ASU BIO 181 EXAM PREP 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Eukaryote ANSWER: - single celled organism
◉Paramecium ANSWER: - distant ancestor of our cells, limited by # of
bio molecular machines within itself
◉What does a paramecium use cilium for? ANSWER: - to move
◉What was the precursor to our kidneys? ANSWER: - contractile
vacuole
◉SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) ANSWER: - cannot view living
cells
◉What can paramecium’s o as a defense technique against predators?
ANSWER: - they can shed their cilia
◉Cells "walk" with ______ and ________ ANSWER: - lamelipodium a
fill podium
, How do you distinguish the front and the back of the cell? ANSWER:
- the front has lamelipodium and fila podium, the back has retraction
fibers
Focus ANSWER: - clump of cancer cells
Phase Contrast Microscopy ANSWER: - can watch living cells move,
light microscopy
Retraction Fiber ANSWER: - the first lamelipodia, stretches until it
breaks and then releases cytoplasm and is reabsorbed into the cell
How can a cell stretch their parts so extensively? ANSWER: -
elasticity and the plasma membrane
Normal cells are anchorage-_______________ ANSWER: - dependent
Cancer cells are anchorage-________________ ANSWER: -
independent
Anchorage-dependent ANSWER: - uses contact inhibition to stop
growth
Anchorage-independent ANSWER: - will keep growing forever given
fresh nutrients and space
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Eukaryote ANSWER: - single celled organism
◉Paramecium ANSWER: - distant ancestor of our cells, limited by # of
bio molecular machines within itself
◉What does a paramecium use cilium for? ANSWER: - to move
◉What was the precursor to our kidneys? ANSWER: - contractile
vacuole
◉SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) ANSWER: - cannot view living
cells
◉What can paramecium’s o as a defense technique against predators?
ANSWER: - they can shed their cilia
◉Cells "walk" with ______ and ________ ANSWER: - lamelipodium a
fill podium
, How do you distinguish the front and the back of the cell? ANSWER:
- the front has lamelipodium and fila podium, the back has retraction
fibers
Focus ANSWER: - clump of cancer cells
Phase Contrast Microscopy ANSWER: - can watch living cells move,
light microscopy
Retraction Fiber ANSWER: - the first lamelipodia, stretches until it
breaks and then releases cytoplasm and is reabsorbed into the cell
How can a cell stretch their parts so extensively? ANSWER: -
elasticity and the plasma membrane
Normal cells are anchorage-_______________ ANSWER: - dependent
Cancer cells are anchorage-________________ ANSWER: -
independent
Anchorage-dependent ANSWER: - uses contact inhibition to stop
growth
Anchorage-independent ANSWER: - will keep growing forever given
fresh nutrients and space
