Biology | IB Style Questions

Cell Biology SL

1. Which of the following is only found in an animal cell membrane?

a. Phospholipid
b. Cholesterol
c. Glycoprotein
d. Carbohydrate

2. Which one of the following is defined as keeping the internal conditions of a cell or organism
within limits?

a. Osmosis
b. Exocytosis
c. Diffusion
d. Homeostasis

3. At which stage of mitosis does DNA supercoil into visible chromosomes?

a. Metaphase
b. Anaphase
c. Telophase
d. Prophase

4.  cell with an internal osmolarity of 350mosM is placed into a 500mosM solution. At the
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equilibrium, what will happen to the cell osmolarity?

a. Increase
b. Will not change
c. Decrease
d. Cannot be determined

5.  he length of a bacteria under a 25mm magnification is ×1250. What is the actual length of
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the bacteria?
a. 20micrometers
b. 0.02micrometers
c. 31.25micrometers
d. 0.2micrometers

6. Which one of the following is not a type of active transport?

a. Pinocytosis
b. Facilitated diffusion
c. Endocytosis
d. Protein pumps

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Biology | IB Style Questions
Cell Biology SL

7. Which one of the following is an atypical example in terms of cell theory?

a. Paramecium
b. Chlamydomonas
c. E. coli
d. Striated muscle

8. What are stem cells? Define their characteristics and give an example of their use.

9. What is endosymbiotic theory? Explain the evidence towards it.

10. Draw a diagram of a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell and explain the differences.

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