Test Bank for The Cell: A Molecular Approach, 9th Edition by Geoffrey Cooper
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Test Bank for The Cell: A Molecular Approach 9e 9th Edition by Geoffrey Cooper, Kenneth Adams. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 19
PART I: FUNDAMENTALS AND FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1 Introduction to Cells and Cell Research
Chapter 2 Physical Principles Underlying Cell Structu...
Test Bank
Complete Chapters included - Chap 1 to 19
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
,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
,Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.3: Illustrate the structures of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
9. The eukaryotic nucleus contains _______ DNA molecule(s).
a. a single linear
b. a single circular
c. multiple linear
d. multiple circular
Answer: c
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.
10. The bacterial genome is located in a portion of the cell called the
a. nucleus.
b. nucleolus.
c. mesosome.
d. nucleoid.
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.
11. Eukaryotic cell nuclei contain genes that are
a. primarily of bacterial origin.
b. primarily of archaebacterial origin.
c. partly archaebacterial and partly bacterial in origin.
d. all of eukaryotic origin.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.3: Illustrate the structures of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
12. Organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts are thought to have originated in
eukaryotic cells via a process called
a. phagocytosis.
b. endosymbiosis.
c. endocytosis.
d. exocytosis.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.4: Outline the evolution of eukaryotic cells and multicellular
organisms.
, 13. Mitochondria and chloroplasts resemble bacteria in that they
a. have their own DNA.
b. have their own ribosomes.
c. reproduce by simple division into two.
d. All of the above
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.1.4: Outline the evolution of eukaryotic cells and multicellular
organisms.
14. Which of the following is a colonial organism closely related to the evolutionary
precursors of present-day plants?
a. Paramecium
b. Dictyostelium discoideum
c. Volvox
d. Arabidopsis thaliana
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
Learning Objective 1.1.4: Outline the evolution of eukaryotic cells and multicellular
organisms.
15. The human body is composed of more than _______ different types of cells.
a. 100
b. 200
c. 400
d. 2,000
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
Learning Objective 1.1.4: Outline the evolution of eukaryotic cells and multicellular
organisms.
16. E. coli is a useful model system for molecular biology studies because
a. it has a small genome.
b. it reproduces rapidly.
c. mutants can easily be isolated from culture dishes.
d. All of the above
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Experimental Models in Cell Biology
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
Learning Objective 1.2.1: Compare and contrast yeast and E. coli as model systems for
studying concepts of molecular biology.
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