Colegio de Kidapawan

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Midterm Examination S.Y. 2019 – 2020
FIRST SEMESTER
GENERAL BIOLOGY 1

Name: ______________________________ Grade & Strand: __________________

Instructor: Maria Julinarus Presto Gumalo Date: _____________ Score: _______

TEST 1

Directions: Complete the crossword by filling in a word that fits each clue. You can use the words that can be
found on the box, there are some answers that are NOT given and you need to supply your answer base on
the clue provided.

Animal – cell cell – membrane cell – wall cytoplasm cytoskeleton golgi – body

plant – cell Robert – hooke theodor – schleiden

ACROSS

2 These cells contain

chloroplasts
6 A cell with a nucleus
7 Person who named cells
9 Surrounds and protects
plant cells
12 Transports and
repackages
14 Powerhouse of the cell
15 Heredity material found
in the cell
16 A cell without a nucleus
17 Sunlight is converted to
sugar at this organelle
18 Division of the nucleus
19 First to realize animals
are made of cells

DOWN
1 Protein factories
3 Break down of old cell parts at this location
4 DNA is found here
5 Semi – permeable membrane surrounding the cell
8 Chemical process that converts sunlight to sugar
9 Gives the cell support
10 Does not contain a cell wall
13 Stores food and water for the cell

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Test II: Read the questions carefully. On the blank provided before each number, write only the letter which
corresponds to your chosen answer.

20. Which of the following statements about living cells is false?

a. Most are microscopic

b. They are found in all animals but not in all plants.
c. They are found in all animals but not in all plants.
21. Chromosomes are found in _____________________ of cells.

a. Nucleus
b. the cytoplasm
c. Both the nucleus and the cytoplasm
22. Which of the following statements is true about the chromosomes of different plant and animal
species?

a. They may difer in number, but are the same shape and size.
b. They may differ in the shape and size, but normally have the same number.
c. They may differ in number, shape, and size.
23. Which of the following statement is true about cells?
a. The nucleus is within the cell membrane which is surrounded by the nuclear membrane
b. The nucleus is within the nuclear membrane which is surrounded by the cytoplasm.
c. The cytoplasm is within the nuclear membrane.
24. A karyotype is a ________________________.

a. General term for any type of chromosomes.

b. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down’s syndrome.
c. Picture of an individual’s chromosomes arranged in a standardized way.

25. The sex chromosomes of normal females are:

a. X and Y
b. Y and Y
c. X and X

26. Autosomes:

a. Are all chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes

b. Are normal sex chromosomes
c. Automatically determine the sex of children

27. Normal humans have ___________ pairs of autosomes and ____________ pair(s) of sex
chromosomes.

a. 23 and 23
b. 23 and 2
c. 22 and 1

28. A chromatid is:

a. one of the strands or arms of a chromosome.

b. the point of attachment of two strands of a chromosome
c. a chromosome before it becomes visible during cell division

29. Which cell feature is responsible for making proteins?

a. Lysosomes b. Ribosomes c. mitochondria

30. What is one major feature that plant cells have that animal cells do not?

a. Lysosomes b. cell wall c. cell membrane

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 31. Which cell feature processes proteins?

a. Endoplasmic Reticulum b. Chloroplasts c. Golgi Body

32. Which cell feature transports ribosomes?

a. Endoplasmic Reticulum b. Chloroplasts c. Golgi Body

33. The plant cell structure where photosynthesis takes place is called ______.

a. Chloroplast b, Chlorophyll c. Vacuole

34. A group of organized __________ working together forms __________. An organized group of
the latter work together to form __________.

a. Tissues; organs; cells b. organs;cells;tissue c. cells; tissue; organs

35. Which of the following tissue types make up the inside or outside lining of something?

a. Epithelial b. Connective c. Muscular

36. An epithelial membrane consist of __________ tissue.

a. Muscular and neural b. epithelial and connective c. connective and muscular

37. The four major types of tissue are:

a. Epithelium, bone, muscle, nervous

b. Connective, muscle, epithelium, nervous
c. Nervous, areolar, muscle, adipose

38. Many layers of epithelial cells that are cubed at the free surface

a. Simple squamous tissue b. Stratified cuboidal tissue c. Pseudostratified

39. Tightly packed cells, basement membrane, regeneration, nerve supply

a. Characteristics of epithelial tissue
b. characteristics of connective tissue
c. Characteristics of muscle tissue

40. Which of the following structure are made of several layers of cells.
a. Cuboidal epithelium b. Stratified epithelium c. Columnar epithelium

41. It connects the bones joints and holds them in position.

a. Tendon b. Ligament c. Elastic Cartilage

42. A cell boundary that controls what enters and leaves the cell?

a. Cytoplasm b. Cell membrane c. cell wall

43. A hypotonic solution is one whose concentration:

a. is equal to that inside a cell

b. is greater than that inside a cell c. is less than that inside a cell

44. When used to describe a cell’s membranes, this phrase means that they are able to control what
crosses the boundary created by the membrane.

a. selectively permeable b. lipid bilayer c. fluid mosaic

45. Occurs when a cell uses energy to move particles against their concentration gradient.

a. Osmosis b. facilitated diffusion c. active transport

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 46. Requires no energy from the cell, allows particles to move in or out of the cell with their
concentration gradient.

a. active transport b. passive transport c. pinocytosis

47. The cell in the picture would

a. Shrink b. Swell c. Isotonic

48. Diffusion is the movement of molecules from

a. An area of low concentration to an area of high concentration

b. An area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
c. An area of equilibrium to an area of high concentration

49. The paired chromatids are aligning across the center of the cell.

a. Prophase b. Metaphase c. Anaphase

50. The paired chromatids are separating and being pulled to opposite ends of the cell.

a. Metaphase b. Anaphase c. Prophase

51. Two nuclear membranes are formed around the chromosomes located at opposite ends of the cell.

a. Telophase b. Prophase c. cytokinesis

52. Each chromosome is made of identical halves called _______________.

a. centromeres b. centrioles c. chromatids

53. During prophase, as the centrioles are migrating to opposite ends of the cell their spindle fibers
attach to the _________ of the chromatids.

a. telomeres b. centromeres c. microtubules

54. If you can count 46 centromeres during mitosis, how many chromosomes are present?
a. 23 b. 46 c. 92
55. The paired chromatids are pulled apart during anaphase. The new cells that are formed consist of
chromatids, chromosomes. During which phase of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?
a. G phase of interphase b. S phase of interphase c. G 2 phase of interphase
56. The development of sperm cells and egg cells is via ________________.
a. mitotic division b. meiotic division c. cytokinesis
57. The union of a sperm cell with an egg cell results in a developing child having cells with a complete
number of chromosomes. To accomplish this, each sperm cell and each egg cell has to have a(an)
____________ set of chromosomes.
a. haploid b. diploid c. triploid
58. In humans, a zygote is a ____________ cell having _______ chromosomes.

a. diploid; 46 b. diploid; 23 c. haploid; 46

59. At the end of the mitotic events, each new cell will have a ____ number of chromosomes. At the
end of the meiotic events, each new cell will have a ______ number of chromosomes.

a. haploid; diploid b. diploid; haploid c. monoploid; diploid

60. This process gets rid of wastes.

a. endocytosis b. exocytosis c. osmosis

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