Exam 3: Cells

Compartment A contains a 5% glucose solution.Compartment B contains a 15% glucose solution.The membrane (dividing the beaker into compartments A and B) is permeable to both solute and solvent.Which of the following statements is true regarding the initial net flux?

The skunk makes his presence known by

Which word means "the bursting of red blood cells"?

Which of the following is a gel-like substance located inside the cell but outside the nucleus?

This substance is composed of glycerol and three fatty acids.

Which of the following is least true of mitochondria?

Pinocytosis

Which of the following is not true of glycogen? Glycogen

Which of the following most accurately describes diffusion?

Which of the following is considered the control center of the cell?

Prophase,metaphase,anaphase,and telophase are phases of

The selectively permeable membrane

Lysosomes are filled with

At equilibrium the volume in compartment B is greater than the volume in compartment A.In which initial situation would this be achieved?

A beaker is divided into two compartments by a semipermeable membrane.Compartment A contains a 20% NaCl solution while compartment B contains a 50% NaCl solution.The membrane is permeable to both water and Na⁺ and Cl-.Initially,

What is the primary difference between diffusion and facilitated diffusion?

A stem cell develops into a muscle cell.Which of the following most accurately describes this process?

The first gap phase (G₁),second gap phase (G₂),and synthesis phase (S)

What is the transport mechanism in this description: A passive process that uses a pressure difference as its driving force?

Which of the following best describes the eating of a bacterium by a lysosome?