Question 1

What is the name of the semi-fluid medium inside the cell?

Accepted Answer

A)   nucleolus
B)   cytoplasm
C)   organelle
D)   cytoskeleton
E)   mitochondrionF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 2

How large is a nuclear pore in the nuclear envelope?

Accepted Answer

A)   larger than a ribosome
B)   larger than the Golgi apparatus
C)   larger than the endoplasmic reticulum
D)   smaller than a ribosome
E)   smaller than a proteinF) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

Cilia are composed of microtubules while flagella are composed of actin filaments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is the name of a photograph of a specimen obtained with a microscope?

Accepted Answer

A)   negative
B)   dermatome
C)   thermograph
D)   micrograph
E)   chromatographF) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Brett needs to distinguish two points that are 0.5 mm apart.What is the easiest way to do this?

Accepted Answer

A)   Use a transmission electron microscope.
B)   Use a compound light microscope.
C)   Use his eyes.
D)   Use a magnifying glass.
E)   Use a scanning electron microscope.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

A malfunction with the microtubules would interfere with mitosis and meiosis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

During exocytosis,the phospholipids present in the vesicle membrane will end up in the plasma membrane.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

During a hurricane,salt water invades fresh water marshes causing many of the plants to die.The plants are killed because the salt water solution is ________ to the plants,drawing water from their cells.

Accepted Answer

A)   isotonic
B)   hypotonic
C)   mesotonic
D)   oligotonic
E)   hypertonicF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

The light microscope has a resolving power of

Accepted Answer

A)   0.1 mm.
B)   0.01 mm.
C)   0.0001 mm.
D)   0.000001 mm.
E)   0.00000001 mm.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Which of the following would be a way of finishing this hypothesis about the function of the Golgi apparatus? If the Golgi apparatus is involved in packaging products for secretion,then

Accepted Answer

A)   vesicles must travel from the Golgi to the cell surface.
B)   vesicles must travel from the RER and SER to the Golgi apparatus.
C)   the Golgi apparatus must be part of the endomembrane system.
D)   the Golgi apparatus must consist of 3 to 20 slightly curved sacs.
E)   the Golgi apparatus would contain proteins.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

Sheree observed an amoeba feeding by engulfing the prey with its false feet or pseudopods.This process is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   pinocytosis.
B)   phagocytosis.
C)   exocytosis.
D)   facilitated transport.
E)   osmosis.F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 12

When ATP is broken down,heat is released.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following diseases would you expect in someone with malfunctioning cilia?

Accepted Answer

A)   recurrent respiratory infections
B)   heart attack
C)   urinary infections
D)   muscle paralysis
E)   brittle bonesF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

Because bacteria are prokaryotes,they do not have DNA.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Whose work proved conclusively that spontaneous generation of life from nonlife was not possible?

Accepted Answer

A)   Louis Pasteur
B)   Charles Darwin
C)   John Ray
D)   Walther Flemming
E)   Georges CuvierF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

What cell structure is composed of a stack of slightly curved saccules that are important in packaging and secretion?

Accepted Answer

A)   mitochondria
B)   vacuoles
C)   Golgi apparatus
D)   lysosomes
E)   endoplasmic reticulumF) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

Since all organisms carry on cellular respiration,all living cells must contain mitochondria.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is not associated with the cytoskeleton?

Accepted Answer

A)   intermediate filaments
B)   microtubules
C)   microbodies
D)   actin filaments
E)   centrosomeF) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 19

Which organelle can be likened to a post office?

Accepted Answer

A)   nucleus
B)   nucleolus
C)   mitochondria
D)   endoplasmic reticulum
E)   Golgi apparatusF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

Brad placed a drop of blood in some distilled water.What happened in the red blood cells?

Accepted Answer

A)   The cells shrunk.
B)   The cells burst.
C)   The cells did not change.
D)   The cells divided into two identical cells.
E)   The cellular metabolism increased in rate.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Exam 3: Cell Structure and Function

Brett needs to distinguish two points that are 0.5 mm apart.What is the easiest way to do this?

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During a hurricane,salt water invades fresh water marshes causing many of the plants to die.The plants are killed because the salt water solution is ________ to the plants,drawing water from their cells.

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During exocytosis,the phospholipids present in the vesicle membrane will end up in the plasma membrane.

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Since all organisms carry on cellular respiration,all living cells must contain mitochondria.

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Cilia are composed of microtubules while flagella are composed of actin filaments.

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Brad placed a drop of blood in some distilled water.What happened in the red blood cells?

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Which of the following is not associated with the cytoskeleton?

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Because bacteria are prokaryotes,they do not have DNA.

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Sheree observed an amoeba feeding by engulfing the prey with its false feet or pseudopods.This process is known as

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Which organelle can be likened to a post office?

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What is the name of the semi-fluid medium inside the cell?

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What is the name of a photograph of a specimen obtained with a microscope?

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When ATP is broken down,heat is released.

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How large is a nuclear pore in the nuclear envelope?

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Whose work proved conclusively that spontaneous generation of life from nonlife was not possible?

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Which of the following diseases would you expect in someone with malfunctioning cilia?

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The light microscope has a resolving power of

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Which of the following would be a way of finishing this hypothesis about the function of the Golgi apparatus? If the Golgi apparatus is involved in packaging products for secretion,then

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A malfunction with the microtubules would interfere with mitosis and meiosis.

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What cell structure is composed of a stack of slightly curved saccules that are important in packaging and secretion?

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