Gen Bio Quiz 1

Question 1

All organisms have the ability to grow and develop. These organisms utilize nourishment from their environment together with instructions coded by their genes.

Answer 1

Growth and Development

Question 2

the process through which the plant increases in size

Answer 2

Plant growth

Question 3

In order for higher forms of organisms to function properly, they must maintain appropriate concentrations of different chemicals, pH level, optimum temperature, etc., because these conditions may change from time to time depending on changes in their environment

Answer 3

Maintain Homeostasis

Question 4

a common method of modification of the heat exchange for most mammals

Answer 4

Piloerction

Question 5

the process of succeeding generationsthru sexual or asexual processes, whichinvolves passing down of genes fromparents to their offspring

Answer 5

Reproduction

Question 6

Organisms have the ability to respond todifferent environments and diverse stimuli.

Answer 6

Response to Stimuli

Question 7

a process of an organism adjusting to better match its environment.

Answer 7

Adaptation

Question 8

Other organisms take in substances as food which is broken down to its chemical form that is required by an organism.

Answer 8

Energy Processing

Question 9

It’s the most common photosynthetic process and is seen in algae, cynobacteria and plants.

Answer 9

Oxygenicphotosynthesis

Question 10

It’s a photosynthetic process that makesuse of electron donors other than water and contains no by-product of oxygen.

Answer 10

Anoxygenicphotosynthesis

Question 11

Organisms form highly organized and coordinated structures in order to function properly.

Answer 11

Organized

Question 12

Although he is known for telescope, he was also able to make his own microscope becauseof his knowledge about glass and focal lengths.

Answer 12

Galileo Galilei

Question 13

First person to see cells, he was looking at cork and noted that he saw “a great many boxes.

Answer 13

Robert Hooke

Question 14

Observed living cells in pond water, which he called “animalcules”

Answer 14

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 14

The Father of Microbiology

Answer 14

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 15

zoologist who observed tissues of animals hadcells

Answer 15

Theodore Schwann

Question 16

botanist, observed tissues of plants contained cells

Answer 16

Mattias Schleiden

Question 17

He also reported that every living thing is made of up vital units, known as cells. He predicted that cells come from other cells.

Answer 17

Rudolf Virchow

Question 18

The Father of Modern Pathology

Answer 18

Rudolf Virchow

Question 19

What are the 3 cell theories?

Answer 19

1. Every living organism is made of one or more cells.
2. The cell is the basic unit of structure and function.
3. All cells arise from pre-existing cells.

Question 20

A cell that contains a nucleus

Answer 20

Eukaryotic Cell

Question 21

Composed of a bilayerof phospholipids withproteins and short carbohydrate chains

Regulates what entersor exits the cell

Answer 21

CELL MEMBRANE

Question 22

Contains a cytosol which is a thick, aqueous solution of salts surrounding the organelles inside the cell membrane

Answer 22

CYTOPLASM

Question 23

All parts of the cell inside the membrane but outside the nucleus.

Answer 23

CYTOPLASM

Question 24

Control center of cell activities

Answer 24

NUCLEUS

Question 25

the hereditary material of the cell

Answer 25

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)

Question 26

Makes ribosomes that make proteins

Answer 26

Nucleolus

Question 27

Double membrane surrounding the nucleus

Answer 27

Nuclear membrane

Question 28

the process of selectively permeable nuclear envelope separates the contents of the nucleus from that of the cytoplasm.

Answer 28

Cell compartmentalization

Question 29

Network of hollow membrane tubules that functions in Synthesis & Transport of cell products

Answer 29

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Question 30

Has ribosomes on its surface and makes membrane proteins and proteins for EXPORT out of cell

Answer 30

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum(Rough ER)

Question 31

"Protein factories” of the cell

Answer 31

Ribosomes

Question 32

They join amino acids together by a process called protein synthesis

Answer 32

Ribosomes

Question 33

Makes cell products that are USEDINSIDE the cell and it lacks ribosomes on its surface

Answer 33

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Question 34

The functions of this organelle are: *Makes membrane lipids (steroids) *Metabolizescarbohydrates *Storesand regulates calcium ions (muscle cells) *Detoxifiesdrugs and poisons (Liver)

Answer 34

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Question 35

Modify, sort & package ER products for storage OR transport out of cell

Answer 35

Golgi Apparatus

Question 36

It breaks down food, bacteria, and worn out cell parts and it is programmed for cell death (AUTOLYSIS)

Answer 36

Lysosomes

Question 37

Fluid filled sacs for storage of sugars, proteins, minerals, lipids, wastes, salts, water, and enzymes

Answer 37

Vacuoles

Question 38

“Powerhouse” of the cell

Answer 38

Mitochondrion

Question 39

The site of CELLULAR RESPIRATION (burning of glucose) and generates biologically available energy (ATP)

Answer 39

Mitochondrion

Question 40

Found only in photosynthetic organisms and uses energy from sunlight to make own food(glucose)

Answer 40

Chloroplasts

Question 41

a gel-like material surrounding thylakoids

Answer 41

Stroma

Question 42

Inner membrane modified into sacs

Answer 42

Thylakoids

Question 43

Thylakoids in stacks

Answer 43

Grana

Question 44

Found in plants, fungi, & bacteria

Answer 44

Cell Wall

Question 45

The cell wall in plants is made of ______

Answer 45

cellulose

Question 46

The cell wall in bacteria is made of ______

Answer 46

peptidoglycan

Question 47

The cell wall in fungi is made of ______

Answer 47

chitin

Question 48

What are the 3 nonmembrane-bound cytoplasmic organelles?

Answer 48

*Ribosomes *Cytoskeleton *Centrosome

Question 49

Helps cell maintain cell shape and help move organelles around

Answer 49

Cytoskeleton

Question 50

are threadlike & made of ACTIN

Answer 50

Microfilaments

Question 51

are tubelike & made of TUBULIN

Answer 51

Microtubules

Question 52

It is an organelle that helps cells divide or make copies of themselves during cell division.

Answer 52

Centrioles

Question 53

The ________ is considered a “microtubule-organizing center”. It contains a pair of centrioles.

Answer 53

Centrosomes

Question 54

Membrane-bound vesicles containing oxidative enzymes that produce hydrogen peroxide and convert it to water.

Answer 54

Peroxisomes

Question 55

Single membrane-bound vesicle that synthesizes and stores lipids, also produces cutin and wax

Answer 55

Spherosome

Question 56

Specialized peroxisomes that are present in post germinative seedlings of oil seeds and senescent organs of plants

Answer 56

Glyoxysome

Question 57

A specific structure that forms in plant cells during cytokinesis. It builds a cell wall (called as “cell plate”) between daughter cells.

Answer 57

Phragmoplast

Question 58

Narrow channels that act as intercellular cytoplasmic bridges to facilitate intercellular communication and transport of materials between plant cells.

Answer 58

Plasmodesmata