FUNCTION EXAM 1 Questions
and Answers
Classification -Correct Answer: -Similar features
-Animal/Vegetable/Mineral
-Micoscopes
--micoorganisms
-Kingdoms
--bacteria(prokaryotes)
--Animals, plants, fungi, single-celled eukaryotes
-Based on morphological features
Genetics -Correct Answer: -We resemble our relative bc we share many alleles(specific versions of
genes)
--Most accurate measure of relatedness is how similar genomes are
DNA -Correct Answer: material of inheritance, common to all organisms
rRNA -Correct Answer: -First widely compared sequences
--Life depends on protein synthesis
--Ribosomes must function to make proteins
--Genes for ribosomal RNA evolve very slowly
Prokaryotes -Correct Answer: -Bacteria
-Archaea
--Neither have a nucleus
--Archaea are more closely related to eukaryotes
,Membrane enclosed nucleus is present in? -Correct Answer: Eukarya
Membrane enclosed nucleus is absent in? -Correct Answer: Bacteria and Archaea
Membrane enclosed organelles in eukarya? -Correct Answer: Many
Membrane enclosed organelles in Archaea? -Correct Answer: Absent
Membrane enclosed organelles in Bacteria? -Correct Answer: Few
Peptidoglycan in cell wall in Eukarya? -Correct Answer: Absent
Peptidoglycan in cell wall in Archaea? -Correct Answer: Absent
Peptidoglycan in cell wall in Bacteria? -Correct Answer: Present
Membrane lipids in Eukarya? -Correct Answer: Ester-linked and unbranched
membrane lipids in Archaea? -Correct Answer: Ether-linked and branched
Membrane lipids in Bacteria? -Correct Answer: Ester linked and unbranched
Ribosomes in Eukarya? -Correct Answer: 80S
Ribosomes in Archaea and Baceria? -Correct Answer: 70S
Initiator tRNA in eukarya? -Correct Answer: Methionine
, Initiator tRNA in Archaea? -Correct Answer: Methionine
Initiator tRNA in Bacteria? -Correct Answer: Formylmethionine
Operons in Eukarya? -Correct Answer: Rare
Operons in Archaea and Bacteria? -Correct Answer: Yes
Plasmids in Eukarya? -Correct Answer: Rare
Plasmids in Archaea and Bacteria? -Correct Answer: Yes
Number of RNA polymerases in Eukarya? -Correct Answer: Three
Number of RNA polymerases in Archaea and Bacteria? -Correct Answer: One
Ribosomes sensitive to chloramphenicol and streptomycin in Eukarya and Araches? -Correct Answer: No
Ribosomes sensitive to chloramphenicol and streptomycin in Bacteria? -Correct Answer: Yes
Ribosomes sensitive to diphtheria toxin in Eukarya and Archaea? -Correct Answer: Yes
Ribosomes sensitive to diphtheria toxin in Bacteria? -Correct Answer: No
Gram Staining -Correct Answer: Peptidoglycan in cell wall
Gram positive -Correct Answer: cell wall take sup violet dye, dense cell wall of peptidoglycan