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The Cell: A Molecular Approach 9th Edition by Geoffrey M. Cooper, and
Kenneth W. Adams
, The Cell: A Molecular Approach, 9th Edition
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1: Introduction to Cells and Cell Research.................................................................................................. 1
Chapter 2: Physical PrinciplesUnderlying Cell Structure and Function................................................................... 21
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Molecular Biology....................................................................................................... 43
Chapter 4: Genes andGenomes................................................................................................................................. 63
Chapter 5: Replication, Maintenance, and Rearrangements of Genomic DNA ....................................................... 79
Chapter 6: RNA Synthesis and Processing ............................................................................................................... 97
Chapter 7: Transcriptional Regulation and Epigenetics ......................................................................................... 112
Chapter 8: Protein Synthesis, Processing, andRegulation ...................................................................................... 135
Chapter 9: Genomics, Proteomics, and SystemsBiology ....................................................................................... 151
Chapter 10: The Nucleus ........................................................................................................................................ 171
Chapter 11: Protein Processing and Sorting: .......................................................................................................... 192
Chapter 12: Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, andPeroxisomes .................................................................................... 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
, The Cell: A Molecular Approach, 9th Edition
Test Bank
to accompany
The Cell: A Molecular Approach, Ninth Edition
Geoffrey M. Cooper and Kenneth W. Adams
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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The Cell: A Molecular Approach 9th Edition by Geoffrey M. Cooper, and
Kenneth W. Adams
, The Cell: A Molecular Approach, 9th Edition
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1: Introduction to Cells and Cell Research.................................................................................................. 1
Chapter 2: Physical PrinciplesUnderlying Cell Structure and Function................................................................... 21
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Molecular Biology....................................................................................................... 43
Chapter 4: Genes andGenomes................................................................................................................................. 63
Chapter 5: Replication, Maintenance, and Rearrangements of Genomic DNA ....................................................... 79
Chapter 6: RNA Synthesis and Processing ............................................................................................................... 97
Chapter 7: Transcriptional Regulation and Epigenetics ......................................................................................... 112
Chapter 8: Protein Synthesis, Processing, andRegulation ...................................................................................... 135
Chapter 9: Genomics, Proteomics, and SystemsBiology ....................................................................................... 151
Chapter 10: The Nucleus ........................................................................................................................................ 171
Chapter 11: Protein Processing and Sorting: .......................................................................................................... 192
Chapter 12: Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, andPeroxisomes .................................................................................... 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
, The Cell: A Molecular Approach, 9th Edition
Test Bank
to accompany
The Cell: A Molecular Approach, Ninth Edition
Geoffrey M. Cooper and Kenneth W. Adams
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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