Chapter 3: Cells Practice Questions

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What function do leucoplasts serve in a cell?

Store food nutrients (correct)

Generate oxygen for respiration

Supply the cell with energy

Assist in cell division

Which process is responsible for cell division for growth or replacement?

Fermentation

Mitosis

Respiration (correct)

Photosynthesis

What is the function of the structure that forms in plant cells to divide a cell into two daughter cells?

Golgi Apparatus

Chloroplast

Cell Plate (correct)

Mitochondria

What gives jelly its thick consistency?

Starch Signup and view all the answers

What is the thick, clear liquid that fills cells called?

Lysosome Signup and view all the answers

What process involves the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration?

Osmosis Signup and view all the answers

Which organelle in a cell is responsible for storing genetic information and controlling cell activities?

Nucleus Signup and view all the answers

What cellular process involves the division of a single cell into two identical daughter cells?

Mitosis Signup and view all the answers

Which part of a cell contains all the materials necessary for conducting cell processes?

Cytoplasm Signup and view all the answers

What term refers to the situation when cells are filled with the right amount of water and are taut and rigid?

Turgid Signup and view all the answers

What did Gregor Mendel develop?

The first workable theory of the transfer of inherited traits Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of an allele in genetics?

Responsible for passing on characteristics of an organism Signup and view all the answers

Which nitrogen bases are part of DNA?

Adenine, thymine, guanine, and cystine Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of RNA in genetics?

Forms a blueprint for how an animal or plant is to be constructed Signup and view all the answers

Which term best describes characteristics developed as a result of the environment?

Genotype Signup and view all the answers

What contributes to the phenotype of an organism?

Genetic makeup Signup and view all the answers

When will recessive genes express themselves?

Recessive genes will never express themselves Signup and view all the answers

'Hybrid vigor' is also known as what?

'Heterosis' Signup and view all the answers

How long does it typically take to develop a new variety of hybrid corn?

Three years Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of introducing new genetic material into an organism by blasting DNA into a cell using a particle gun called?

Gene transformation Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the four nucleotides found in DNA?

Uracil Signup and view all the answers

What technique involves the insertion of new genetic material into an organism's genome?

Gene splicing Signup and view all the answers

Which Act regulates the patenting of animals and their genetic material?

Animal Patent Act Signup and view all the answers

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