TEAS Exam Prep Exam Questions and
Answers
1. What is the one thing that cells have in common? correct answer:
Membrane
2. What is a cell membrane composed of? correct answer: Phospholipids
3. What are transport holes correct answer: Proteins that help certain molecules and ions
move in and out of the cell
4. What is the cell filled with? correct answer: Cytoplasm/Cytosol
5. What is an organelle? correct answer: Group of complex molecules that help the cell
survive
6. What do ALL cells contain? correct answer: DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis ability
7. What does each cell consist of? correct answer: Nucleic acids, cytoplasm, and cell
membrane
8. How does cell life begin? correct answer: With sexual or asexual reproduction
9. What makes up tissue? correct answer: collection of cells
10. What makes up organs? correct answer: Collection of tissues
11. What do ribosomes do? correct answer: Synthesize proteins from amino acids
12. Where can ribosomes be embedded? correct answer: Endoplasmic
reticulum
13. What is the golgi complex? correct answer: synthesizing materials that are
brought into the cell.
14. Where is the golgi complex located? correct answer: Near the
nucleus.
15. What is the golgi complex made of? correct answer: Layered
membrane
16. What are vacuoles? correct answer: Sacs used for storage, digestion and waste
removal
17. How many vacuoles does a plant cell have? correct answer: 1
large vacuole
18. Can animal cells have more than one vacuole? correct answer:
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, Yes
19. What is a vesicle? correct answer: It is a small organelle within a cell.
20. What does the membrane of a vesicle do? correct answer: Moves
materials within a cell
21. What is the cytoskeleton made up of? correct answer: Microtubules that help
shape and support the cell.
22. What is a microtubule? correct answer: Part of the cytoskeleton to support the
cell.
23. What are microtubules made up of? correct answer: Protein
24. What is cytosol? correct answer: Material inside of the cell.
25. What is cytosol made up of? correct answer: Mostly water, but can have other
floating molecules.
26. What is the cell membrane? correct answer: Defines the cell by acting as a
barrier
27. What does the cell membrane do? correct answer: Helps keep the
cytoplasm inside and foreign substances outside.
28. What are the two types of endoplasmic reticulum? correct answer:
Smooth and Rough
29. What does rough endoplasmic reticulum have? correct answer:
Ribosomes on the outside
30. What is the endoplasmic reticulum? correct answer: A tubular network
that acts as a transport system. Fused to the nuclear membrane and extends into
cytoplasm.
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Answers
1. What is the one thing that cells have in common? correct answer:
Membrane
2. What is a cell membrane composed of? correct answer: Phospholipids
3. What are transport holes correct answer: Proteins that help certain molecules and ions
move in and out of the cell
4. What is the cell filled with? correct answer: Cytoplasm/Cytosol
5. What is an organelle? correct answer: Group of complex molecules that help the cell
survive
6. What do ALL cells contain? correct answer: DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis ability
7. What does each cell consist of? correct answer: Nucleic acids, cytoplasm, and cell
membrane
8. How does cell life begin? correct answer: With sexual or asexual reproduction
9. What makes up tissue? correct answer: collection of cells
10. What makes up organs? correct answer: Collection of tissues
11. What do ribosomes do? correct answer: Synthesize proteins from amino acids
12. Where can ribosomes be embedded? correct answer: Endoplasmic
reticulum
13. What is the golgi complex? correct answer: synthesizing materials that are
brought into the cell.
14. Where is the golgi complex located? correct answer: Near the
nucleus.
15. What is the golgi complex made of? correct answer: Layered
membrane
16. What are vacuoles? correct answer: Sacs used for storage, digestion and waste
removal
17. How many vacuoles does a plant cell have? correct answer: 1
large vacuole
18. Can animal cells have more than one vacuole? correct answer:
1/
10
, Yes
19. What is a vesicle? correct answer: It is a small organelle within a cell.
20. What does the membrane of a vesicle do? correct answer: Moves
materials within a cell
21. What is the cytoskeleton made up of? correct answer: Microtubules that help
shape and support the cell.
22. What is a microtubule? correct answer: Part of the cytoskeleton to support the
cell.
23. What are microtubules made up of? correct answer: Protein
24. What is cytosol? correct answer: Material inside of the cell.
25. What is cytosol made up of? correct answer: Mostly water, but can have other
floating molecules.
26. What is the cell membrane? correct answer: Defines the cell by acting as a
barrier
27. What does the cell membrane do? correct answer: Helps keep the
cytoplasm inside and foreign substances outside.
28. What are the two types of endoplasmic reticulum? correct answer:
Smooth and Rough
29. What does rough endoplasmic reticulum have? correct answer:
Ribosomes on the outside
30. What is the endoplasmic reticulum? correct answer: A tubular network
that acts as a transport system. Fused to the nuclear membrane and extends into
cytoplasm.
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