AP BIOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
●● What domains fall under prokaryotic cells?
Answer: Bacteria and archaea
●● What are the basic features of all cells?
Answer: Membrane, cytoplasm, chromosomes, ribosomes
●● This organelle synthesizes lipids, metabolizes carbohydrates,
detoxifies poison, and stores calcium
Answer: Smooth ER
●● This cell is characterized by having DNA in a nucleus that is bound
by a nuclear envelope and membrane bound organelles
Answer: Eukaryotic cell
●● This is a membranous sac of hydrolytic enzymes that can digest
macromolecules
Answer: Lysosome
, ●● The __________ is a selective barrier that allows oxygen, nutrients,
and wastes to service the volume of every cell
Answer: Plasma membrane
●● Ribosomes use the information from the DNA to make what
Answer: Proteins
●● This cell type is characterized by having no nucleus, but instead a
nucleoid, and no membrane bound organelles
Answer: Prokaryotic cell
●● Diffusion through protein channels is known as what?
Answer: Facilitated diffusion
●● Site of ribosomal RNA synthesis
Answer: Nucleolus
●● What happens to a plant cell when placed in pure water (hypotonic
solution)?
Answer: It becomes turgid, cell wall protects from bursting
●● Site of photosynthesis
Answer: chloroplast
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
●● What domains fall under prokaryotic cells?
Answer: Bacteria and archaea
●● What are the basic features of all cells?
Answer: Membrane, cytoplasm, chromosomes, ribosomes
●● This organelle synthesizes lipids, metabolizes carbohydrates,
detoxifies poison, and stores calcium
Answer: Smooth ER
●● This cell is characterized by having DNA in a nucleus that is bound
by a nuclear envelope and membrane bound organelles
Answer: Eukaryotic cell
●● This is a membranous sac of hydrolytic enzymes that can digest
macromolecules
Answer: Lysosome
, ●● The __________ is a selective barrier that allows oxygen, nutrients,
and wastes to service the volume of every cell
Answer: Plasma membrane
●● Ribosomes use the information from the DNA to make what
Answer: Proteins
●● This cell type is characterized by having no nucleus, but instead a
nucleoid, and no membrane bound organelles
Answer: Prokaryotic cell
●● Diffusion through protein channels is known as what?
Answer: Facilitated diffusion
●● Site of ribosomal RNA synthesis
Answer: Nucleolus
●● What happens to a plant cell when placed in pure water (hypotonic
solution)?
Answer: It becomes turgid, cell wall protects from bursting
●● Site of photosynthesis
Answer: chloroplast