6.

1 Structural Components of the Cell Membrane

_____1. Which plasma membrane component can be either found on its surface or embedded in the
membrane structure?
a. protein
b. cholesterol
c. carbohydrate
d. phospholipid

_____2. What is the primary function of carbohydrates attached to the exterior of cell membranes?
a. identification of the cell
b. flexibility of the membrane
c. strengthening the membrane
d. channels through membrane

_____3. Which characteristic of a phospholipid contributes to the fluidity of the membrane?

a. its head
b. cholesterol
c. a saturated fatty acid tail
d. double bonds in the fatty acid tail

_____4. Which interacts to hydrophilic and hydrophobic environments?

a. protein
b. cholesterol
c. phospholipid
d. carbohydrate

_____5. Carbohydrates is found outside the surface of the cell and bounded with?
a. lipid or protein
b. phospholipid
c. glycoprotein
d. glycolipid

6.2 The Relationship of the Structure and Composition of the Cell Membrane to its Function

_____1. The primary function of the plasma membrane is ….

a. to protect the cell from its surroundings.
b. to provide shape and integrity to the cell.
c. to maintains the cell potential.
d. to be a fluid mosaic model.
_____2. What is the primary function of carbohydrates attached to the exterior of cell membranes?
a. identification of the cell
b. flexibility of the membrane
c. strengthening the membrane
d. channels through membrane

6.3 Transport Mechanisms in Cells

6.4 Endocytosis vs. Exocytosis

_____1. Which is not a part of the transport mechanisms in cells?

a. facilitated
b. active
c. osmosis
d. exocytosis

_____2. What is the most direct form of transport mechanisms in cells?

a. passive
b. active
c. osmosis
d. exocytosis

_____3. Hydrocarbons dissolve in the lipid bilayer, except for…

a. pass the membrane
b. hydrophobic
c. non polar
d. polar

_____4. Water molecules move from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
a. facilitated
b. active
c. osmosis
d. diffusion

_____5. Moves molecules from high to low regions of concentration with the transmembrane protein
a. facilitated
b. active
c. osmosis
d. diffusion

_____1. What is the primary function of carbohydrates attached to the exterior of cell membranes?
a. identification of the cell
b. flexibility of the membrane
c. strengthening the membrane
d. channels through membrane

_____2. Which plasma membrane component can be either found on its surface or embedded in the
membrane structure?
a. protein
b. cholesterol
c. carbohydrate
d. phospholipid

_____3. Carbohydrates is found outside the surface of the cell and bounded with?
a. lipid or protein
b. phospholipid
c. glycoprotein
d. glycolipid

_____4. Which interacts to hydrophilic and hydrophobic environments?

a. protein
b. cholesterol
c. phospholipid
d. carbohydrate

_____5. Which characteristic of a phospholipid contributes to the fluidity of the membrane?

a. its head
b. cholesterol
c. a saturated fatty acid tail
d. double bonds in the fatty acid tail

_____6. What is the primary function of carbohydrates attached to the exterior of cell membranes?
a. identification of the cell
b. flexibility of the membrane
c. strengthening the membrane
d. channels through membrane

_____7. The primary function of the plasma membrane is ….

a. to protect the cell from its surroundings.
b. to provide shape and integrity to the cell.
c. to maintains the cell potential.
d. to be a fluid mosaic model.

_____8. Vital for cellular signalling processes that influence tissue and organ formation
a. membrane markers
b. membrane receptors
c. glycoprotein
d. glycolipid

_____9. Cellular Transport Mechanism‘s relation to the Plasma Membrane is…

a. to protect intracellular components from the extracellular environment.
b. to transport materials into or out of the cell
c. to enclose and define the borders of the cell
d. to transmit signals via complex proteins
_____10. Cellular Signaling relation to the Plasma Membrane is….
a. to protect intracellular components from the extracellular environment.
b. to enclose and define the borders of the cell
c. to transmit signals via complex proteins
d. to transport materials into or out of the cell

_____11. Hydrocarbons dissolve in the lipid bilayer, except for…

a. pass the membrane
b. hydrophobic
c. non polar
d. polar

_____12. Which is not a part of the transport mechanisms in cells?

a. facilitated
b. active
c. osmosis
d. excytosis

_____13. What is the most direct form of transport mechanisms in cells?

a. passive
b. active
c. osmosis
d. excytosis

_____14. Water molecules move from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
a. facilitated
b. active
c. osmosis
d. diffusion

_____15. Moves molecules from high to low regions of concentration with the transmembrane protein
a. facilitated
b. active
c. osmosis
d. diffusion

_____16. All are attributes of exocytosis except for…

a. Involved with up taking nutrients into the cell
b. Secretory vesicles are formed
c. Involved in removing waste from the cell
d. Uninvolved in cell Wall Formation

_____17. Water inside the cell equals the water outside the cell and equal amounts of water move in
and out of the cell.
a. Osmotic
b. Hypertonic
c. Hypotonic
d. Isotonic

_____18. Mechanism using ATP

a. facilitated
b. active
c. osmosis
d. exocytosis

_____19. Engulfment involves…

a. passive
b. active
c. endocytosis
d. exocytosis

_____20. Waste removal involves….

a. passive
b. active
c. endocytosis
d. exocytosis

7.1 Transport Mechanisms in Enzymes

_____1. Where the reaction is catalysed in an enzyme?

a. Facilitated site
b. Active site
c. Passive site
d. Direct site

_____2. Catalyze group transfer reactions; often require coenzymes.

a. Transferases
b. Hydrolases
c. Lyases
d. Isomerases

_____3. Lysis of substrate; produce contains double bond.

a. Transferases
b. Hydrolases
c. Lyases
d. Isomerases

_____4. Enzymes are described as all of the above except

a. micromolecule
b. macromolecule
c. stereospecific
d. having a defined amino acid sequence
_____5. Active forms from one of the inactive enzyme .
a. Apoenzyme
b. Holoenzyme
c. Cofactor
d. Coenzyme

_____6. Enzymes described having a typically long amino acid sequence about?
a. 100-400
b. 100-500
c. 100-600
d. 100-700

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: Definition of Terms

7. Catalyst
8. Active Side
9. Enzyme
10. Substrate

Write T if the statement is true and F if the statement is false.

______1. Substrate binds in the active site.

______2. An enzyme is usually lipid biological catalyst.

______3. The reactant molecule that an enzyme works on is the Substrate.

______4. A Catalyst retards the chemical reaction without being changed

______5. Coenzymes are non-protein organic molecules that are mostly derivatives of vitamins
______6. Cofactors are small protein organic molecules that assist enzymes during the catalysis of
reactions.

______7. DNA and RNA polymerases are examples of Holoenzyme.

______8. Apoenzyme activation occurs upon binding of an organic or inorganic coenzyme.

______9. Enzymes are reactants and are used up during the reaction.

______10. Once an enzyme binds to a substrate and catalyzes the reaction, the enzyme is released,
unchanged, and can be used for another reaction.

______11. Some enzymes are more specific than others and will only accept one particular substrate
______12. Enzymes have a defined two-dimensional structure.

______13. Enzyme‘s amino acid sequence are typically 10-500 amino acids long.

______14. Transition state is the intermediate stage in the enzymatic mechanism.

______15. Substrate molecule collides with the active site of its enzyme forms the Enzyme Substrate
complex
7.2 Oxidation/Reduction Reactions

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: Definition of Terms

1. Oxidation

2. Reduction

3. Oxidants

4. Reductants

5. Reagen

_____1. A substance consumed in the course of a chemical reaction.

a. Reactant
b. Reagent
c. Reductant
d. Oxidant

_____2. Substance added to test if a reaction occurs.

a. Reactant
b. Reagent
c. Reductant
d. Oxidant

_____3. Contains the element that is oxidized..

a. Reactant
b. Reagent
c. Reductant
d. Oxidant

_____4. Contains the element that is reduced.

a. Reactant
b. Reagent
c. Reductant
d. Oxidant

_____5. Occurs when an atom‘s oxidation state decreases during a reaction.

a. Oxidation
b. Reduction
c. Reduction-Oxidation Reaction
d. All are correct.

_____6. Occurs when an atom‘s oxidation state increases during a reaction.

a. Oxidation
b. Reduction
c. Reduction-Oxidation Reaction
d. All are correct.

_____7. Oxidizing agent lowers the oxidation number of a given element.

a. True
b. False

_____8. True to oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction. Except…

a. OXIDATION can be removal of hydrogen/ electropositive element from a substance.
b. REDUCTION can be removal of oxygen/electronegative element from a substance.
c. Spontaneous redox reactions are generally endothermic.
d. All redox reactions involve the transfer of electrons from one atom to another

1. __________ regulates the rate of many metabolic pathways. 2. __________ attach to the enzyme at
an allosteric site. 3. __________ can bind to an enzyme‘s active site and compete with substrate. 4.
__________ is a place on an enzyme where a molecule that is not a substrate may bind. Enzyme activity
can be affected by a variety of factors, such as 5. __________, 6. __________, 7. __________, 8.
__________, and 9. __________. 10. Evidently the graph on a substrate concentration will present a
__________.

Write the letter of the best answer in the blank.

_____1. Catalyze group transfer reactions; often require coenzymes.

a. Transferases
b. Hydrolases
c. Lyases
d. Isomerases

_____2. Where the reaction is catalysed in an enzyme?

a. Facilitated site
b. Active site
c. Passive site

_____3. Lysis of substrate; produce contains double bond.

a. Transferases
b. Hydrolases
c. Lyases
d. Isomerases

_____4. True to temperature as a factor of enzymatic reaction.

a. This factor at an optimum level, near neutral, causes enzymes to catalyze a reaction most rapidly.
b. Changing this factor outside the enzyme‘s optimum range will slow enzyme activity.
c. At the saturation point, the reaction will not speed up, no matter how much of this factor is added.
d. Increasing this factor can cause an enzyme to lose its shape (denature) and stop working.
_____5. Enzymes are described as all of the above except
a. micromolecule
b. macromolecule
c. stereospecific
d. having a defined amino acid sequence

_____6. Active forms from one of the inactive enzyme .

a. Apoenzyme
b. Holoenzyme
c. Cofactor
d. Coenzyme

_____7. Enzymes described having a typically long amino acid sequence about? a. 100-400 b. 100-500 c.
100-600 d. 100-700 _____8. Occurs when an atom‘s oxidation state decreases during a reaction. a.
Oxidation b. Reduction c. Reduction-Oxidation Reaction d. All are correct. _____9. Contains the element
that is oxidized.. a. Reactant b. Reagent c. Reductant d. Oxidant _____10. All the statements are not true
to the substrate concentration, except for... a. This factor at an optimum level, near neutral, causes
enzymes to catalyze a reaction most rapidly. b. Changing this factor outside the enzyme‘s optimum
range will slow enzyme activity. c. At the saturation point, the reaction will not speed up, no matter how
much of this factor is added. d. Increasing this factor can cause an enzyme to lose its shape (denature)
and stop working. _____11. Substance added to test if a reaction occurs. a. Reactant b. Reagent c.
Reductant d. Oxidant _____12. Occurs when an atom‘s oxidation state increases during a reaction. a.
Oxidation b. Reduction c. Reduction-Oxidation Reaction d. All are correct. _____13. Oxidizing agent
lowers the oxidation number of a given element. a. True b. False _____14. True to oxidation-reduction
(redox) reaction. Except… a. OXIDATION can be removal of hydrogen/ electropositive element from a
substance. b. REDUCTION can be removal of oxygen/electronegative element from a substance. c.
Spontaneous redox reactions are generally endothermic. d. All redox reactions involve the transfer of
electrons from one atom to another. _____15. A substance consumed in the course of a chemical
reaction. a. Reactant b. Reagent c. Reductant d. Oxidant _____16. Regulates the rate of many metabolic
pathways. a. Feedback inhibition b. Noncompetitive inhibitors. c. Competitive inhibitor. d. Substrate
Concentration _____17. Can bind to an enzyme‘s active site and compete with substrate. a. Feedback
inhibition b. Noncompetitive inhibitors. c. Competitive inhibitor d. Substrate Concentration _____18.
Contains the element that is reduced. a. Reactant b. Reagent c. Reductant d. Oxidant _____19. Attach to
the enzyme at an allosteric site a. Feedback inhibition b. Noncompetitive inhibitors c. Competitive
inhibitor d. Substrate Concentration _____20. True to pH, except for... a. This factor at an optimum
level, near neutral, causes enzymes to catalyze a reaction most rapidly. b. Changing this factor outside
the enzyme‘s optimum range will slow enzyme activity. c. At the saturation point, the reaction will not
speed up, no matter how much of this factor is added. d. Increasing this factor can cause an enzyme to
lose its shape (denature) and stop working