Test 4

Question 1

What do mitochondria do?

Answer 1

produce energy for cell through cellular respiration which makes ATP

Question 2

How big are mitochondria?

Answer 2

approx. size of bacteria

Question 3

What is the function of the golgi apparatus?

Answer 3

packs macromolecules for transport

Question 4

What structure is found on the rough ER thats is not on the smooth ER?

Answer 4

ribosomes

Question 5

Where is the nucleolus found?

Answer 5

inside the nucleus

Question 6

What is the function of the nucleolus

Answer 6

produces ribosomes

Question 7

What is the function of the cytoskeleton?

Answer 7

maintenance of cell shape and cell motility

Question 8

What term refers to a plant in which the membrane has pulled away from the cell wall?

Answer 8

plasmolysis

Question 9

What will happen if the concentration of glucose in the fluid outside the cell is lower than the concentration inside?

Answer 9

water will enter the cell by osmosis

Question 10

In the days before refrigeration, a common practice to preserve meat was to add a ton of salt. Why did this work pretty well?

Answer 10

The salt that surrounded the meat would be hypertonic compared the microbes on the meat (which cause meat to rot), therefore water would leave the microbial cells, killing the cells. With the microbes gone, the meat would take more time to rot