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IB MYP Cell Biology — practice questions

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Schleiden and Schwann concluded that every living thing is built from one or more:Read the answer and worked solution →A biologist sorts every cell she meets into just two broad categories: eukaryotic and:Read the answer and worked solution →A bacterium has no nucleus and no membrane-bound organelles at all. It is therefore:Read the answer and worked solution →A cell with a membrane-bound nucleus and specialised compartments is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →All cells share four components: cytoplasm, DNA, ribosomes and a plasma:Read the answer and worked solution →The bacterial cell wall is built from sugars and amino acids in a material called:Read the answer and worked solution →Prokaryotic cells run about 0.1 to 5 micrometres across, while eukaryotic cells run about:Read the answer and worked solution →The plasma membrane is built from embedded proteins and a bilayer of:Read the answer and worked solution →A gut cell needs to absorb more nutrients, so its membrane folds into projections called:Read the answer and worked solution →The double-membrane structure forming the outermost part of the nucleus is the nuclear:Read the answer and worked solution →Ions, molecules and RNA cross that boundary through structures called:Read the answer and worked solution →The dark-staining region inside the nucleus where ribosome assembly begins is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Ribosomes studded on its surface give the rough endoplasmic reticulum its:Read the answer and worked solution →The smooth endoplasmic reticulum differs from the rough one by having few or no:Read the answer and worked solution →An organelle with a receiving face near the ER and a releasing face towards the membrane is the:Read the answer and worked solution →An animal cell breaks down worn-out organelles using digestive enzymes held inside its:Read the answer and worked solution →The structures responsible for protein synthesis in every cell are the:Read the answer and worked solution →Mitochondria are called the powerhouses of a cell because they produce:Read the answer and worked solution →Muscle cells hold a very high concentration of mitochondria because contraction needs:Read the answer and worked solution →Alcohol is broken down in liver cells by small round organelles called:Read the answer and worked solution →A rigid covering that protects a plant cell and gives it shape is the cell:Read the answer and worked solution →Centrioles, centrosomes and lysosomes are found in animal cells but not in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the organellesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the shared partsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the cell gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the cell partsRead the answer and worked solution →Plant or animalRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the cell wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Cell bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Schleiden and Schwann concluded that every living thing is built from one or more:

  1. Cells
  2. Crops
  3. Curls
  4. Coils
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Correct answer: A. Cells

1. They studied plant and animal tissues side by side. 2. Both turned out to be built from the same basic unit. 3. That unit is the cell. _Source: OpenStax Concepts of Biology, Chapter 3, Cell Structure and Function._

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A biologist sorts every cell she meets into just two broad categories: eukaryotic and:

  1. Progressive
  2. Prokaryotic
  3. Protective
  4. Productive
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Correct answer: B. Prokaryotic

1. The split turns on whether a true nucleus is present. 2. Cells with one are eukaryotic. 3. Cells without one are prokaryotic. _Source: OpenStax Concepts of Biology, Chapter 3, Cell Structure and Function._

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A bacterium has no nucleus and no membrane-bound organelles at all. It is therefore:

  1. Prokaryotic
  2. Protective
  3. Productive
  4. Progressive
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Correct answer: A. Prokaryotic

1. The defining absence here is the enclosed nucleus. 2. Bacteria keep their DNA loose in the cytoplasm. 3. The cell is prokaryotic. _Source: OpenStax Concepts of Biology, Chapter 3, Cell Structure and Function._

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