UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
power house of the cell and produces and supplies the cell with energy(ATP production) -
CORRECT ANSWER - What is the mitochondria?
a network of membranous tubules within the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell, continuous with the
nuclear membrane. It usually has ribosomes attached and is involved in protein and lipid
synthesis.
(protein (rough ER),Steroid synthesis (smooth ER) ) - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the
endoplasmic reticulum?
Another membrane of the cell which is used for transportation throughout the cell
(packaging and transporting proteins) - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the golgi
apparatus?
cleaning up cell debris - CORRECT ANSWER - What are lysosomes?
diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the types of
passive transport?
movement of water across a membrane - CORRECT ANSWER - What is osmosis?
Movement across a membrane, under pressure, from higher to lower pressure, no energy
required - CORRECT ANSWER - What is filtration?
protein pumps, endocytosis, exocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the types of
active transport?
,It is a transport pump for Na+/K+ for nerve conduction - CORRECT ANSWER - What in
the purpose of the sodium/potassium pump?
take in large molecules - CORRECT ANSWER - What is endocytosis used for?
materials are exported out of the cell (energy required) - CORRECT ANSWER - What is
exocytosis?
carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the types
of macromolecules?
a molecule containing a very large number of atoms - CORRECT ANSWER - What is a
macromolecule?
monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the
types carbohydrates?
glucose, fructose, galactose - CORRECT ANSWER - What are monosaccharides?
single sugar - CORRECT ANSWER - What is a monosaccharide?
fruit sugar - CORRECT ANSWER - What is fructose?
"milk sugar" found in lactose - CORRECT ANSWER - What is galactose?
blood sugar - CORRECT ANSWER - What is glucose?
two monosaccharides joined together - CORRECT ANSWER - What is a disaccharide?
, sucrose, lactose, maltose - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the types of disaccharides?
milk sugar - CORRECT ANSWER - What is lactose?
fructose and glucose - CORRECT ANSWER - What is sucrose made of?
two glucose molecules - CORRECT ANSWER - What is maltose composed of?
starch, glycogen, cellulose(fiber) - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the types of
polysaccharides?
long chain of monosaccharides, many sugars, - CORRECT ANSWER - What is
polysaccharides?
It is a stored formed of glucose/energy manufactured by the liver - CORRECT ANSWER -
What is glycogen?
storage form of glucose in plants - CORRECT ANSWER - What is starch?
A substance (made of sugars) that is common in the cell walls of many organisms,(fiber) -
CORRECT ANSWER - What is cellulose?
triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the types of lipids
?
fats and oils - CORRECT ANSWER - What is a lipid?
glycerol and 3 fatty acids - CORRECT ANSWER - What is triglycerides?