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1Becker's The World of the Cell, 9e(Hardin/Bertoni/Kleinsmith)Chapter 1A Preview of Cell Biology1.1Multiple-Choice Questions1) Robert Hooke coined the termcellwhen studying thin slices of cork. These ________ werethe first cells observed because ________.A) dead plant cells; the thick cells walls did not require high resolution or magnification to viewB) dead animal cells; they were immobile and did not need to be fixed before viewingC) compartments; they were actually the result of multiple cells that had merged and died toform large compartments that were easy to viewD) immune cells; they produce antibodies that embed in the cell membrane to make it visibleE) "little rooms"; they were 100 nm in diameter, much larger than most plant cellsAnswer: AChapter Section: 1.1Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G12) The Latin phraseomnis cellula e cellularefers to a cellular principle. Which of the followingstatements is the best interpretation of this phrase?A) Tissues are composed of similar cells.B) Cells generally are found in clusters.C) All cells arise only from preexisting cells.D) Organs are composed of tissues and cells.E) The cell is the basic unit of structure.Answer: CChapter Section: 1.1Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G73) ________ improved the original light microscope in the late 1600s, allowing the visualizationof ________.A) Theodor Schwann; the internal structures of cells, such as ribosomes, nuclei, and golgi bodiesB) Robert Hooke; bacteria and virusesC) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek; sperm cells, bacteria, algae, and other protistsD) Robert Brown; cell structures using fluorescent antibodiesE) Rudolf Virchow; collagen and muscle cellsAnswer: CChapter Section: 1.1Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G1

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24) Which organelle stores most of the DNA in plant and animal cells?A) Golgi complexB) mitochondrionC) chloroplastD) nucleusE) lysosomeAnswer: DChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G15) Which of the following statements isfalse?A) All organisms consist of one or more cells.B) All cells arise from preexisting cells.C) The cell is the basic unit of structure for all organisms.D) All cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.E) Cells come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes.Answer: DChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: AnalysisLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G76) Which of the following istrueof a nanometer?A) A nanometer is about the size of a common bacterial cell.B) A nanometer is one millionth of a meter.C) A nanometer is equivalent to 10 Angstroms (Å).D) The nanometer is the most common measurement used in measuring whole cells.E) None of the above.Answer: CChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G47) Which of the following is closest to a micrometer in size?A) the width of a strand of DNAB) the length of a plant cellC) the length of a chicken eggD) a typical prokaryotic cellE) the size of a ribosomeAnswer: DChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ApplicationLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G4

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38) Cell biology emerged from which of the following fields of biology?A) biochemistryB) cytologyC) geneticsD) biochemistry, cytology, and geneticsE) cytology and biochemistryAnswer: DChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G19) Which of the following is smallest?A) ribosomeB) virusC) proteinD) mitochondrionE) prokaryoteAnswer: CChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ApplicationLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G410) Early microscopes did not allow clear visualization of cells because they were limited byA) magnification.B) number of kernels.C) resolution.D) refraction.E) both magnification and resolution.Answer: EChapter Section: 1.1Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G4

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411) You are working on a project that involves the direct observation of DNA molecules. Themicroscope that would give you the best information at this time would be theA) light microscope.B) phase-contrast microscope.C) transmission electron microscope.D) digital video microscope.E) fluorescent microscope.Answer: CChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: AnalysisLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G412) The limit of resolution can best be defined asA) the distance that an object must be moved to be distinguished from its background.B) the inverse of the wavelength of light; it is greatest for black light.C) the distance that two objects must be apart to be distinguished as separate objects.D) the solvent that must be available to remix a solution.E) the magnification power of a microscope.Answer: CChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G413) How does brightfield microscopy allow images to be visualized?A) Specimens are illuminated with white light.B) Electrons strike the specimen being examined.C) Specimens are fixed and have bright fluorescent molecules attached to them.D) Specimens are illuminated with blue light to visualize internal features of cells smaller than100 nm.E) Specimens are viewed under phased light to improve magnification.Answer: AChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G7

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514) Which of the following is an application of immunofluorescence microscopy?A) Visualization of the natural fluorescence of a specimen under UV light.B) Identification of specific components of the immune system.C) Identifying which organelle or cellular compartment contains a particular protein.D) Visualization of the surface structures of a specimen.E) Construction of three-dimensional images of structures smaller than 10 nm.Answer: CChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ApplicationLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G115) Which type of microscopy enhances and amplifies slight changes in the phase of transmittedlight?A) differential interference contrast microscopyB) digital video microscopyC) fluorescence microscopyD) phase-contrast microscopyE) both differential interference contrast microscopy and phase-contrast microscopyAnswer: EChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G116) Which type of microscopy has the greatest resolving power?A) electron microscopyB) phase-contrast microscopyC) fluorescence microscopyD) digital video microscopyE) confocal scanning microscopyAnswer: AChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G4

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617) Which of the following canonlybe viewed by electron microscopy?A) frog eggsB) DNAC) nucleiD) mitochondriaE) prokaryotesAnswer: BChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G418) Which of the following types of light microscopy improves the resolution of thick specimensby illuminating one plane of the specimen at a time?A) fluorescence microscopyB) phase-contrast microscopyC) confocal microscopyD) differential interference contrast microscopyE) brightfield microscopyAnswer: CChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G419) A scientist is examining motile protist. He wishes to determine their direction of movement.Which of the following microscopic techniques isleastlikely to be used to view these cells?A) light microscopyB) electron microscopyC) differential interference contrast microscopyD) fluorescence microscopyE) phase-contrast microscopyAnswer: BChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ApplicationLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G2

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720) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is especially suited toA) observing living specimens.B) examining internal cellular structure.C) creating a sense of depth.D) both observing living specimens and creating a sense of depth.E) simultaneously observing living specimens, examining internal cellular structure, and creatinga sense of depth.Answer: CChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ApplicationLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G221) Melvin Calvin and his colleagues used which of the following to deduce the steps in theCalvin cycle?A) negative stainingB)Drosophila melanogasterC) electron microscopyD) ultracentrifugationE) radioisotopesAnswer: EChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G122) A microtome is used toA) view microscopic organisms.B) slice thin sections of specimens.C) focus short wavelengths of light.D) manipulate tiny objects.E) dissect cellular organelles.Answer: BChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G4

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823) The classic work of Friedrich Wöhler (1828) that united the fields of biology and chemistrywas based on theA) discovery of yeast ferments.B) production of urea in the laboratory.C) discovery of ATP.D) identification of nucleotide bases.E) analysis of gene segregation.Answer: BChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G124) You wish to obtain a purified sample of mitochondria from lysed cells. The best way toobtain this sample would beA) centrifugation.B) chromatography.C) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.D) agarose gel electrophoresis.E) both centrifugation and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.Answer: AChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: EvaluationLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G2, G725) 1 mm = ________ nmA) 1,000,000B) 1000C) 10D) 1/1000E) 1/1,000,000Answer: AChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G4

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926) The outcome of the joining of cytology and biochemistry yielded a better understanding ofthe cell byA) identification of cellular structures.B) identification of cellular biochemical pathways.C) creating bioinformatics.D) identification of cellular structures and biochemical pathways.E) identification of biochemical pathways and creating bioinformatics.Answer: DChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: SynthesisLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G127) Wöhler revolutionized biology through his demonstration that biological molecules aregoverned by the ordinary laws of physics and chemistry. He demonstrated this principle byA) synthesizing urea in the laboratory from ammonium cyanate.B) developing techniques for isolating, purifying, and analyzing subcomponents of cells.C) defining the laws of heredity.D) discovering active agents in cell extracts that were specific biological catalysts that have sincecome to be called enzymes.E) inventing mass spectrometry which is commonly used to determine the size and compositionof individual proteins.Answer: AChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G128) Gregor Mendel was most influential in which field of biology?A) geneticsB) chromatographyC) biochemistryD) prokaryotic transformationE) cytologyAnswer: AChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G1

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1029) The scientific work that established DNA, rather than protein, as the molecule of hereditywas performed prior toA) Mendel's work on heredity.B) the elucidation of the double helix structure of DNA.C) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's observation of internal cell structures.D) the description of the enzymatic steps of glycolysis.E) the formation of the chromosome theory of heredity.Answer: BChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: SynthesisLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G130) Jacques Monod and François Jacob deduced the mechanism responsible for the regulation ofprokaryotic gene expression. They are, therefore, responsible for launching the era ofA) the scientific method.B) molecular genetics.C) biochemistry.D) light microscopy.E) radioisotopes.Answer: BChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: SynthesisLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G131) Which of the following biochemical techniques uses an electrical field to separatemacromolecules based on their mobility through a semisolid gel?A) light microscopy.B) ultracentrifugation.C) chromatography.D) electrophoresis.E) mass spectrometry.Answer: DChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G1

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1132) To which of the following do Mendel's observations relate?A) thermodynamicsB) gravityC) ideal gas lawsD) heredityE) diffusionAnswer: DChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: SynthesisLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G133) The steps of the scientific method, in the correct order, areA) design experiments, draw conclusions, collect data, interpret results, make observations, andtest the hypothesis.B) make observations, formulate the hypothesis, design experiments, collect data, interpretresults, and draw conclusions.C) collect data, interpret results, test the hypothesis, design experiments, make observations, anddraw conclusions.D) collect data, interpret results, test the hypothesis, make observations, and design experiments.E) none of the above.Answer: BChapter Section: 1.3Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.3Global LO: G134) Scientists use various terms to describe conclusions reached through the scientific method.Which of the following terms conveys the least degree of certainty?A) theoryB) hypothesisC) lawD) both hypothesis and theoryE) both theory and lawAnswer: BChapter Section: 1.3Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.3Global LO: G1

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1235) Once a scientific theory becomes a law, itA) cannot be changed.B) cannot be challenged.C) becomes static.D) is subject to modification.E) is irrefutable.Answer: DChapter Section: 1.3Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.3Global LO: G136) You are studying the response of macrophages infected with the intracellular bacteriumBrucella,specifically by examining which gene products are being expressed. You would bestudying the macrophage ________ to obtain this information.A) proteomeB) genomeC) transciptomeD) ampliconE) metabolomeAnswer: CChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: ApplicationLearning Outcome: 1.2Global LO: G137) Which of the following is an important characteristic for a model organism?A) marginally characterizedB) difficult to manipulate in the laboratoryC) prone to random changes that alter primary characteristicsD) widely studiedE) all of the aboveAnswer: DChapter Section: 1.3Bloom's Taxonomy: ComprehensionLearning Outcome: 1.3Global LO: G1

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1338) All of the following are model organisms,exceptA)Saccharomyces cerevisiae.B)Drosophila melanogaster.C)Caenorhabditis elegans.D)Arabidopsis thialana.E)Homo sapiens.Answer: EChapter Section: 1.3Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.3Global LO: G139) In studying osteoporosis in humans, you wish to test a newly designed treatment for efficacy.Your best choice for a model organism would beA)Escherichia coli.B)Mus musculus.C)Caenorhabditis elegans.D)Arabidopsis thaliana.E)Pisum sativum.Answer: BChapter Section: 1.3Bloom's Taxonomy: ApplicationLearning Outcome: 1.3Global LO: G140) Which of the following is mismatched?A)Escherichia coli- geneticsB)Drosophila melanogaster- embryogenesisC)Mus musculus- immunologyD)Caenorhabditis elegans- photosynthesisE)Arabidopsis thaliana- plant gene functionAnswer: DChapter Section: 1.3Bloom's Taxonomy: AnalysisLearning Outcome: 1.3Global LO: G1

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141.2Matching QuestionsMatch each scientist or group of scientists on the left with the appropriate phrase to theright.A) fruit flyB) DNA double helixC) cell theoryD) transfer RNAE) Calvin cycleF) "one gene—one enzyme"G) transformationH) translationI) chromosome theory of heredityJ) embryonic bacteriaK) "ferments" of yeastL) oral prokaryotesM) ureaN) hereditary factorsO) pollen grainP) dog salivaQ) transcription1) Gregor MendelChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G12) Walter SuttonChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G13) Matthias SchleidenChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G14) Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCartyChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G1

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155) George Beadle and Edward TatumChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G16) James Watson and Francis CrickChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G17) Thomas Hunt MorganChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G18) Friedrich WöhlerChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G19) Louis PasteurChapter Section: 1.2Bloom's Taxonomy: KnowledgeLearning Outcome: 1.1Global LO: G1Answers: 1) N 2) I 3) C 4) G 5) F 6) B 7) A 8) M 9) K

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