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ESSENTIAL CELL BIOLOGY, FIFTH EDITION
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CHAPTER 1: CELLS: THE FUNDAMENTAL UNITS OF LIFE
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Unity and Diversity of Cells
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1-1 Livinglsystemslarelincrediblyldiverselinlsize,lshape,lenvironment,landlbehavior.lItlislestimatedlthatltherelar
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fficultltoldefinelwhatlitlmeansltolsaylsomethinglislalive.lWhichloflthelfollowinglcanlbeldescribedlaslthelsmal
lestllivinglunit?
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(c) organelle
(d) protein

1-2 Indicatelwhetherlthelfollowinglstatementslareltruelorlfalse.lIflthelstatementlislfalse,lexplainlwhylitlislfals
e.
A. ThelParameciumlislalmulticellularlmicroorganismlcoveredlwithlhairlikelcilia.
B. Cellslofldifferentltypeslcanlhaveldifferentlchemicallrequirements.lC.
Thelbranchlikelextensionslthatlsproutlfromlalsinglelnervelcelllinla
mammalianlbrainlcanlextendloverlseverallhundredlmicrometers.

1-3 Forleachloflthelfollowinglsentences,lfilllinlthelblankslwithlthelbestlwordlorlphraselselectedlfromlthellistlbe
low.lNotlalllwordslorlphraseslwilllbelused;leachlwordlorlphraselshouldlbelusedlonlylonce.

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.lDespiteltheldiversity,lcellslresembleleachlotherltolanlastonishingldegreelinlt
heirlchemistry.lForlexample,lthelsamel20
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oredlinltheir
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containlthelsameltypesloflmoleculeslaslcells,ltheirlinabilityltolreproducelthe
mselveslbyltheirlownleffortslmeanslthatltheylarelnotlconsideredllivinglmatter.

aminolacids micrometer(s) viruses
DNA millimeter(s)l yeast
fattylacidsl plants
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1-4 Howldoeslcellularlspecializationlservelmulticellularlorganismslandlhowlmightlalhig
hldegreeloflspecializationlbeldetrimental?

1-5 Thelflowloflgeneticlinformationlislcontrolledlbylalseriesloflbiochemicallreactionslthatl
resultlinlthelproductionloflproteins,leachlwithlitslownlspecificlorderloflaminolacids.lC
hooselthelcorrectlseriesloflbiochemicallreactionslfromltheloptionslpresentedlhere.
(a) replication,ltranscription,ltranslation
(b) replication,ltranslation,ltranscription
(c) translation,ltranscription,lreplication
(d) translation,lreplication,ltranscription

1-6 Proteinslarelimportantlarchitecturallandlcatalyticlcomponentslwithinlthelcell,lhelpingl
toldeterminelitslchemistry,litslshape,landlitslabilityltolrespondltolchangeslinlthelenviro
nment.lRemarkably,lalllofltheldifferentlproteinslinlalcelllarelmadelfromlthelsamel20
.lByllinkinglthemlinldifferentlsequences,lthelcelllcanlm
akelproteinlmoleculeslwithldifferentlconformationslandlsurfacelchemistries,landlthere
foreldifferentlfunctions.
(a) nucleotides.
(b) sugars.
(c) aminolacids.
(d) fattylacids.

1-7 WhichlstatementlislNOTltruelaboutlmutations?
(a) AlmutationlislalchangelinlthelDNAlthatlcanlgenerateloffspringllesslfitlforlsurv
ivallthanltheirlparents.
(b) AlmutationlcanlbelalresultloflimperfectlDNAlduplication.
(c) Almutationlislalresultloflsexuallreproduction.
(d) AlmutationlislalchangelinlthelDNAlthatlcanlgenerateloffspringlthatlarelaslfitlfo
rlsurvivallasltheirlparentslare.

1-8 ChangeslinlDNAlsequencelfromlonelgenerationltolthelnextlmaylresultlinloffspringlthatl
arelalteredlinlfitnesslcomparedlwithltheirlparents.lThelprocessloflchangelandlselectionl
overlthelcourseloflmanylgenerationslislthelbasislof .
(a) mutation.
(b) evolution.
(c) heredity.
(d) reproduction.

1-9 Selectltheloptionlthatlbestlfinisheslthelfollowinglstatement:l“Evolutionlislalpro
cess .”
(a) thatlcanlbelunderstoodlbasedlonlthelprinciplesloflmutationlandlselection.
(b) thatlresultslfromlrepeatedlcycleslofladaptationloverlbillionsloflyears.
(c) bylwhichlalllpresent-daylcellslaroselfroml4–5ldifferentlancestrallcells.
(d) thatlrequireslhundredsloflthousandsloflyears.




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1-10 Selectltheloptionlthatlcorrectlylfinisheslthelfollowinglstatement:l“Alcell’slgenome
l .”
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(b) containslallloflalcell’slDNA.
(c) constantlylchanges,ldependingluponlthelcell’slenvironment.
(d) islalteredlduringlembryonicldevelopment.

Cells Under the Microscope
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1-11 WhichlstatementlislNOTltruelaboutlthelevents/conclusionslfromlstudieslduringlthel
mid-1800slsurroundingltheldiscoveryloflcells?
(a) Cellslcameltolbelknownlaslthelsmallestluniversallbuildinglblocklofllivinglorg
anisms.
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mlthelremnantsloflrupturedlcells.
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1-12 Whatlunitlofllengthlwouldlyoulgenerallyluseltolmeasurelaltypicallplantlorlanimallcell?
(a) centimeters
(b) nanometers
(c) millimeters
(d) micrometers

1-13 Matchltheltypeloflmicroscopylonlthelleftlwithlthelcorrespondingldescriptionlpro
videdlbelow.lTherelislonelbestlmatchlforleach.
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useslallightlmicroscopelwithlanlopticallcomponentltoltakeladvantageloflthel
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cklupltoltheleyepiecelexceptlforlthoselemittedlbyltheldyelinlthelsample.
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