UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
SEM - CORRECT ANSWER - Scanning Electron Microscope, creates 3D shape,
visualizes overall structure of subject
TEM - CORRECT ANSWER - Transmission Electron Microscope, creates 2D cross
section, examines the insides of a subject
Plasma membrane - CORRECT ANSWER - Maintains shape and holds cellular
components
Cytosol - CORRECT ANSWER - Suspends cellular machinery and allows organelle
movement
Chromosomes - CORRECT ANSWER - Required for replication
Ribosomes - CORRECT ANSWER - Creates proteins
Eukaryotic cell - CORRECT ANSWER - Has organelles with membranes, can be single
celled
Prokaryotic cell - CORRECT ANSWER - Does not have organelles with membranes
Metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER - Constrains cell size due to food processing
limitations
, Genetic instructions - CORRECT ANSWER - One of the subcellular systems in eukaryotic
cells
Endomembrane system - CORRECT ANSWER - Manufactures, modifies, packages, and
ships cell products
Energy transformation - CORRECT ANSWER - One of the subcellular systems in
eukaryotic cells
Extracellular components - CORRECT ANSWER - One of the subcellular systems in
eukaryotic cells
Cytoskeleton - CORRECT ANSWER - One of the subcellular systems in eukaryotic cells
Protista - CORRECT ANSWER - One of the five taxonomic kingdoms
Fungi - CORRECT ANSWER - One of the five taxonomic kingdoms
Plantae - CORRECT ANSWER - One of the five taxonomic kingdoms
Animalia - CORRECT ANSWER - One of the five taxonomic kingdoms
Monera - CORRECT ANSWER - One of the five taxonomic kingdoms
Nuclear pores - CORRECT ANSWER - Allow mRNA through the nuclear envelope
Supercoiling - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA coiled tightly into chromosomes before
division