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Chapterm1.mCellularmBiology




MULTIPLE CHOICE m




1. Amstudentmismobservingmamcellmundermthemmicroscope.mItmismobservedmtomhavemsupercoiledm
DNAmwithmhistones.mWhichmofmthemfollowingmwouldmalsombemobservedmbymthemstudent?



a. Amsinglemcircularmchromosome
b. Amnucleus
c. Free-floatingmnuclearmmaterial
d. Nomorganelles



ANS:mB




Themcellmdescribedmismameukaryoticmcell,msomitmhasmhistonesmandmamsupercoiledmDNAmwithi
nmitsmnucleus;mthus,mthemnucleusmshouldmbemobserved.

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Amsinglemcircularmchromosomemismcharacteristicmofmprokaryoticmcells,mwhichmdomnotmhavemhistones.




Free-
floatingmnuclearmmaterialmdescribesmamprokaryoticmcell,mwhichmwouldmnotmhavemamdistinctmnucle
us.



Eukaryoticmcellsmhavemmembranemboundedmcellularmcomponentsmcalledmorganelles.mNomorgan
ellesmdescribesmamprokaryoticmcell.



2. Amnursemisminstructingmthemstaffmaboutmcellularmfunctions.mWhichmcellularmfunctionmismthemn
ursemdescribingmwhenmanmisolatedmcellmabsorbsmoxygenmandmusesmitmtomtransformmnutrientsmt
omenergy?



a. Metabolicmabsorption
b. Communication
c. Secretion
d. Respiration

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ANS:mD




Themabilitymofmthemcellmtomabsorbmoxygenmrefersmtomthemcellsmfunctionmofmrespiration.




Themabilitymofmthemcellmtomfunctionmwithinmamsocietymofmcellsmrefersmtomitsmfunctio
nmofmcommunication.



Themabilitymofmthemcellmtomtakeminmnutrientsmrefersmtomthemcellsmfunctionmofmmetabolicmabsorption.




Themabilitymofmthemcellmtomsynthesizemnewmsubstancesmandmsecretemthesemelsewheremrefersmtomth
emcellsmfunctionmofmsecretion.



3. AmeukaryoticmcellmismundergoingmDNAmreplication.mInmwhichmregionmofmthemcellmwouldmmost
m ofmthemgeneticminformationmbemcontained?



a. Mitochondria
b. Ribosome
c. Nucleolus
d. Nucleus



ANS:mC




Themregionmofmthemcellmthatmcontainsmgeneticmmaterial,mincludingmamlargemamountmofmribonu
cleicmacid,mmostmofmthemDNA,mandmDNA-bindingmproteins,mismthemnucleolus.

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Themmitochondriamismthemsitemofmcellularmrespiration.




Themribosomesmareminvolvedminmmanufacturingmofmproteinsmwithinmthemcell.




Themnucleusmcontainsmthemnucleolus,mandmitmismthemnucleolusmthatmcontainsmgeneticmmaterial.




4. Themfluidmmosaicmmodelmformbiologicmmembranesmdescribesmmembranembehavior.mAccordin
gmtomthismmodel,mwhichmofmthemfollowingmfloatmsinglymormasmaggregatesminmthemfluidmlipidmbilayer
?



a. Peripheralmmembranemproteins
b. Integralmmembranemproteins