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Which cells contain membrane-surrounded organelles? |
Eukaryotic cells. |
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Which is a material found in the cell walls of bacteria? |
Peptidoglycan. |
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What is the age of the oldest microfossil accepted by most scientists? |
3.5 billion years old. |
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Which domain includes prokaryotic organisms that lack cell walls made of peptidoglycan? |
Archaea. |
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The Paramecium belongs to which kingdom? |
Protista. |
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Which is prokaryotic and photosynthetic? |
Cyanobacteria. |
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Which is a unicellular fungus? |
Yeast. |
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Which is prokaryotic and lives near volcanic vents under the ocean? |
Thermophiles. |
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Which is not found in a bacterial cell? |
Membrane bound nucleus. |
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Which is an area where the DNA is concentrated inside a prokaryotic cell? |
Nucleoid. |
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How many membranes make up the nuclear envelope? |
2. |
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How many nuclear pores are found in the nuclear envelope? |
More than 3. |
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What is the proper order going from the inside to the outside of a prokaryotic cell? |
Plasma membrane, cell wall, and capsule. |
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Which buds from the endoplasmic reticulum? |
Transport vesicle. |
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Which breaks down alcohol and other toxins in liver cells? |
Peroxisome. |
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Which is used to take substances into the cell? |
Food vesicle. |
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Which of the following makes proteins? |
Ribosomes. |
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Which is a network of protein fibers found in the cytoplasm that is used to reinforce, organize and move cell structures? |
Cytoskeleton. |
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Which is the net movement of particles from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration? |
Diffusion. |
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Which is not a function of membrane proteins? |
DNA organization. |
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The movement of substances across a cell membrane from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration. This process requires cellular energy and a carrier protein. What is this process called ? |
Active transport. |
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Which is true about the arrangement of phospholipids and water in a lipid bilayer? |
The tails of the phospholipids are not exposed to water. |
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Which is true about a phospholipid molecule? |
It has 1 head and 2 tails. |
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Which process releases substances from a cell by fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane? |
Exocytosis. |
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Which process allows sodium and another molecule to enter a cell through symporter? |
Cotransport. |
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Which type of endocytosis is used to transport solid particles into the cell? |
Phagocytosis. |
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Which is not a type of passive transport? |
Passage through a carrier protein using cellular energy. |
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Which characteristic will help a substance pass through a cell membrane? |
Being neutral. |
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Which transports specific molecules across a cell membrane by making a shape change? (Swallowing movement) |
Carrier protein. |
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Which is true about the sodium-potassium pump? |
2 potassium ions are pumped into the cell at the same time by each pump. |
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Which allows water to pass through a cell membrane? |
Aquaporin. |
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Which substance is taken into a cell by cotransport? |
Glucose. |