Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which
of the following is NOT found in animal cells? a. | cell wall | c. | lysosomes | b. | cell
membrane | d. | vesicle | | | | |
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Which
of the following is NOT found in plant cells? a. | lysosome | c. | cell membrane | b. | ribosome | d. | Golgi
complex | | | | |
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3.
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Materials that are to be released outside the cell are transported to the cell
membrane in a small compartment that has pinched off the a. | nucleus. | c. | rough
ER. | b. | contractile
vacuole. | d. | Golgi
complex. | | | | |
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____
are the basic units of living things. a. | Organisms | c. | Cells | b. | Tissues | d. | Organs | | | | |
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Which
statement explains why amoebas do not grow large enough to be seen with the naked
eye? a. | A larger cell
has a higher surface-area-to-volume ratio than a smaller cell, allowing fewer nutrients per cubic
unit of volume, so it would starve to death. | b. | A larger cell
has a lower surface-area-to-volume ratio than a smaller cell, allowing fewer nutrients per cubic unit
of volume, so it would starve to death. | c. | A larger cell has a lower surface-area-to-volume ratio than a
smaller cell, allowing more nutrients per cubic unit of volume, so it would starve to
death. | d. | A larger cell has a higher surface-area-to-volume ratio than a
smaller cell, allowing more nutrients per cubic unit of volume, so it would starve to
death. | | |
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The
heredity material in a cell is a. | DNA. | c. | ATP. | b. | ER. | d. | cytoplasm. | | | | |
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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
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Prokaryotic cells do NOT have a. | DNA. | c. | a cell membrane. | b. | a
nucleus. | d. | ribosomes. | | | | |
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When
compared to a prokaryotic cell, a eukaryotic cell a. | has more types of organelles. | b. | has DNA that is
linear rather than circular. | c. | stores its DNA in a nucleus rather than in the
cytoplasm. | d. | All of the above | | |
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Phospholipid molecules form the a. | cell membrane. | c. | ribosomes. | b. | cell
wall. | d. | DNA. | | | | |
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Cellulose forms the a. | cell membrane. | c. | nucleus. | b. | cell
wall. | d. | mitochondria. | | | | |
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A
____ keep(s) the cytoplasm inside and allow nutrients in and waste products out. a. | cell
membrane | c. | nucleus | b. | chloroplast | d. | mitochondria | | | | |
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Almost every chemical reaction that is important to a eukaryotic cell's life involves
some kind of a. | lipid. | c. | protein. | b. | phospholipid. | d. | cellulose. | | | | |
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Food
molecules are broken down to release energy by the a. | ribosomes. | c. | mitochondria. | b. | endoplasmic reticulum. | d. | chloroplasts. | | | | |
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____
is what makes chloroplasts green. a. | A chromatid | c. | Cholesterol | b. | Chlorophyll | d. | A
chromosome | | | | |
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