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Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Introduction to Cells and Cell Research 1
Chapter 02 Physical Principles Underlying Cell Structure and Function 21
Chapter 03 Fundamentals of Molecular Biology 43
Chapter 04 Genes and Genomes 63
Chapter 05 Replication, Maintenance, and Rearrangements of Genomic DNA 79
Chapter 06 RNA Synthesis and Processing 97
Chapter 07 Transcriptional Regulation and Epigenetics 112
Chapter 08 Protein Synthesis, Processing, and Regulation 135
Chapter 09 Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology 151
Chapter 10 The Nucleus 171
Chapter 11 Protein Processing and Sorting 192
Chapter 12 Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, and Peroxisomes 209
Chapter 13 The Cytoskeleton and Cell Movement 240
Chapter 14 The Plasma Membrane 258
Chapter 15 Cell Walls, the Extracellular Matrix, and Cell Interactions 277
Chapter 16 Cell Signaling 292
Chapter 17 The Cell Cycle 309
Chapter 18 Cell Death and Cell Renewal 325
Chapter 19 Cancer 344
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Cells and Cell Research
Multiple Choice
1. RNA is believed to have been the original genetic system because it can
a. form a stable double helix with a complementary nucleic acid strand.
b. catalyze the polymerization of nucleotides into another RNA strand.
c. form ribosomes.
d. transfer amino acids to ribosomes.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.1: Explain how the first cell originated.
2. The initial importance of membrane-enclosing, self-replicating RNA molecules and
associated proteins was that they
a. maintained these molecules as a unit capable of reproduction and evolution.
b. provided sites for proteins to function.
c. transported materials in and out of the compartment.
d. kept other molecules out of the compartment.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.1: Explain how the first cell originated.
3. Stanley Miller applied electric sparks to a reducing atmosphere of methane, ammonia,
water, and hydrogen, and the resulting products showed that under these conditions,
a. amino acids can form.
b. nucleotides can form.
c. amino acids can polymerize into polypeptides.
d. nucleotides can polymerize into nucleic acids.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.2: Describe the major steps in evolution of metabolism.
4. Which energy-producing process is thought to have come first during cellular
evolution?
a. Photosynthesis
b. Glycolysis
c. Oxidative phosphorylation
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d. Proteolysis
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.2: Describe the major steps in evolution of metabolism.
5. At the time life arose on Earth, Earth’s atmosphere contained abundant amounts of all
of the following except
a. H2.
b. N2.
c. O2.
d. H2S.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
Learning Objective 1.1.2: Describe the major steps in evolution of metabolism.
6. Organisms that evolved the ability to use H2O as a donor of electrons and hydrogen for
the photosynthetic conversion of CO2 to organic compounds radically changed Earth by
producing
a. sugar.
b. cellulose.
c. H2.
d. O2.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.2: Describe the major steps in evolution of metabolism.
7. The feature that most clearly distinguishes eukaryotes from prokaryotes is the presence
of in eukaryotic cells.
a. ribosomes
b. oxidative phosphorylation
c. RNA molecules
d. a nucleus
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
Learning Objective 1.1.3: Illustrate the structures of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
8. Cytoplasmic organelles are
a. absent in prokaryotic cells and present in eukaryotic cells.
b. present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
c. present in prokaryotic cells and absent in eukaryotic cells.
d. absent in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Answer: a
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Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Introduction to Cells and Cell Research 1
Chapter 02 Physical Principles Underlying Cell Structure and Function 21
Chapter 03 Fundamentals of Molecular Biology 43
Chapter 04 Genes and Genomes 63
Chapter 05 Replication, Maintenance, and Rearrangements of Genomic DNA 79
Chapter 06 RNA Synthesis and Processing 97
Chapter 07 Transcriptional Regulation and Epigenetics 112
Chapter 08 Protein Synthesis, Processing, and Regulation 135
Chapter 09 Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology 151
Chapter 10 The Nucleus 171
Chapter 11 Protein Processing and Sorting 192
Chapter 12 Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, and Peroxisomes 209
Chapter 13 The Cytoskeleton and Cell Movement 240
Chapter 14 The Plasma Membrane 258
Chapter 15 Cell Walls, the Extracellular Matrix, and Cell Interactions 277
Chapter 16 Cell Signaling 292
Chapter 17 The Cell Cycle 309
Chapter 18 Cell Death and Cell Renewal 325
Chapter 19 Cancer 344
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, Test Bank - The Cell: A Molecular Approach, 9th Edition (Cooper, 2023)
______________________________________________________________________________________________
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Test Bank
to accompany
NinthThe
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Cell: A Molecular Approach,
Chapter 1: Introduction to Cells and Cell Research
Multiple Choice
1. RNA is believed to have been the original genetic system because it can
a. form a stable double helix with a complementary nucleic acid strand.
b. catalyze the polymerization of nucleotides into another RNA strand.
c. form ribosomes.
d. transfer amino acids to ribosomes.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.1: Explain how the first cell originated.
2. The initial importance of membrane-enclosing, self-replicating RNA molecules and
associated proteins was that they
a. maintained these molecules as a unit capable of reproduction and evolution.
b. provided sites for proteins to function.
c. transported materials in and out of the compartment.
d. kept other molecules out of the compartment.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.1: Explain how the first cell originated.
3. Stanley Miller applied electric sparks to a reducing atmosphere of methane, ammonia,
water, and hydrogen, and the resulting products showed that under these conditions,
a. amino acids can form.
b. nucleotides can form.
c. amino acids can polymerize into polypeptides.
d. nucleotides can polymerize into nucleic acids.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.2: Describe the major steps in evolution of metabolism.
4. Which energy-producing process is thought to have come first during cellular
evolution?
a. Photosynthesis
b. Glycolysis
c. Oxidative phosphorylation
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d. Proteolysis
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.2: Describe the major steps in evolution of metabolism.
5. At the time life arose on Earth, Earth’s atmosphere contained abundant amounts of all
of the following except
a. H2.
b. N2.
c. O2.
d. H2S.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
Learning Objective 1.1.2: Describe the major steps in evolution of metabolism.
6. Organisms that evolved the ability to use H2O as a donor of electrons and hydrogen for
the photosynthetic conversion of CO2 to organic compounds radically changed Earth by
producing
a. sugar.
b. cellulose.
c. H2.
d. O2.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.2: Describe the major steps in evolution of metabolism.
7. The feature that most clearly distinguishes eukaryotes from prokaryotes is the presence
of in eukaryotic cells.
a. ribosomes
b. oxidative phosphorylation
c. RNA molecules
d. a nucleus
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
Learning Objective 1.1.3: Illustrate the structures of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
8. Cytoplasmic organelles are
a. absent in prokaryotic cells and present in eukaryotic cells.
b. present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
c. present in prokaryotic cells and absent in eukaryotic cells.
d. absent in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Answer: a
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