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- 1. Multiple Choice
Most prokaryotes and eukaryotes maintain a reserve of ATP. Which feature of prokaryotes and eukaryotes makes the ATP reserve necessary?
They have a cell membrane.
They can change over time.
They use energy to function.
They have the ability to reproduce.
- 2. Multiple Choice
The golgi apparatus is broken down during mitosis and then reformed. Which function would a cell be unable to perform during the time that its Golgi apparatus is broken down?
copying genetic material to include in the new cell
forming vesicles to import molecules into the cell
processing and packaging proteins for the cellular export
correcting errors in the process of building a new cell
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which characteristic is shared by all prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Ability to store hereditary information
Use of organelles to control cell processes
Use of cellular respiration for energy release
Ability to move in response to environmental stimuli
- 4. Multiple Choice
Alveoli are microscopic air sacs in the lungs of mammals. Which statement BEST describes how the structure of alveoli allows lungs to function properly?
They increase the amount of energy transferred from the lungs to the blood.
They increase the flexibility of the lungs as they expand during inflation.
They increase the volume of the lungs, allowing more oxygen to be inhaled.
They increase the surface areas of the lungs, allowing efficient gas exchange.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus work together in eukaryotic cells. What is one way that the rough endoplasmic reticulum assists the Golgi apparatus?
It assembles nucleic acids from monomers.
It breaks down old, damaged macromolecules.
It packages new protein molecules into vesicles.
It determines which protein molecules to synthesize.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is essential to proper functioning of all prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms?
O2
CO2
ATP
NaCl
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which statement best compares eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells?
Eukaryotic cells are smaller than prokaryotic cells.
Prokaryotic cells are more complex than eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotic cells contain a distinct central organelle, and eukaryotic cells do not.
Eukaryotic cells contain membrane-bound organelles, and prokaryotic cells do not.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Lungs and capillaries both have porous linings that allow certain substances to move into or out of the structures. Which function do these porous linings most likely serve in living organisms?
heat release
gas exchange
carbohydrate absorption
osmotic pressure regulation
- 9. Multiple Choice
In order for medicine X to produce the effects that the researchers observed, it must have entered into which part of the targeted cells?
nucleus
ribosome
golgi apparatus
rough endoplasmic reticulum
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which structure and function are common to all plants and some protists and distinguish them from all animals?
chloroplasts that conduct photosynthesis
mitochondria that conduct photosynthesis
chloroplasts that conduct cellular respiration
mitochondria that conduct cellular respiration
- 11. Multiple Choice
The function of which human organ is most like the cell walls of bacteria?
heart
liver
pancreas
skin
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which characteristic is shared by all prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms?
the ability to reproduce asexually
the ability to make their own food
the need for a source of energy
the need for oxygen for respiration
- 13. Multiple Choice
Life functions are performed at many levels of biological organization. Which level of biological organization is the simplest level at which a structure can support life functions?
cell
tissue
organelle
organ system
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes a difference between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells?
The presence of both DNA and ribosomes in prokaryotic cells indicates that they are more complex than eukaryotic cells
The larger size of prokaryotic cells indicates that they are more complex than eukaryotic cells
The presence of membrane-bound organelles in eukaryotic cells indicates that they are more complex than prokaryotic cells
The larger size of eukaryotic cells indicates that they are more complex than prokaryotic cells
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which structure is found in the cell of maple tree, but NOT in the cells of beetles?
Nucleus
Vacuole
Cell membrane
Cell wall
- 16. Multiple Choice
Consists of different organs that work together for a specific function...
organelle
organ systems
organism
the brain
- 17. Multiple Choice
Consists of all the biotic and abiotic factors of the environment...
population
community
ecosystem
all of the above
- 18. Multiple Choice
The smallest unit of life that is able to carry out all the functions of living things...
subatomic particle
organelle
atom
cell
- 19. Multiple Choice
Membrane enclosed structures that carry out specialized functions within a cell.
organs
organelles
ions
molecules
- 20. Multiple Choice
Any single living individual, and can refer to a single human, animal, plant,
Protista, bacteria, or fungi.
Community
Cell
Population
Organism
- 21. Multiple Choice
What is one thing that plants do have that animals do not have?
cells
tissues
organs
xylem
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