endoplasmic reticulum with the ribosomes on it |
| which organelle is the long whiplike tail that moves sperm so that it can meet up with the egg and fertilize it | Flagella |
| which type of cellular transport dose not require the use of ATP to move chemicals in and out of the cell | Passive transport |
| Which organelle is responsible for the production of lipids inside cells | Smooth endoplasmic reticulum |
| Which organelle has tiny hairlike protein structures that paddle back and forth to move certain cells | Cilia |
| Which organelle in eukaryotic cells contains the genetic material for the cell | Nucleus |
| Which organelle is involved in the packaging and secretion of proteins after they are made | Golgi apparatus |
| Which organelle in eukaryotic cells converts the energy in glucose into the energy storage molecule called ATP | Mitochondria |
| Ziplock bags have small pores in them that allow some small molecules to pass through them | true |
| what are the three postulates of cell theory | all living things are made out of cells the cell is the basic unit of a living thing all cells come from pre existing cells through cell division |
| which type of cellular transport uses energy to move chemicals in and out of the cell | Active Transport |
| what is the purpose of the beta islet cells of the pancreas | makes insulin protein |
| what chemical makes up your genes | DNA |
| what do genes do in all living things | Genes instruct our cells how to assemble amino acids together in a specific order |
| What is the purpose of red blood cells in the body | to bond oxygen in our lungs |
| What are two differences between plant and animal cells and what are two similarites between plant and animal cells | Plant have cell walls and chloroplast and vacuoles but animal cells lack these structures and they both have a nucleus |
| what is the purpose of cholesterol in living things | The cell membrane of cells is fluid it flows |
| what is the name of the process by which white blood cells engulf bacteria and viruses and digest them | Phagocytosis |
| What is diffusion | the movement of any substance from a high concentration to a lower concentration |
| What is the term for the specilized group of microtubles that are important in the movement of chromosomes during cell division | Centrioles |
| in which direction will there be a net movement of water | Out of the cell |
| The solution inside the cell is called | Hypotonic |
| the solution outside the cell is called | hypertonic |