UIUC MCB 150 - Final Exam Review
2024/2025 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
Who speculated that cells are living entities and plants are aggregates of
cells? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Schleiden
Who proposed that all cells originate from other cells? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Virchow
Which of these statements is not a part of the cell theory?
All cells are replaced
All living organisms are composed of one or more cells
new cells come only from pre-existing cells by cell division
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,cells are the smallest units of life - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔all cells are replaced
The field that involves the study of cells and how they interact with other
cells is termed - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cell/cellular biology/physiology
In terms of cell size, the majority of cells are - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔too small to
be seen with the unaided eye
Which scientists are credited with the cell theory? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Schleiden and Schwann
The German botanist who speculated in 1838 that cells are living entities
and that plants are aggregates of cells was - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Schleiden
The interaction of which of the following macromolecules plays an
important role in the formation of living cells?
DNA
Lipids
Carbs
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,RNA
Proteins - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DNA, RNA, Proteins
How would early cells benefit from DNA replacing RNA as the information
storage molecule? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RNA would have more flexibility in its
catalytic functions.
Information would be stored in a more stable molecule.
A magnification tool that enables researchers to study the structure and
function of cells is the - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔microscope
A photograph taken by means of a microscope is called a(n) - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔micrograph
Which macromolecule forms the foundation for the structure and activities
of living cells?
Multiple choice question. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔proteins
What are the three important parameters of microscopy?
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, Multiple select question. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔resolution, contrast,
magnification
The different chemical properties of amino acids have given proteins
______ catalytic ability than RNA molecules. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔greater
The ability to observe two adjacent objects as distinct from one another, a
measure of clarity, is called - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔resolution
Which of these is an optical instrument that allows researchers to view and
study very small objects, such as cellular structures?
Multiple choice question. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔microscope
Which of these refers to the ability to visualize a particular cell structure and
may involve staining? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔contrast
What parameter of an optical instrument refers to its ability to make small
objects appear larger? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔magnification
The resolution of this microscope is better than a light microscope: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔electron microscrope
The ability to visualize a particular cell structure based on how different it
looks from an adjacent structure is called - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔contrast
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2024/2025 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
Who speculated that cells are living entities and plants are aggregates of
cells? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Schleiden
Who proposed that all cells originate from other cells? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Virchow
Which of these statements is not a part of the cell theory?
All cells are replaced
All living organisms are composed of one or more cells
new cells come only from pre-existing cells by cell division
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,cells are the smallest units of life - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔all cells are replaced
The field that involves the study of cells and how they interact with other
cells is termed - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cell/cellular biology/physiology
In terms of cell size, the majority of cells are - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔too small to
be seen with the unaided eye
Which scientists are credited with the cell theory? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Schleiden and Schwann
The German botanist who speculated in 1838 that cells are living entities
and that plants are aggregates of cells was - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Schleiden
The interaction of which of the following macromolecules plays an
important role in the formation of living cells?
DNA
Lipids
Carbs
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,RNA
Proteins - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DNA, RNA, Proteins
How would early cells benefit from DNA replacing RNA as the information
storage molecule? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RNA would have more flexibility in its
catalytic functions.
Information would be stored in a more stable molecule.
A magnification tool that enables researchers to study the structure and
function of cells is the - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔microscope
A photograph taken by means of a microscope is called a(n) - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔micrograph
Which macromolecule forms the foundation for the structure and activities
of living cells?
Multiple choice question. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔proteins
What are the three important parameters of microscopy?
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, Multiple select question. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔resolution, contrast,
magnification
The different chemical properties of amino acids have given proteins
______ catalytic ability than RNA molecules. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔greater
The ability to observe two adjacent objects as distinct from one another, a
measure of clarity, is called - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔resolution
Which of these is an optical instrument that allows researchers to view and
study very small objects, such as cellular structures?
Multiple choice question. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔microscope
Which of these refers to the ability to visualize a particular cell structure and
may involve staining? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔contrast
What parameter of an optical instrument refers to its ability to make small
objects appear larger? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔magnification
The resolution of this microscope is better than a light microscope: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔electron microscrope
The ability to visualize a particular cell structure based on how different it
looks from an adjacent structure is called - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔contrast
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