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Week #9 Qwest
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Examine the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.
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1. Which of the cells in the diagram above is a prokaryotic cell?
a. Cell 1
c. Cell 3
b. Cell 2
d. None of the above
2. Which of the following is the structure labeled A?
a. cell wall
c. chloroplast
b. vacuole
d. DNA
3. Which of the following is the structure labeled G?
a. DNA
c. cell wall
b. endoplasmic reticulum
d. mitochondria
4. Which of the cells in the diagram above is a plant cell?
a. Cell 1
c. Cell 3
b. Cell 2
d. None of the above
5. Which of the cells in the diagram above is a bacteria?
a. Cell 1
c. Cell 3
b. Cell 2
d. None of the above
6. Which of the cells in the diagram above is an animal cell?
a. Cell 1
c. Cell 3
b. Cell 2
d. None of the above
7. Families can be further broken down into
a. classes.
c. phyla.
b. genera.
d. orders.
8. Cells are
a. the structures that contain all of the materials necessary for life.
b. found in all organisms.
c. sometimes specialized for particular functions.
d. All of the above
9. The scientific name for a skunk is Mephitis mephitis, which specifies the skunk's
a. kingdom and class.
c. class and species.
b. genus and species.
d. class and genus.
10. Mitosis is usually divided into ____ phases.
a. four
c. three
b. two
d. six
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____ 11. The scientific name for the common house cat is Felis domesticus. What is its species name?
a. Felis
c. house cat
b. domesticus
d. feline
____ 12. You are made up of about 100 trillion cells; however, you began as
a. an organ.
c. an organelle.
b. a glob of gooey cytoplasm.
d. a single cell.
____ 13. A monkey is made up of trillions of
a. stimuli.
c. eggs.
b. minerals.
d. cells.
____ 14. When a Venus flytrap catches an insect, it is reacting to the stimulus of
a. sound.
c. touch.
b. light.
d. scent.
____ 15. The exchange of materials between a cell and its environment takes place across cell
a. mitochondria.
c. nucleus.
b. membranes.
d. nucleolus.
____ 16. What is produced by mitosis?
a. two identical cells
c. chloroplasts
b. two nuclei
d. two different cells
____ 17. Two organisms that are in the same order will also be in the same
a. class.
c. family.
b. genus.
d. species.
____ 18. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of bacteria?
a. They are prokaryotes.
b. Their DNA is one long twisted string
c. They have an endoplasmic reticulum.
d. They have a cell membrane.
Examine the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.
____ 19. Across which structure does osmosis occur?
a. A - ER
b. B - Mitochondria
____ 20. The cell in the figure above is a(n)
a. prokaryotic cell.
b. eukaryotic cell.
c.
d.
C - vacuole
D - cell membrane
c.
d.
plant cell.
Both (b) and (c)
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Below is a branching diagram showing the evolutionary relationships between organisms that are in the same
kingdom. Examine the illustration and answer the questions that follow.
____ 21. The animals shown in this picture
a. can interbreed.
c. are of the order Carnivora.
b. are of the class Mammalia.
d. are of the kingdom Animalia.
____ 22. The words to the right of the tree most likely indicate the characteristics
a. they have in common.
c. that none of the animals have.
b. that make the next animal unique.
d. All of the above
____ 23. The burning sensation you feel in your muscles after running a long distance is due to the effects of
a. active transport.
c. cellular respiration.
b. photosynthesis.
d. fermentation.
____ 24. Different ____ work together in an organ.
a. organ systems
c. organisms
b. tissues
d. prokaryotes
____ 25. What are the three basic necessities of life?
a. air, water and food
c. air, food, and clothing
b. sunlight, air and water
d. water, food, and clothing
Study the table below and answer the questions that follow.
Classification of Three Different Organisms
Organism
Bacterium
Box elder
Human
Class
Scotobacteria
Dicotyledones
Mammalia
A
Spirochaetales
Sapindales
C
Family
Spirochaetaceae
Aceraceae
Hominidae
____ 26. Which level of classification is represented by the box labeled A?
a. kingdom
c. division
b. phylum
d. order
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Cristispira
Acer
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____ 27. Which of the following best fits the box labeled D?
a. sapiens
c. Homo
b. Canis
d. Animalia
____ 28. Which level of classification is represented by the box labeled B?
a. kingdom
c. genus
b. species
d. order
____ 29. Which of the following best fits the box labeled C?
a. Carnivora
c. Homo
b. Primates
d. sapiens
____ 30. A person has about 200 different kinds of cells, each specialized to do a particular job. This means that the
person
a. does not need tissues.
c. is multicellular.
b. does not need organs.
d. is unicellular.
____ 31. Which of the following best describes the name given to the Tyrannosaurus rex?
a. It is a common name for a dinosaur.
b. It is the scientific name for a specific species of dinosaur.
c. It is a made-up name for a dinosaur in the movies.
d. It is the given name of a dinosaur, such as the given name of a person may be Anne or
Bob.
____ 32. The pupils of your eyes respond to which of the following stimuli?
a. sound
c. scent
b. light
d. touch
____ 33. The cell wall does?
a. supports the cell.
c. surrounds the cell.
b. protects the cell.
d. All of the above
____ 34. An organism with chloroplasts is a
a. consumer.
c. producer.
b. prokaryote.
d. centromere.
____ 35. Molds and mushrooms are organisms in the kingdom
a. Protista.
c. Fungi.
b. Plantae.
d. Animalia.
____ 36. Once mitosis is complete, the splitting of the cytoplasm or ____ occurs.
a. endocytosis
c. exocytosis
b. cytokinesis
d. osmosis
____ 37. The smallest organelle is the
a. ribosome.
c. endoplasmic reticulum.
b. nucleus.
d. vacuole.
____ 38. Which of the following is a stimulus?
a. sound
c. gravity
b. darkness
d. All of the above
____ 39. A pine tree is a member of the kingdom
a. Animalia.
c. Fungi.
b. Protista.
d. Plantae.
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____ 40. Why is an elephant larger than a human?
a. It has larger cells than a person does.
b. It has a larger surface-to-volume ratio of its cells than a person does.
c. It has more cells than a person does.
d. None of the above
____ 41. Which of the following would NOT undergo mitosis?
a. human cell
c. plant cell
b. prokaryotic cell
d. fungi cell
____ 42. The scientific name for the European white water lily is Nymphaea alba. What is the genus to which this
plant belongs?
a. Nymphaea
c. water lily
b. alba
d. alba lily
____ 43. How would sugar entering a cell that already contains a high concentration of sugar get through a cell
membrane and into a cell?
a. osmosis
b. active transportation
c. passive transportation
d. the sugar will not go from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration
____ 44. A ____ keep(s) the cytoplasm inside and allow nutrients in and waste products out.
a. cell membrane
c. nucleus
b. chloroplast
d. mitochondria
____ 45. The ____ looks like flattened sacks stacked side by side or a cloth folded back and forth.
a. ribosome
c. nucleus
b. endoplasmic reticulum
d. cell membrane
____ 46. Exocytosis means
a. "within the cell."
c. "made by light."
b. "outside the cell."
d. "breathing."
____ 47. Prokaryotic cells do NOT have
a. DNA.
c. a cell membrane.
b. a nucleus.
d. ribosomes.
____ 48. Plantae, Animalia, and Protista are all names of
a. kingdoms.
c. classes.
b. phyla.
d. genera.
____ 49. When a duck dives under water, its inner eyelids automatically raise to cover the duck's eyes. In this case,
water acts as
a. homeostasis.
c. a reaction.
b. a stimulus.
d. an enzyme.
____ 50. Which statement best describes how producers get the food they need to survive?
a. They break down the nutrients in dead organisms or animal wastes.
b. They use energy from the sun to make food from water and carbon dioxide.
c. They obtain energy and food from the chemicals in their environment.
d. Either (b) or (c)
____ 51. "Kings Play Chess On Fine-Grained Sand" is a mnemonic device that helps one remember
a. the scientific names of different organisms.
b. the six kingdoms.
c. the seven levels of classification.
d. the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
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Examine the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.
____ 52. The cell in the figure above is a
a. prokaryotic cell.
b. eukaryotic cell.
c.
d.
plant cell.
Both (b) and (c)
Study the illustration of the steps in mitosis and answer the questions that follow.
____ 53. Which of the following correctly indicates the order in which mitosis occurs?
a. A, B, C, D
c. C, B, A, D
b. B, A, C, D
d. A, C, B, D
Below is a diagram of cheetahs and a diagram of the single-celled Paramecium. Examine the diagrams
below, and answer the questions that follow.
____ 54. Which of these organisms maintains a stable internal environment?
a. the cheetah
b. the paramecium
c. Both the cheetah and the paramecium
d. Neither the cheetah nor the paramecium
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____ 55. The seven levels of classification, from general to specific, are:
a. kingdom, class, order, phylum, family, genus, species.
b. kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, genus, species.
c. kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
d. kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genus, species.
____ 56. Organisms must have food because
a. food is a source of energy.
c. organisms never make their own food.
b. food supplies cells with oxygen.
d. All of the above
____ 57. Most of the ATP produced by a cell is made in the
a. ribosomes.
c. mitochondria.
b. endoplasmic reticulum.
d. chloroplasts.
____ 58. Most single-celled organisms
a. grow as the cell gets larger.
b. reproduce asexually.
c. do not have cells that perform specific functions.
d. All of the above
____ 59. The largest, most general group in the classifications used by biologists is the
a. kingdom.
c. class.
b. order.
d. species.
____ 60. A salamander is an example of a
a. producer.
c. decomposer.
b. consumer.
d. scavenger.
____ 61. Which of the following best describes organelles?
a. Only certain kinds of cells have organelles.
b. There is only one kind of organelle.
c. All organelles are surrounded by membranes.
d. Organelles enable a cell to live, grow, and reproduce.
____ 62. A specific organism can have
a. many common names.
c. many scientific names.
b. only one scientific name.
d. Both (a) and (b)
____ 63. A cell without a nucleus is a
a. coconut
c. eukaryotic cell.
b. prokaryotic cell.
d. Both (a) and (c)
____ 64. When scientists classify organisms, they
a. arrange them in orderly groups.
c. decide whether they are useful.
b. give them many common names.
d. ignore evolutionary relationships.
____ 65. Which of the following is a true statement about all living things?
a. They cannot sense changes in their external environment.
b. They have one or more cells.
c. They do not need to use energy.
d. They reproduce asexually.
____ 66. ____ is what makes chloroplasts green.
a. A chromatid
c. Cholesterol
b. Chlorophyll
d. A chromosome
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____ 67. When particles are moved through a membrane from a region of low concentration to a region of high
concentration, the process is called
a. diffusion.
c. active transport.
b. passive transport.
d. fermentation.
____ 68. If an animal cell did not have lysosomes, it would NOT be able to
a. control the production of proteins.
b. make food using sunlight.
c. digest wastes and foreign matter.
d. All of the above
____ 69. Which of the following are characteristics that all organisms share?
a. All living things have DNA.
c. All living things have cells.
b. All living things grow and develop.
d. all of the above
____ 70. Most plants are
a. producers.
c. decomposers.
b. consumers.
d. Both (b) and (c)
____ 71. Which statement best describes what happens to a single-celled organism when it is eaten?
a. It reproduces sexually.
b. Its energy is transferred to another organism.
c. It reproduces asexually.
d. It maintains homeostasis.
____ 72. Which statement best describes how consumers get the food they need to survive?
a. They use energy from the sun to make food from water and carbon dioxide.
b. They obtain energy and food from the chemicals in their environment.
c. They eat other organisms.
d. They break down the nutrients in dead organisms or animal wastes.
____ 73. Which of the following is NOT found in animal cells?
a. cell wall
c. lysosomes
b. cell membrane
d. vesicle
____ 74. A change in an organism's environment that affects the organism's activities is a
a. response.
c. metabolism.
b. stimulus.
d. producer.
____ 75. Which one of the following does NOT perform mitosis?
a. a prokaryotic cell
c. a eukaryotic cell
b. a human body cell
d. a plant cell
____ 76. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all living things share?
a. All living things reproduce.
b. All living things sense and respond to change.
c. All living things obtain water by drinking.
d. All living things use energy.
____ 77. When the endoplasmic reticulum carry particles to the cell membrane for release, this is called
a. osmosis.
c. endocytosis.
b. active transportation.
d. exocytosis.
____ 78. Maintaining a body temperature of 37°C and a stable amount of sugar in your blood are both examples of
a. homeostasis.
c. photosynthesis.
b. metabolism.
d. respiration.
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____ 79. How many species does Felis domesticus contain?
a. one
c. three
b. two
d. four
____ 80. The term that means "outside the cell" is
a. osmosis.
c. endocytosis.
b. active transportation.
d. exocytosis.
____ 81. It takes Cell A 6 hours to complete its cell cycle and produce two cells. The cell cycle of Cell B takes 8
hours. How many more cells would be formed from Cell A than Cell B in 24 hours?
a. 1
c. 4
b. 3
d. 8
____ 82. The ____ is an organelle that is found only in plants and algae.
a. ribosome
c. mitochondria
b. endoplasmic reticulum
d. chloroplast
____ 83. Fungi obtain nutrients by
a. performing photosynthesis.
b. eating food.
c. absorbing them from their surroundings.
d. All of the above
____ 84. ____ are the basic units of living things.
a. Organisms
c. Cells
b. Tissues
d. Organs
____ 85. Oxygen is used to break down food molecules and release energy in a process called
a. photosynthesis.
c. cellular respiration.
b. cytokinesis.
d. fermentation.
____ 86. Fish that live in the ice-cold waters off Antarctica make a natural antifreeze that keeps them from freezing.
This is the fish's way of maintaining a stable environment known as
a. photosynthesis.
c. metabolism.
b. homeostasis.
d. respiration.
____ 87. Which of the following would have cells that would undergo binary fission?
a. a potato plant
c. bacteria
b. a human body
d. an insect
____ 88. Cellular respiration takes place in a eukaryotic cell's
a. nucleus.
c. endoplasmic reticulum.
b. mitochondria.
d. Golgi complex.
____ 89. Which of the following statements is NOT part of the cell theory?
a. The most basic component of any organism is the cell.
b. All cells originate from other cells.
c. All cells have a nucleus and a cell membrane.
d. All living things are made up of one or more cells.
____ 90. You could consider the chloroplasts and mitochondria in cells to be similar to
a. waste dumps.
c. factories.
b. resource depletion centers.
d. self-contained, noninteractive entities.
____ 91. Each class is subdivided into one or more
a. phyla.
c. orders.
b. families.
d. species.
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____ 92. Most ATP in eukaryotic cells is produced in the
a. mitochondria.
c. nucleus.
b. endoplasmic reticulum.
d. chloroplasts.
____ 93. When a cell membrane surrounds a particle, encloses it in a vesicle, and brings the particle into the cell, this
is called
a. osmosis.
c. endocytosis.
b. active transportation.
d. exocytosis.
____ 94. Organisms use energy to
a. move materials into and out of cells.
c. make or break down food.
b. build cells.
d. All of the above
____ 95. Food molecules are broken down to release energy by the
a. ribosomes.
c. mitochondria.
b. endoplasmic reticulum.
d. chloroplasts.
____ 96. Which of the following does NOT describe cells?
a. All cells are surrounded by a cell membrane.
b. All cells are able to survive on their own.
c. All cells come from other cells.
d. All cells contain cytoplasm and organelles.
____ 97. Respiration means
a. "within the cell."
c. "made by light."
b. "outside the cell."
d. "breathing."
____ 98. When the seven levels of classification are listed from broadest to narrowest, which level is in the fifth
position?
a. class
c. genus
b. order
d. family
____ 99. The equation: Glucose + Oxygen → CO2 + H2O + Energy (ATP) is the equation for which of the following
processes?
a. photosynthesis
c. fermentation
b. cellular respiration
d. exocytosis
____ 100. Some giant sequoia trees are over 3,000 years old. They are some of the oldest and largest living organisms
in the kingdom
a. Protista.
c. Plantae.
b. Fungi.
d. Animalia.
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