Name Class Date
Assessment
Chapter Test A
The Cell in Action
Multiple Choice
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
1. What must organisms be able to obtain in order to survive?
a. energy and heat c. heat and cold
b. DNA and water d. energy and raw materials
2. When particles travel from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration, it is called
a. endocytosis. c. exocytosis.
b. active transport. d. diffusion.
3. Diffusion allows materials to
a. move in and out of cells.
b. grow larger.
c. get rid of large particles.
d. produce energy.
4. A cell does not need to use energy during
a. active transport. c. diffusion.
b. exocytosis. d. endocytosis.
5. When water diffuses into or out of a cell, it is called
a. exocytosis. c. endocytosis.
b. osmosis. d. flooding.
6. Osmosis is important to cells because
a. cells contain fluids that are mostly water.
b. cells are filled with fluids that are mostly sugar.
c. cells need to be kept cool.
d. cells need food.
7. Passive transport occurs when small particles move from
a. outside a cell to inside a cell.
b. areas of lower concentration to areas of higher concentration.
c. areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration.
d. inside a cell to outside a cell.
8. A cell moving particles with the use of energy is called
a. active transport. c. passive transport.
b. osmosis. d. endocytosis.
Chapter Test A continued
Use the figure below to answer questions 9 through 11. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
9. Figure A represents
a. the process of osmosis.
b. the process of endocytosis.
c. the process of diffusion.
d. the process of exocytosis.
10. Figure B represents
a. the process of osmosis.
b. the process of diffusion.
c. the process of exocytosis.
d. the process of endocytosis.
11. In Figure B, the third stage should read
a. The cell absorbs water to surround the vesicle.
b. The membrane begins to wrap around the particle.
c. The cell prepares to dissolve the large particle.
d. The cell releases the particle to the outside of the cell.
12. The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water to make glucose and oxygen is called
a. osmosis.
b. fermentation.
c. photosynthesis.
d. cellular respiration.
Chapter Test A continued
13. Why does a plant need to produce glucose?
a. in order to turn green c. in order to move
b. in order to obtain energy d. in order to get sunlight
14. Cellular respiration allows an organism to get energy from
a. sunlight. c. water.
b. oxygen. d. food.
15. Fermentation occurs when a cell can’t get
a. oxygen needed for cellular respiration.
b. sunlight.
c. energy.
d. food needed for energy.
Use the figure below to answer questions 16 and 17. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
16. This figure best represents what important cell process?
a. photosynthesis
b. osmosis
c. fermentation
d. cellular respiration
17. The organism in which this process is taking place is
a. eukaryotic, because the cell has a mitochondrion.
b. eukaryotic, because the cell produces energy.
c. prokaryotic, because the cell releases water and carbon dioxide.
d. prokaryotic, because the cell has no cell wall.
Chapter Test A continued
Matching
Use the figure below to answer questions 18 through 23. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
18. the name of this process
19. stage at which chromosomes arecopied
20. the four stages of cell division
21. stage at which paired chromosomes align at the cell’s equator
22. the division of cytoplasm
23. stage at which the chromatids separate and move to opposite sidesof the cells
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Holt Science and Technology 48 The Cell in action