Principles of Cell Biology 3rd Edition Plopper
Test Bank
Chapter: Chapter 01 – Practice Activity
Multiple Choice
1. What specifically about water makes it a good insulator against any heat generated
by chemical reactions in a cell?
A) Its ability to exist as liquid at room temperature, normal atmospheric pressure
B) The fact that it is a very polar molecule
C) Its liquid phase has a higher density than its solid phase
D) Its extensive hydrogen bonding
E) It can form covalent bonds with
nitrogen Ans: D TES
Complexity: Moderate T
Ahead: Life Can Arise from Simple
Ingredients Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Application
2. The most common compound in the cell is:
A) water.
B) hydrocarbons.
C) sugars.
D) fats.
E) nucleic
acids. Ans: A
Complexity:
Easy
Ahead: Life Can Arise from Simple
Ingredients Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
3. What is not a characteristic of the plasma membrane?
A) Acts as a semipermeable barrier
B) Regulates traffic into and out of the cell using transmembrane proteins
C) Has protein complexes that form connections to other cells as well as the basement
membrane
, D) Allows free passage of all ions into and out of the cell
E) Responsible for maintaining/regulating the internal consistency of the
cytoplasm Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Life Can Arise from Simple
Ingredients Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
4. Which statement about carbon bonds is true?
A) When carbon is covalently bound to three or two other atoms, these bonds are
arranged in a single plane in space.
B) A single carbon atom can form covalent bonds with hydrogen or oxygen but not both.
C) Like water, carbon is inherently polar, and it forms hydrogen bonds with water.
D) The alpha carbon of an amino acid must form one covalent bond with hydrogen and a
second covalent bond with a hydroxyl (-OH) group.
E) Carbons in lipids form hydrophobic covalent bonds with other carbons, but carbons in
sugars form hydrophilic covalent bonds with other carbons.
Ans: A
Complexity:
Easy
Ahead: All Cells Are Built from the Same Common Molecular Building
Blocks Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Application
5. Carbon is a building block for structures in living systems. When joined with four other
atoms, it forms:
A) a tetrahedron with two double bonds and two single bonds.
B) a tetrahedron with four single bonds.
C) a tetrahedron with four double bonds.
D) a tetrahedron with three double bonds and a
single bond. Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: All Cells Are Built from the Same Common Molecular Building
Blocks Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Application
6. Which statement about carbohydrates is false?
A) They are hydrophilic molecules.
B) They form rings or linear structures.
C) They can be attached to proteins.
D) They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes nitrogen.
E) All of these are
correct.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: All Cells Are Built from the Same Common Molecular Building
Blocks Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
,Sport Taxonomy:
Application
, 7. A prokaryotic cell is deemed a prokaryotic cell because it is characterized
by the lack of a/n:
A) mitochondria.
B) cell membrane.
C) endoplasmic reticulum.
D) ribosomes.
E) nucleu
s. Ans: E
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Cells Must Cooperate to Succeed
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
8. Which of the following statements about a cell is true?
A) The eukaryotic cell is subdivided into various compartments.
B) Organelles carry out many of the day-to-day housekeeping chores.
C) Cells show a high degree of division of labor.
D) Cells contain thousands of proteins, but each only carries out, at best, a small number of
functions.
E) All of these are
correct.
Ans: E
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Cells Must Cooperate to Succeed
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
9. The main function(s) of mitochondria is/are to:
A) produce ATP.
B) break down glucose into structurally simpler molecules.
C) form carbon dioxide.
D) utilize oxygen to form water.
E) All of these are
correct.
Ans: E
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Cells Must Cooperate to Succeed
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
Matching
1. Match the following molecular building blocks with their corresponding polymers:
1. Fatty acids and
Test Bank
Chapter: Chapter 01 – Practice Activity
Multiple Choice
1. What specifically about water makes it a good insulator against any heat generated
by chemical reactions in a cell?
A) Its ability to exist as liquid at room temperature, normal atmospheric pressure
B) The fact that it is a very polar molecule
C) Its liquid phase has a higher density than its solid phase
D) Its extensive hydrogen bonding
E) It can form covalent bonds with
nitrogen Ans: D TES
Complexity: Moderate T
Ahead: Life Can Arise from Simple
Ingredients Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Application
2. The most common compound in the cell is:
A) water.
B) hydrocarbons.
C) sugars.
D) fats.
E) nucleic
acids. Ans: A
Complexity:
Easy
Ahead: Life Can Arise from Simple
Ingredients Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
3. What is not a characteristic of the plasma membrane?
A) Acts as a semipermeable barrier
B) Regulates traffic into and out of the cell using transmembrane proteins
C) Has protein complexes that form connections to other cells as well as the basement
membrane
, D) Allows free passage of all ions into and out of the cell
E) Responsible for maintaining/regulating the internal consistency of the
cytoplasm Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Life Can Arise from Simple
Ingredients Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
4. Which statement about carbon bonds is true?
A) When carbon is covalently bound to three or two other atoms, these bonds are
arranged in a single plane in space.
B) A single carbon atom can form covalent bonds with hydrogen or oxygen but not both.
C) Like water, carbon is inherently polar, and it forms hydrogen bonds with water.
D) The alpha carbon of an amino acid must form one covalent bond with hydrogen and a
second covalent bond with a hydroxyl (-OH) group.
E) Carbons in lipids form hydrophobic covalent bonds with other carbons, but carbons in
sugars form hydrophilic covalent bonds with other carbons.
Ans: A
Complexity:
Easy
Ahead: All Cells Are Built from the Same Common Molecular Building
Blocks Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Application
5. Carbon is a building block for structures in living systems. When joined with four other
atoms, it forms:
A) a tetrahedron with two double bonds and two single bonds.
B) a tetrahedron with four single bonds.
C) a tetrahedron with four double bonds.
D) a tetrahedron with three double bonds and a
single bond. Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: All Cells Are Built from the Same Common Molecular Building
Blocks Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Application
6. Which statement about carbohydrates is false?
A) They are hydrophilic molecules.
B) They form rings or linear structures.
C) They can be attached to proteins.
D) They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes nitrogen.
E) All of these are
correct.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: All Cells Are Built from the Same Common Molecular Building
Blocks Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
,Sport Taxonomy:
Application
, 7. A prokaryotic cell is deemed a prokaryotic cell because it is characterized
by the lack of a/n:
A) mitochondria.
B) cell membrane.
C) endoplasmic reticulum.
D) ribosomes.
E) nucleu
s. Ans: E
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Cells Must Cooperate to Succeed
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
8. Which of the following statements about a cell is true?
A) The eukaryotic cell is subdivided into various compartments.
B) Organelles carry out many of the day-to-day housekeeping chores.
C) Cells show a high degree of division of labor.
D) Cells contain thousands of proteins, but each only carries out, at best, a small number of
functions.
E) All of these are
correct.
Ans: E
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Cells Must Cooperate to Succeed
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
9. The main function(s) of mitochondria is/are to:
A) produce ATP.
B) break down glucose into structurally simpler molecules.
C) form carbon dioxide.
D) utilize oxygen to form water.
E) All of these are
correct.
Ans: E
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Cells Must Cooperate to Succeed
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Life is a Team
Sport Taxonomy:
Recall
Matching
1. Match the following molecular building blocks with their corresponding polymers:
1. Fatty acids and
