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55 Multiple choice questions

Term 1 of 55
Gamete cells are haploid, which means they only have half a set of chromosomes.

True

False

Term 2 of 55
Most cells which secrete substances into the extracellular fluid will release them by the process
of exocytosis.

True

False

Term 3 of 55
The membrane is completely permeable to oxygen and carbon dioxide.

True

False

Term 4 of 55
Unassisted movement of a substance through a membrane due to concentration gradient is
known as

simple diffusion

transcytosis

carrier mediated diffusion

osmosis
Term 5 of 55
Both charged, polar, and uncharged, non-polar, substances can pass uninhibited through the cell
membrane from higher concentration to lower concentration.

True

False

Term 6 of 55
The reason polar, charged, substances cannot pass through the cell membrane is because they
are cannot pass through the two layers of hydrophobic tails which face each other in the cell
membrane.

True

False

Term 7 of 55
Large molecules require vesicles for transport into and out of the cell.

True

False

Term 8 of 55
A substance is only able to be transported by a carrier if

The gate on the carrier is open far enough to admit the substance.

The concentration gradient is high enough to draw the substance into the carrier.

The electrical gradient is strong enough to push the substances into the carrier.

The binding sites in the carrier are the appropriate shape for the substance to attach.
Term 9 of 55
The transport of amino acids into the cell results when sodium ions move down their electrical
gradient and cause amino acids to move into the cell against their electrochemical gradient. This
is an example of

vesicular transport

secondary active transport

simple diffusion

primary active transport

Term 10 of 55
Organelles are replicated during which phase of the Cell Cycle?

G1-Phase

S-Phase

Mitotic-Phase

All of the answer choices are correct

Term 11 of 55
An orderly, genetically programmed cell death is referred to as ________, while disorganized
pathological cell death is referred to as ________.

apoptosis; synapsis

apoptosis; necrosis

necrosis; apoptosis

synapsis; necrosis

necrosis; synapsis
Term 12 of 55
What type of endocytosis allows cells to "drink" (take up tiny droplets of extracellular fluid)?

exocytosis

pinocytosis

phagocytosis

by means of clathrin-coated pits

transcytosis

Term 13 of 55
The force which draws water into a concentrated substance in an attempt to equalize the solute is
referred to as

electrochemical tension

osmotic pressure

biochemical differential

aquaporin distribution

Term 14 of 55
Which of the following organelles plays an important role in phagocytosis (a type of
endocytosis), contains a variety of digestive enzymes, and has transport pumps that maintain an
acidic pH inside the organelle?

Lysosomes

Golgi complex

Peroxisomes

Mitochondria

Proteasomes
Term 15 of 55
Immune cells, like Plasma B-cells, are activated by binding to

Foreign proteins

Bacteria

Viruses

All of these

Term 16 of 55
When a pouch forms in the cell membrane to enclose extracellular fluid in a vesicle in order to
transport that fluid into the cell, the process is known as exocytosis.​

True

False

Term 17 of 55
The cytoplasm of a cell is made up of which of the following?

the plasma membrane and cytosol

the cytosol and the nucleus

the plasma membrane and organelles

the cytosol and organelles

the organelles and the nucleus

Term 18 of 55
When the nucleus from the sperm fuses with the nucleus of the ovum, a zygote is formed.

True

False