Cell Biology Test

Question 1

Biogenesis

Answer 1

All living things come from other living things

Question 2

Spontaneous Generation

Answer 2

Living things come from nonliving things

Question 3

Bioemergence

Answer 3

Mrs. Yellowman is so FAT without a PH

Question 4

Instant Life

Answer 4

Spontaneous Generation

Question 5

Who performed the experiment that showed maggots do not spontaneously appear on meat

Answer 5

Francesco Redi

Question 6

What experiment did Louis Pasteur perform to disprove spontaneous generation?

Answer 6

Swan-Neck flask experiment

Question 7

Who was the first scientist to describe cells

Answer 7

Robert Hooke

Question 8

What did Theodor Schwann discover?

Answer 8

All animals are made of cells

Question 9

What did Matthias Schleiden discover?

Answer 9

All plants are made of cells

Question 10

Rudolph Virchow

Answer 10

All cells come from pre-existing cells

Question 11

What did Robert Hooke discover?

Answer 11

Cells

Question 12

What did Francesco Redi do?

Answer 12

Challenged the idea of Spontaneous Generation

Question 13

What did Louis Pasteur do?

Answer 13

Discovered Germ Theory

Question 14

What did Lazzaro Spallanzani do?

Answer 14

Discovered that life does not arise from non-living matter

Question 15

John Needham

Answer 15

Concluded that the only way for microorganisms to appear is by Spontaneous Generation

Question 16

What are small structures inside a cell that carry out life processes?

Answer 16

Organelles

Question 17

The substance that surrounds organelles in a cell

Answer 17

Cytosol

Question 18

What are all of the materials within the cell between the plasma membrane and the nucleus?

Answer 18

Cytoplasm

Question 19

What is the function of the nucleus in a cell?

Answer 19

The control center of the cell

Question 19

What provides shape and structure to the cell?

Answer 19

Cytoskeleton

Question 20

Which organelle is responsible for protein synthesis?

Answer 20

Ribosome

Question 21

What organelle produces energy for the cell?

Answer 21

Mitochondria

Question 22

What is the primary energy source for most cells

Answer 22

ATP

Question 23

What process involves the breaking down of glucose without oxygen?

Answer 23

Fermentation

Question 24

What process converts light energy into chemical energy (glucose) in plants?

Answer 24

Photosynthesis

Question 25

What is the main difference between mitosis and meiosis?

Answer 25

Mitosis creates 2 identical cells, while meiosis creates 4 genetically different cells

Question 26

What is prophase?

Answer 26

The first stage

Question 27

What is metaphase?

Answer 27

The stage in which chromosomes line up in the center of a dividing cell

Question 28

What is Anaphase?

Answer 28

The stage of mitosis when the chromsomes seperate and move toward opposite poles?

Question 29

What is Telophase?

Answer 29

The final stage of mitosis when chromosomes are seperated

Question 30

What is a group of similar cells performing a common function called?

Answer 30

A tissue

Question 31

What do different types of tissues working together to perform a common function form?

Answer 31

An organ

Question 32

What do several different organs working together to perform a particular function form?

Answer 32

An Organ System

Question 33

What is a tissue?

Answer 33

A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function.

Question 34

What is a carcinogen?

Answer 34

A substance, organism that is capable of causing cancer

Question 35

Which type of tumor does not spread and is not cancerous?

Answer 35

The Benign Tumor

Question 36

What is a malignant tumor?

Answer 36

A tumor that opens and closes

Question 37

What is a metabolism?

Answer 37

The sum of the chemical and physical processes working inside of a cell

Question 38

What is the difference between inheritance and adaptation?

Answer 38

Inheritance is passing traits from parents to offspring, while adaptation is a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment

Question 39

What is the function of the plasma membrane?

Answer 39

It determines which molecules enter or leave the cell

Question 40

What is the role of the Golgi Apparatus in a cell?

Answer 40

It processes, sorts, and packages proteins and lipids