Biology 2e Chapter 4 100 Questions with CORRECT Answers

Biology 2e Chapter 4 100 Questions with CORRECT Answers


Question:
Cells
Answer:
building blocks of living things (smalles unit of a living thing)

Question:
Microscope
Answer:
Instrument that magnifies an object

Question:
Two parameters
Answer:
that are important in microscopy

Question:
Dutch shop
Answer:
keeper Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1600s)

Question:
Prokaryote
Answer:
Simple, mostly singlecelled organism that lacks a nucleus

Question:
Eukaryotic cells
Answer:
Larger, complex, with nucleus, membrane bound organelles, DNA tightly wrapped
around histone proteins in chromosomes, cellulose in plant cell walls.

, Question:
Organelles
Answer:
Structures specialized to perform distinct processes within a cell.

Question:
Small intestine
Answer:
Organ that absorbs nutrients from digested food.

Question:
Cytoplasm
Answer:
Cell's entire region between the plasma membrane and the nuclear envelope.

Question:
Cytosol
Answer:
gellike material of the cytoplasm in which cell structures are suspended

Question:
Nucleus
Answer:
A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and
reproduction (center of atom, control center)

Question:
Nucleoplasm
Answer:
Semisolid fluid inside the nucleus, where we find the chromatin and the nucleolus.

Question:
Chromosomes
Answer:
threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes