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Chapter 2 Review Quiz
Living Cells
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Unlike prokaryotes, eukaryotes usually are made up of cells which:
Are more complex and often contain numerous organelles
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Never contain nuclear envelopes
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Are never multicellular
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Often are equipped with flagella which rotate in a counterclockwise direction
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Are small and often equipped with pili
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To say that macromolecules within cells are crowded but seldom concentrated means that:
There are few macromolecules within cells
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There are only a few macromolecules of any one kind within cells, but many different molecules are present within a small area
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There are few different macromolecules, and the total concentration of all macromolecules is low
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Many different macromolecules are present, but each type is restricted to a different part of the cell
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All macromolecules are present within the mitochondria
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Nuclear membranes contain pores that:
Allow only water to pass into the nucleus
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Allow only nonpolar molecules to pass through the membrane
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Connect the inner and outer nuclear membranes, allowing mRNA and some ions to pass
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Are among the smallest structures in the cell, allowing no ions to pass through
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Are always open so that materials can enter or exit the nucleus
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The SER is involved in synthesis of:
Protein
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Carbohydrate
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Lipid
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RNA
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DNA
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For cellular components to be separated by differential centrifugation:
The components must be completely insoluble
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The components must have relatively different densities or sizes
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The components must all be made of the same materials
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Components must be subcellular organelles such as nuclei, mitochondria, or chloroplasts
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Special reagents must be used to separate nucleic acids from proteins
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The amino acids composing integral membrane proteins have side chains which are:
Polar
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Hydrophilic
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Hydrophobic
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Highly charged
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Water soluble
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Ribosomes are complexes of protein and RNA which function to:
Conserve water and nutrients
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Synthesize proteins from carbohydrate and lipid building blocks
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Synthesize proteins from amino acids
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Destroy unwanted toxic materials
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Rid the cell of excess energy
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An infection by Gram-negative bacteria often causes fever and shock due release by disintegrating cells of harmful substances called:
Exotoxins
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Endotoxins
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Complex lipids
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Cytokines
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Mitochondrial DNA
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The glycocalyx of eukaryotic cells consists of membrane proteins and lipids with attached:
Protein
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Lipid
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DNA
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Carbohydrate
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RNA
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Prokaryotic cells differ from animal cells primarily in this way:
Prokaryotic cells have cell walls capable of withstanding high osmotic pressure
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The DNA of prokaryotic cells is single stranded
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Nuclear material of prokaryotic cells is not enclosed within a nuclear envelope
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All prokaryotic cells contain chloroplasts
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Prokaryotic cells contain no plastids
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An endoplasmic reticulum:
Is never found in eukaryotic cells
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Is seldom found in prokaryotic cells, but if present, is always connected to the Golgi apparatus
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Is seldom found in prokaryotic cells, but if present, is always connected to the inner nuclear membrane
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May have ribosomes attached, forming the rough endoplasmic reticulum or RER
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Accounts for only a small amount of the cellular membrane
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The nuclear envelope of eukaryotic cells separates:
Synthesis of protein from synthesis of lipid
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Synthesis of DNA & RNA from synthesis of protein and lipid
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Synthesis of DNA from synthesis of RNA
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Synthesis of RNA from synthesis of carbohydrate
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Synthesis of lipid from synthesis of protein
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Lysozomes contain powerful enzymes which may be harmful to the cell if leaked, but serve useful functions such as:
Digestion of some food substances, damaged cells, and extracellular materials
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Carrying out receptor-mediated endocytosis
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Using bases to hydrolyze fats and oils
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Pumping protons out of the cell
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Working with osteoblasts to form new bone structure
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The function of eukaryotic plasma membranes is:
To separate transcription from translation
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To separate polar substances from nonpolar materials within the cell
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To separate the interior of the cell from the outside environment
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To protect the cell from osmotic shock
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To provide a rigid framework for cellular enzymes and processes
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Chloroplasts:
Are mitochondria which contain chlorophyll
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Are mitochondria which contain thylakoid disks which contain chlorophyll
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Are similar to mitochondria in that they have a double membrane, with the outer membrane being highly permeable and the inner membrane relatively restrictive to passage of materials
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Are found in prokaryotic cells and allow them to produce glucose in the presence of sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water
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Convert glucose to carbon dioxide, water, and energy
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Eukaryotic cells receive and interpret information from the outside environment by:
Gene amplification
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Vesicular swelling
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Protein synthesis
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Signal transduction
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Apoptosis
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Cells exposed to a solution containing a highly concentrated salt solution will:
Swell up and burst
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Swell up and become megacells
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Take in fluid, swelling up until they can attach themselves to larger cells
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Shrink and become folded up like tiny raisins
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First shrink, then absorb solute from the solution so that they regain normal size
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To say that white blood cells are phagocytic implies that they:
Can eat other cells
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Can excrete other cells
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Can mate with other cells
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Are involved in extracellular affairs
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Are chemically inert
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membranes is to block the passage of water-soluble ions and polar molecules. In order to do this, the membrane should:
Contain many protein pores
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Contain a nonpolar barrier made up of hydrocarbon tails of phospholipid molecules
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have a polar barrier in the interior of the membrane
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Be made up primarily of water-soluble molecules
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Be made up of ionic particles in even balance
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Mitochondria are unique cellular organelles whose function is primarily to:
Pump protons out of the matrix
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Provide a shelter for remnants of bacterial DNA
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Provide a way in which geneticists can trace familial ties back through generations
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Form an example of symbiotic relationships between higher and lower forms of life
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Produce energy through oxidative reactions
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The Golgi apparatus:
Functions in eukaryotic cells to package materials for exocytosis or for distribution to a compartment within the cell
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Functions in prokaryotic cells to package lipids to include in vesicles which can take part in exocytosis
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Is only present in plant cells to package seeds
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Is present only in prokaryotic cells as a stack of flattened, saclike vesicles
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Is found within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells
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