Chapter 6 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
/.Which of the following expresses the concept of emergent properties? - Answer-✅The
parts of a car, once assembled, result in a structure that can provide transportation.
/.Membrane phospholipids... - Answer-✅may have "kinks" in their tails, each caused by
the presence of a double bond between carbons
/.One difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells is that eukaryotic cells... -
Answer-✅have membrane-enclosed organelles, which are lacking in prokaryotic cells
/.Which of the following options best depicts the flow of information when a gene directs
the synthesis of a cellular component? - Answer-✅DNA → RNA → protein
/.Which of the following is the simplest collection of matter that can live? - Answer-✅cell
/.A researcher wants to film the movement of chromosomes during cell division. Which
type of microscope should she choose and why is it the best choice? - Answer-✅light
microscope, because the specimen is alive
/.Which of the following statements is true about cell fractionation? - Answer-✅Cell
fractionation separates cells into their component parts
/.Consider two cells with the same volume but with very different surface areas due to
differences in their shapes. The cell with the larger surface area is likely to... - Answer-
✅be involved in the rapid uptake of compounds from the cell's environment
/.Which of the following is/are likely to limit the maximum size of a cell? - Answer-✅-the
shape of the cell
-the cell's surface-to-volume ration
-the time it takes a molecule to diffuse across a cell
/.Which of the following structures is found in eukaryotic but NOT prokaryotic cells? -
Answer-✅mitochondria
/.A substance moving from outside the cell into the cytoplasm must pass through... -
Answer-✅the plasma membrane
, /.In terms of cellular function, what is the most important difference between prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells? - Answer-✅Eukaryotic cells are compartmentalized, which allows
for specialization
/.Bacterial cells are prokaryotic. Unlike a typical eukaryotic cell, they... - Answer-✅have
no membrane-bounded organelles in their cytoplasm
/.Which of the following features do prokaryotes and eukaryotes have in common? -
Answer-✅ribosomes, plasma membrane, and cytoplasm
/.A particular cell has a nucleus and chloroplasts in addition to the fundamental
structures required by all cells. Based on this information, this cell could be... - Answer-
✅a photosynthetic protist cell or a plant cell
/.What is the functional connection between the nucleolus, nuclear pores, and the
nuclear membrane? - Answer-✅Subunits of ribosomes are assembled in the nucleolus
and pass through the nuclear membrane via the nuclear pores
/.Which of the following is true in respect to eukaryotic chromosomes? - Answer-✅-
Chromosomes are present even when cells are not actively synthesizing proteins
-All eukaryotic cells possess one or more chromosomes
-Chromosomes are present throughout a cell's reproductive cycle
/.A dish of animal cells was grown in the presence of radioactive phosphorous. The
phosphorous largely ended up in nucleotides inside the actively growing animal cells. In
which cellular structure or structures would you predict the majority of the radioactive
phosphorous to accumulate? - Answer-✅the nucleus
/.Which of the following groups is primarily involved in synthesizing molecules needed
by the cell? - Answer-✅ribosome, rough ER, smooth ER
/.Which of the following organelles is UNLIKELY to show enhanced abundance in
pancreatic cells that secrete large amounts of digestive enzymes? - Answer-✅free
cytoplasmic ribosomes
/.Which of the following categories best describes the function of the rough endoplasmic
reticulum? - Answer-✅manufacturing
/.You would expect a cell with an extensive Golgi apparatus to... - Answer-✅secrete
large amounts of protein
/.A researcher made an interesting observation about a protein made by the rough
endoplasmic reticulum and eventually found in a cell's plasma membrane. The protein
in the plasma membrane was actually slightly different from the protein made in the ER.
The protein was probably altered in the __________. - Answer-✅Golgi apparatus
Correct Answers
/.Which of the following expresses the concept of emergent properties? - Answer-✅The
parts of a car, once assembled, result in a structure that can provide transportation.
/.Membrane phospholipids... - Answer-✅may have "kinks" in their tails, each caused by
the presence of a double bond between carbons
/.One difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells is that eukaryotic cells... -
Answer-✅have membrane-enclosed organelles, which are lacking in prokaryotic cells
/.Which of the following options best depicts the flow of information when a gene directs
the synthesis of a cellular component? - Answer-✅DNA → RNA → protein
/.Which of the following is the simplest collection of matter that can live? - Answer-✅cell
/.A researcher wants to film the movement of chromosomes during cell division. Which
type of microscope should she choose and why is it the best choice? - Answer-✅light
microscope, because the specimen is alive
/.Which of the following statements is true about cell fractionation? - Answer-✅Cell
fractionation separates cells into their component parts
/.Consider two cells with the same volume but with very different surface areas due to
differences in their shapes. The cell with the larger surface area is likely to... - Answer-
✅be involved in the rapid uptake of compounds from the cell's environment
/.Which of the following is/are likely to limit the maximum size of a cell? - Answer-✅-the
shape of the cell
-the cell's surface-to-volume ration
-the time it takes a molecule to diffuse across a cell
/.Which of the following structures is found in eukaryotic but NOT prokaryotic cells? -
Answer-✅mitochondria
/.A substance moving from outside the cell into the cytoplasm must pass through... -
Answer-✅the plasma membrane
, /.In terms of cellular function, what is the most important difference between prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells? - Answer-✅Eukaryotic cells are compartmentalized, which allows
for specialization
/.Bacterial cells are prokaryotic. Unlike a typical eukaryotic cell, they... - Answer-✅have
no membrane-bounded organelles in their cytoplasm
/.Which of the following features do prokaryotes and eukaryotes have in common? -
Answer-✅ribosomes, plasma membrane, and cytoplasm
/.A particular cell has a nucleus and chloroplasts in addition to the fundamental
structures required by all cells. Based on this information, this cell could be... - Answer-
✅a photosynthetic protist cell or a plant cell
/.What is the functional connection between the nucleolus, nuclear pores, and the
nuclear membrane? - Answer-✅Subunits of ribosomes are assembled in the nucleolus
and pass through the nuclear membrane via the nuclear pores
/.Which of the following is true in respect to eukaryotic chromosomes? - Answer-✅-
Chromosomes are present even when cells are not actively synthesizing proteins
-All eukaryotic cells possess one or more chromosomes
-Chromosomes are present throughout a cell's reproductive cycle
/.A dish of animal cells was grown in the presence of radioactive phosphorous. The
phosphorous largely ended up in nucleotides inside the actively growing animal cells. In
which cellular structure or structures would you predict the majority of the radioactive
phosphorous to accumulate? - Answer-✅the nucleus
/.Which of the following groups is primarily involved in synthesizing molecules needed
by the cell? - Answer-✅ribosome, rough ER, smooth ER
/.Which of the following organelles is UNLIKELY to show enhanced abundance in
pancreatic cells that secrete large amounts of digestive enzymes? - Answer-✅free
cytoplasmic ribosomes
/.Which of the following categories best describes the function of the rough endoplasmic
reticulum? - Answer-✅manufacturing
/.You would expect a cell with an extensive Golgi apparatus to... - Answer-✅secrete
large amounts of protein
/.A researcher made an interesting observation about a protein made by the rough
endoplasmic reticulum and eventually found in a cell's plasma membrane. The protein
in the plasma membrane was actually slightly different from the protein made in the ER.
The protein was probably altered in the __________. - Answer-✅Golgi apparatus
