Biology Chapter 8 Test Study Guide

  1. Water moves into a cell when placed in what type of solution?
  2. Water moves out of a cell if the cell is placed in what type of solution?
  3. If cells are placed in a strong sugar solution, water will do what?
  4. A cell moves particles from a region of lesser concentration to a region of greater concentration by what process?
  5. If a cell is placed in salt water, water leaves the cell by what process?
  6. Know the different types of passive transport.
  7. The structure that is responsible for maintaining cell homeostasis is what?
  8. Know the causes of cancer.
  9. A gene is a segment of DNA that controls the production of what?
  10. What monitors a cell’s progress from phase to phase during the cell cycle?
  11. If the sides of a cell double in length, its surface area becomes how many times as large?
  12. If the sides of the cell double in length, its volume increases by how many times?
  13. Why is cell size limited?
  14. As a cell grows, its ____ increases more than its ____
  15. Know EVERYTHING that happens in each phase of Mitosis.
  16. Unlike plant cells, animal cells contain what?
  17. This is the longest phase of the cell cycle.
  18. A chromatid is attached to a spindle fiber by what?
  19. Know the step of organization from less complex to more complex and the other way around.
  20. Know what a diagram of hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic would look like.
  21. Know what the diagrams for active and passive transport look like.
  22. Be able to identify the steps of Mitosis by looking at a picture.
  23. The structures that hold together sister chromatids are what?
  24. In a dividing cell, the football-shaped structure consisting of thin fibers is the what?
  25. The process by which nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells is what?
  26. The dark-staining structures that carry the genetic material are what?
  27. The uncontrolled division of cells that results in a malignant growth is known as what?
  28. The two halves of a doubled chromosome structure are called what?
  29. The sequence of growth and division of a cell makes up what?
  30. The phase of mitosis in which the sister chromatids separate from each other is what?
  31. Cells that work together to perform the same function are organized into what?
  32. Know the definitions of exocytosis, gene, diffusion, isotonic solution, osmosis, hypertonic solution
  33. Be able to identify from interphase to cytokinesis in order by looking at pictures.