Cell Organelles Part 1

50 MCQs This set covers the properties of life, cell theory and its exceptions, and light and electron microscopy. It also covers the cell wall, the structure of the plasma membrane and the techniques used to study it, and the nucleus.

MCQs

50 questions · 35 min · 50 marks

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  1. Question 1

    Which of the following is NOT one of the seven basic properties of life?

    • AMovement
    • BExcretion
    • CPhotosynthesis
    • DHomeostasis
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    Answer: C

    The seven properties are movement and respiration and homeostasis and growth and reproduction and excretion and nutrition.

  2. Question 2

    Sperm cells move with the help of

    • ACilia
    • BFlagella
    • CPseudopodia
    • DPili
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    Answer: B

    Sperm cells swim using their flagella.

  3. Question 3

    Cells release energy from glucose in the form of

    • ADNA
    • BATP
    • CRNA
    • DCellulose
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    Answer: B

    ATP is the energy currency that powers cellular activities.

  4. Question 4

    Mitosis produces identical daughter cells for

    • AGamete formation
    • BGrowth and repair
    • CFertilization
    • DMutation
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    Answer: B

    Mitosis is for growth and repair while meiosis creates gametes.

  5. Question 5

    Who observed a thin slice of cork in 1665 and named the compartments cellulae?

    • ARobert Hooke
    • BRobert Brown
    • CLouis Pasteur
    • DRudolf Virchow
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    Answer: A

    Robert Hooke saw many little boxes in cork and named them cellulae.

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