26 questions
The first scientist who observed cells
Robert Linaues
Robert Hooke
Robert Cell
Robert Grew
Discovered that all cells contain a relatively large body called the nucleus.
Robert Hooke
Rudolf Virchow
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
Robert Brown
Observed the smaller body within the nucleus called the nucleolus
Rudolf Virchow
Matthias Schleiden
Robert Hooke
Marcello Malpghi
Credited with developing the cell theory
Schleiden and Schwann
Bausch and Laumb
Malpighi and Grew
Malpighi and Bausch
Discovered that the yeast cells do not need to be alive for fermentation to occur
Robert Hooke
Jean Baptiste de Lamarch
J H Dutrochet
Edward Buchner
cells with no nucleus
amyloplasts
prokaryotes
eukaryotes
Organelles
The soup like fluid in the cytoplasm is
cytosol
organelles
protoplasm
cell walls
A single mature leaf of a pear contains _______million cells
5
50
.5
500
The wood of one giant redwood tree could support the combined weight of a thousand elephants
true
false
the main structural component of cell walls is ____________, which is composed of 100 to 15,000 glucose monomers in long chains and is the most abundant polymer on earth.
cytoplasm
cellulose
epidermal cells
cell structures
In addition to cellulose, cell walls contain a matrix of
hemicellulose
pectin
glycoproteins
all of the above
A middle lamella
sugars associated with molecules
glue like substance that holds the fibrils together
consists of a layer of pectin
none of the above
Secondary cell walls ofplants generally contain more cellulose (40-80%) than primary walls?
false
true
The fluids and dissolved substances can pass through primary walls of adjacent cells via plasmodesmata, tiny strands of cytoplasm that extend between the cells through minute openings. What is the singular term?
plasmodesmata
envision
plasmodesma
none of the above
The outer boundary of the living part of the cell
microfibril
secondary wall
cell wall
plasma membrane
Chromatin is composed of DNA and
riboflavin
ribosomes
protein
all of the above
Unattached ribosomes often occur in clusters of ____to_______, particularly when they are involved in linking amino acids together in the construction of the large, complex protein molecules that are a basic part of all living organisms.
2, 5
5, 100
2, 10
2, 200
Substances secreted by vesicles may include
cell-wall polysaccharides
floral nectars
essential oils found in herbs
all of the above
What is the most conspicuous of the different kinds of plastids?
chloroplasm
leukoplasts
chloroplasts
chlorophyll
The liquid portion of the chloroplast is a colorless fluid matrix called
stroma
flesh
stomata
desmata
Leucoplasts are colorless and contain amyloplasts, which synthesize starches, and _______________, which synthesize oils.
essential oils
elaioplasts
redoplasts
none of the above
If exposed to light, some leucoplasts will develop into chloroplasts, and vise versa
true
false
The cristae in the mitochondria do not increase the surface area available to the enzymes contained in a matrix fluid
false
true
Vacuolar membranes are tonoplasts
false
true
In most instances, interphase occupies up to _____% or more of the time it takes to complete the cycle.
20
80
90
10
Mitochondria are associated with
nucleus
cellular respiration
nucleolus
plasma membrane