Midterm Examination in BIOLOGY

I. Multiple Choice:
Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. (45 points)

______ 1. A student was given a piece of material of doubtful origin, he wanted to know
whether it is from an animal or from a plant? Which of the following should he
analyze and examine?
a. The cytoplasm and the cell membrane
b. The cytoplasm and the outermost covering
c. The nucleus and the outermost covering
d. The nucleus and the cell membrane
______ 2. Which of the following groups of organelles play a role in manufacturing a
substance for the cell?
a. Ribosomes, mitochondria, nucleolus
b. ER, centriole, nucleus
c. Mitochondrion, lysosome, ribosome
d. Golgi body, cytoplasm, nucleoplasm
_______3. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. All cells have cell membrane
b. All cells possess a centriole
c. Plants generally have a definite shape
d. Animals lack chloroplast
_______4. Which of the following organelles are not found in the prokaryotic cells?
a. Nucleus, cytoplasm, ER, cell membrane
b. Cell wall, mitochondria, golgi body
c. Nucleus, ER, mitochondria, vacuole
d. Lysosome, cell wall, cytoplasm
______ 5. Which of these is not found in the nucleus?
a. Golgi body that package substances
b. Chromatin that condenses to chromosomes
c. Nucleolus that produces ribosomal RNA
d. Nucleoplasm instead of cytoplasm
______ 6. The scientist who determined that cells come from previously existing cells is _____.
a. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
b. Matthias Schleiden
c. Rudolf Virchow
d. Theodore Schwann
______ 7. The statement that is not a principle of the cell theory is __.
a. Cells are the basic unit of life.
b. All cells arise from the preexisting cells.

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 c. All matter consists of at least one cell.
d. All organisms are made of one or more cells.
______ 8. Not all substances can cross the plasma membrane. For this reason, the cell mem-
brane is said to be__.
a. a barrier c. membrane bound
b. a cell wall d. selectively permeable
_____ 9. The ___ provides structure and support in plant cells.
a. cell membrane c. cytoskeleton
b. cell wall d. nuclear envelope
______ 10. The cell organelles that process and package substances produced by the cell are
the ____.
a. golgi body c. ribosome
b. mitochondria d. vacuoles
______ 11. The cell organelle that digests molecules, old organelles, and foreign substances
is the __.
a. Chloroplast c. lysosome
b. golgi body d. mitochondria
______ 12. Prokaryotes are organism whose cells contain no
a. cytoplasm c. nucleus
b. ribosome d. plasma membrane
______ 13. Which of the following structures is the control center of the cell?
a. a nucleus c. membrane bound organelle
b. a cell membrane d. mitochondria
______ 14. The first person to observe and describe microscopic organism or animalcules
was
a. Anton van Leeuwenhoek c. Rudolf Virchow
b. Robert Hooke d. Felix Dujardin
______ 15. Short, often numerous hair-like projections found on cells are called
a. Cilia c. flagella
b. Cytoskeleton d. ribosomes
______ 16. The fluid structure found between the plasma membrane and the nucleus
a. Cytoplasm c. organelle
b. Nucleoli d. vacuole
_______17. Unlike animal cells, plant cells have
a. cell walls c. mitochondria
b. chromosome d. cell membrane
______ 18. The nucleus is surrounded by a double layer membrane called the
a. nuclear envelope c. nuclear wall
b. nuclear matrix d. nuclear region
_______19. The part of the cell that regulates the movement of substances into and out of the
cell.
a. golgi body c. nucleus
b. mitochondria d. cell membrane
_______20.. Cells that have high energy requirements generally have many
a. flagella c. mitochondria
b. microfilaments d. plasma membrane
_______21. The _____ helps plant cells remain rigid.
a. central vacuole c. nucleus

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 b. chloroplast d. plasma membrane
______22. The ____ enables plants to make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water.
a. cell wall c. chloroplast
b. central vacuole d. nucleus
______23. The statement that shows how different prokaryotes are different from eukaryotes is _______
a. Prokaryotes have a nuclear envelope.
b. Organelles are found only in prokaryotes.
c. Nucleic acid are found only in prokaryotes.
d. Eukaryotes contain mitochondria and chloroplast.
______24. The nucleus of a cell contains all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Chromosome c. mitochondria
b. DNA d. RNA
______25. The British scientist who discovered the cell in a piece of cork
a. Robert Hooke c. Purkinje
b. Felix Dujardin d. Leeuwenhoek
______26 Which of the following organisms is classified as prokaryotic?
a. Bacteria c. animal
b. Plants d. fungi
______27. Which of the following is a characteristic of a cell membrane?
a. a lipid bilayer with embedded proteins
b. contain sodium potassium pumps
c. separates the cell contents from its environment
d. all of the above
______28. Who among the following groups of scientists were involved in the formation of
the cell theory?
Schleiden, Virchow, Schwann
a. Brown, Hooke, Virchow
b. Virchow, Schleiden, Purkinje
c. Leeuwenhoek, Hooke, Dujardin
______29. Which of the following is the basic unit of life?
a. Cell c. matter
b. sarcode d. nucleus
______30. Structures in the cytoplasm of the eukaryotic cells are called ____?
a. chromatin
b. organelles
c. endoplasmic reticulum
______31. He is considered the father of Biology.
a. Galen c. Aristotle
b. William Harvey d. Marcello Malphigi
_______32. He is the first to use microscope; discovered microorganisms such as protozoans called
animalcules
a. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek c. Charles Darwin
b. Aristotle d. Andreas Versalius
_____33. Greek physician who first to dissect apes and pigs considered to be a Father of Anatomy.
a. Marcello Malphigi c. Aristotle
b. Galen d. Robert Hooke
_____34. These are the two major divisions of Biology.
a. Botany and Paleontology b. Zoology and Histology

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 c. Botany and Zoology d. Embryology and Mammalogy
_____35. He wrote the book On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection.
a. Charles Darwin c. Galen
b. Andreas Versalius d. William Harvey
_____36. It is the branch of Biology that deals with the study of mollusks.
a. Ornithology c. Herpetology
b. Conchology d. Entomology
_____37. It is the study of a single class of invertebrates like scorpions and spiders.
a. Ichthyology c. Arachnology
b. Embryology d. Mycology
_____38. It is the study of structures of entire organisms and their parts
a. Physiology c. Histology
b. Anatomy d. Cytology
_____39. Which is the study of how organisms interact with their environment & with other organisms
a. Embryology c. Ecology
b. Morphology d. Parasitology
_____40. It is the study of microorganisms such as bacteria, protozoans, and viruses
a. Microbiology c. Paleontology
b. Taxonomy d. Genetics
_____41. Which of the following organisms are prokaryotes?
a. plants c. bacteria
b. animals d. fungi
_______42. Which of the following is a function of the nucleus?
a. stores DNA c. builds proteins
b. stores sugars d. packages proteins
_______43. Which organelle breaks down organelles that are no longer useful?
a. Golgi apparatus c. endoplasmic reticulum
b. lysosome d. mitochondrion
_______44. Which organelle converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more
convenient for the cell to use?
a. chloroplast c. endoplasmic reticulum
b. Golgi apparatus d. mitochondrion
_______45. Which organelle would you expect to find in plant cells but not animal cells?
a. mitochondrion c. chloroplast
b. ribosome d. smooth endoplasmic reticulum

II. Identification:
Directions: Read and analyze the given items below. Match the following parts of the cell with their functions.
(10 points)

Mitochondria Ribosome Vacuole

Nucleus Golgi body Lysosome
Cell Membrane Endoplasmic Reticulum
Cell Wall Chloroplast

Parts
1. ________________

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 2. ________________ a. protein factories of the cell
3. ________________ b. control center of the cell
4. ________________ c. powerhouse of the cell
5. ________________ d. entrance and exit of substances
6. ________________ e. package counter of the cell
7. ________________ f. manufacturer and shippers of the cell
8. ________________ g. storage tank of the cell
9. ________________ h. suicide bag of the cell
10. _______________ i. give shape to the plant cell
j. trap energy from the sunlight
Function

III. Directions: Write PC if the structure is present in plant cell, AC if the structure is present in animal
cell and YES if the structure is present in both plant and animal cell. (15 points)

1. Cell wall
2. Chloroplast
3. Cytoplasm
4. Cytoskeleton
5. Endoplasmic reticulum
6. Golgi body
7. Lysosome
8. Mitochondria
9. Nucleus
10. Cell membrane
11. Vacuole
12. Centriole
13. Ribosome
14. Nucleolus
15. Vesicle
IV. Comparing Plant and Animal Cell

Directions: The illustration below shows a plant and animal cell. Identify the lettered parts. (10 points)

CELL I CELL II

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 A. ___________________ E. ____________________ I. ___________________
B. ___________________ F. ____________________ J. __________________
C. ___________________ G. ____________________
D. ___________________ H ____________________

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