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ESSENTIAL CELL BIOLOGY,FIFTHEDITION /F /F /F




CHAPTER 1:CELLS:THEFUNDAMENTAL UNITSOFLIFE
l /f /f /f /f /f




UnityandDiversityofCells /f




1-1 Livingsystemsareincrediblydiverselinsize, shape, environment, andbehavior. It is estimatedthatthere ar /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


elbetweenl10 million and 100 milliondifferentlspecies. Despitelthiswidelvarietyoforganisms,itlremainsdi
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fficultlto definelwhat itlmeanstosaysomethingisalive. Whichofthefollowing can beldescribed as thelsmal
/f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


lestlivingunit?
/f /f


(a) DNA(b) cell /f


(c) organelle
(d) protein

1-2 Indicatelwhetherthefollowingstatementsare true or false. If thelstatementlis false, explainwhyitisfals /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


e.
/f


A. ThelParamecium islamulticellularmicroorganismcoveredwithhairlikecilia. / f


B. Cellslofdifferent typescanhavedifferent chemicalrequirements. C. /f /f /f


Thelbranchlikeextensionsthatlsproutfromlasinglenervecellinla
/f /f /f


mammalianbraincanlextendoverseveralhundredlmicrometers.
/f /f /f




1-3 Foreachofthelfollowinglsentences,lfill intheblankswiththelbestwordorphraseselectedfromthelistbe /f


/ low. Notallwordsorphraseswillbelused; each wordorphraseshouldbelusedonlyonce.
f /f /f /f




Cellscanbeverydiverse:superficially,theycomeinlvarioussizes,ranginglfromlbacteriallcel
/f /f /f /f /f


lssuchlas Lactobacillus,lwhich is alfew
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inlength, to largercellslsuch as a frog’s egg, which hasadiameterofabouto
/f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


/f ne
.Despiteltheldiversity,cellsresembleeachothertoanastonishingdegreeinlt
/f /f /f /f /f /f /f


/f heirchemistry. Forexample, thesame20 /f /f /f


areusedtomakeproteins. Similarly, the geneticinformation ofall cells islst /f /f /f /f /f /f


/f oredintheir
.Although
containthesametypeslofmolecules ascells, their inabilityto reproducethe /f /f /f /f


/f mselvesbytheirownleffortsmeansthattheyarelnotconsideredlivingmatter.

aminoacids micrometer(s) viruses
DNA millimeter(s) yeast
fattyacids plants
/f


meter
/f plasmamembranes

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1-4 Howdoescellularspecializationservelmulticellularorganismslandhowmightlahig
/ hdegreeofspecializationbedetrimental?
f /f




1-5 Thelflowofgeneticinformationliscontrolledbyaserieslofbiochemical reactionsthat /f


resultlinlthelproduction ofproteins, eachlwith itsownspecificorderofaminoacids. C
/f /f /f /f /f


hoosethecorrectlseriesofbiochemical reactionslfromtheoptionspresentedhere.
/f /f /f


(a) replication, transcription, translation
/f /f


(b) replication, translation, transcription
/f /f


(c) translation, transcription, replication
/f /f


(d) translation, replication, transcription
/f /f




1-6 Proteinsareimportantarchitecturallandcatalyticcomponents withinthecell,lhelping /f


todetermineitslchemistry, its shape,landitsabilitytorespondtochangesinthelenviro
/f /f /f


nment. Remarkably, all ofthedifferentlproteins inacell arelmadefromthesame 20
/f /f /f /f /f /f /f


. Bylinkingthemlindifferentsequences, thecelllcanm /f /f


akelprotein moleculeswithldifferentconformationslandsurfacechemistries,andthere
/f /f


foredifferentfunctions.
/f /f


(a) nucleotides.
(b) sugars.
(c) aminoacids.
(d) fattyacids./f




1-7 Whichstatementis NOTtrueaboutmutations? /f /f


(a) Amutation islachangeintheDNAthatcangenerateloffspringlessfitforsurv
/f /f /f /f /f /f /f


ivalthantheirparents.
/f


(b) AmutationcanbearesultofimperfectlDNAduplication.
/f /f


(c) Amutation isaresultofsexualreproduction.
/f


(d) Amutationisachangeinthe DNAthatlcanlgenerateloffspringthatareasfit fo /f /f /f /f


rsurvivalastheirparentsare.
/f /f /f




1-8 Changesin DNAsequencefromlonegenerationtothenextmayresult inoffspringthat
/f /f


arelalteredlinlfitness comparedwithltheirparents. Theprocessofchangeandselection
/f /f /f


overthecourseofmanygenerationslisthebasisof
/f .
(a) mutation.
(b) evolution.
(c) heredity.
(d) reproduction.

1-9 Selecttheoptionthatbestfinishesthefollowingstatement:―Evolution islapro
/f /f /f


cess
/f .‖
(a) that can beunderstoodlbasedonlthelprinciplesofmutationandselection.
/f /f


(b) thatresultslfromrepeatedcyclesofadaptationoverbillionsof years. / f / f


(c) bywhichallpresent-daycellsarosefrom4–5differentancestralcells.
/f /f /f /f /f /f /f


(d) thatrequireshundredsofthousands lof years. /f

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1-10 Selecttheoptionthatcorrectlyfinishesthefollowinglstatement: ―Alcell’s genome /f / f


.‖
(a) isdefined aslallthegeneslbeinglusedtomakeprotein./f /f


(b) containsallofacell’s DNA. /f


(c) constantlychanges, dependinguponthecell’slenvironment. /f


(d) isaltered duringlembryonicdevelopment. /f




CellsUnderthe Microscope l




1-11 WhichstatementisNOTtrueabouttheevents/conclusionsfromlstudiesduringthel
/f /f


mid-1800ssurroundingltheldiscoveryofcells?
/ f


(a) Cellslcametobeknownasthesmallestuniversalbuildinglblockoflivinglorg /f /f


anisms.
/f


(b) Scientists cameltothelconclusionthatnewcells can formlspontaneouslyfro
/f /f /f


mlthelremnantsofrupturedcells.
/f /f


(c) Lightmicroscopywasessential indemonstratingthecommonalitiesbe
/f /f


tweenplantandanimaltissues.
/f /f


(d) Newcellsarisefromlthelgrowthandldivisionofpreviouslyexistingcells.

1-12 Whatunitoflengthwouldyou / f / f generallyusetolmeasurealtypicallplantoranimalcell?
(a) centimeters
(b) nanometers
(c) millimeters
(d) micrometers

1-13 Matchltheltypelofmicroscopyontheleftwiththecorrespondingdescriptionpro / f


videdbelow.Therelisonelbestmatchforeach.
/ f /f


A. confocal
B. transmissionlelectron
C. fluorescence
D. phase-contrast
E. scanninglelectron
F. bright-field

useslalightmicroscopewith an optical componenttotakeladvantagelofthe
/ f / f /f /f /f /f


differentrefractivelindicesoflightpassingthroughdifferentlregionsofthelcell
/f


.
/ employsalightmicroscopeandrequiresthatsamples befixedandstainedi
f / f /f


nordertorevealcellulardetails.
/ f


requirestheuseofltwosetsoffilters.Thefirstfilternarrowslthelwavelengthrangeth /f /f


atlreachesthespecimenandlthelsecondblocksoutallwavelengthsthatpassba
/ f /f


ckluptoltheleyepieceexceptlforthoselemittedbytheldyeinthesample.
/f /f


scansthespecimenwithlafocusedlaserbeamtoobtainlaseriesoftwo- / f


/ dimensionalopticalsections, which can beusedtoreconstruct an imageof
f /f /f /f /f /f

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Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkins Essential Cell Biology
Publisher: november 2013 ISBN: 9780815344544 Edition: 1

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