ROUND 2
SPEED RACE
ONE EIGHTH CONTEST 2025
Ghana National College - 65 points
Tema Secondary School - 33 points
Effiduase SHCS - 28 points
ONE EIGHTH CONTEST 2025
Mankranso SHS - 43 points
St Paul's SHS, Denu - 23 points
Adonten SHS - 14 points
ONE EIGHTH CONTEST 2025
St. Thomas Aquinas SHS - 51 points
Tamale SHS - 37 points
O'Reilly SHS - 25 points
QUESTION
What part of the cytoplasm of a cell is called the cortex
ANSWER: Ectoplasm
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. What name is given to the outer, clear, gel-like layer of the cytoplasm (the cortex)?
ANSWER: Ectoplasm
2. What name is given to the inner, more fluid and granular part of the cytoplasm?
ANSWER: Endoplasm
3. What is the fluid part of the cytoplasm, without the organelles, called?
ANSWER: Cytosol
4. Approximately what percentage of the cytoplasm is water?
ANSWER: About 80%
5. What name is given to the flowing movement of cytoplasm inside a cell?
ANSWER: Cytoplasmic streaming (cyclosis)
6. Name the non-living materials in the cytoplasm, such as starch granules and oil droplets.
ANSWER: Inclusions
7. Which type of cell lacks membrane-bound organelles in its cytoplasm?
ANSWER: Prokaryotic cell
8. Between which two structures does the cytoplasm lie in a eukaryotic cell?
ANSWER: The cell membrane and the nucleus
9. Which is more fluid, ectoplasm or endoplasm?
ANSWER: Endoplasm
10. Which stage of respiration takes place in the cytoplasm?
ANSWER: Glycolysis
11. In an amoeba, the ectoplasm forms projections used for movement. What are they called?
ANSWER: Pseudopodia
12. Name the organelles in the cytoplasm that are the site of protein synthesis.
ANSWER: Ribosomes