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Chapter 7 Study Questions



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which of the following organisms do not have cell walls?
a.
plants
c.
bacteria
b.
fungi
d.
animals
 

 2. 

Which of the following is NOT true of plasma membranes?
a.
Folded membranes increase surface area for efficiency.
b.
Folded membranes do not form compartments in the cell.
c.
Endoplasmic reticulum is made up of folded membranes.
d.
Ribosomes are sometimes attached to folded membranes.
 

 3. 

Folded membranes are an advantage to a cell because _____.
a.
cell processes can be more efficient
b.
the membranes provide a large surface area
c.
the membranes form interconnected compartments
d.
all of these
 

 4. 

Who concluded that all plants are made of living cells?
a.
Virchow
c.
Schwann
b.
Hooke
d.
Schleiden
 

 5. 

All living things are made up of _____.
a.
cells
c.
wastes
b.
cork
d.
cellulose
 

 6. 

What do electron microscopes use to focus and magnify an image?
a.
glass lenses
c.
electron beams
b.
X rays
d.
light
 

 7. 

Each of the following is a main idea of the cell theory except _____.
a.
all organisms are composed of cells
b.
the cell is the basic unit of organization of organisms
c.
all cells are similar in structure and function
d.
all cells come from preexisting cells
 

 8. 

The scientist who first described living cells as seen through a simple microscope was _____.
a.
van Leeuwenhoek
c.
Hooke
b.
Schleiden
d.
Schwann
 

 9. 

One advantage of electron microscopes over light microscopes is their _____.
a.
size
c.
two-dimensional image
b.
higher magnification
d.
use of live specimens
 

 10. 

If a cell contains a nucleus, it must be a(n) _____.
a.
plant cell
c.
animal cell
b.
eukaryotic cell
d.
prokaryotic cell
 

 11. 

In a chloroplast, the stacks of membranous sacs are called _____.
a.
stroma
c.
plastids
b.
grana
d.
thylakoid membrane
 

 12. 

Because cells have a watery environment both inside and outside, the polar ends of the phospholipids in the plasma membrane form ____ layers
a.
several
c.
double
b.
mosaic
d.
single
 

 13. 

The fluid mosaic model describes a structure with ____.
a.
polar layers on the outside and nonpolar layer on the inside
b.
nonpolar layers on the outside and a polar layer on the inside
c.
polar layers on both inside and outside
d.
nonpolar layers on both inside and outside
 

 14. 

Because the phospholipid molecules and some proteins are free to move, the plasma membrane is said to be a ____.
a.
bilayer
c.
fluid mosaic
b.
solid
d.
fatty acid
 

 15. 

Which of the following might be a result of a disease that causes a thickened plasma membrane?
a.
increased movement of molecules entering the cell
b.
decreased movement of molecules within the cell
c.
decreased movement of molecules entering the cell
d.
increased movement of molecules leaving the cell
 

 16. 

A cell's contents would be the same as its surrounds, were it not for ____.
a.
plasmolysis
c.
phagocytosis
b.
selective permeability
d.
dynamic equilibrium
 

 17. 

A plasma membrane is made up of a(n) _____.
a.
cholesterol layer
c.
lipid bilayer
b.
enzyme bilayer
d.
protein layer
 

 18. 

Which is not a way that Figure 7-2 is a model of cellular theory?
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Figure 7-2
a.
bricks are small units in a building
b.
bricks are solid
c.
there are many bricks in a building
d.
bricks are organized to make a larger unit
 
 
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Figure 7-3
 

 19. 

What is the approximate size of A in Figure 7-3?
a.
400 mm
c.
700 mm
b.
500 mm
d.
1000 mm
 

 20. 

What is the approximate size of B in figure 7-3?
a.
400 mm
c.
700 mm
b.
500 mm
d.
1000 mm
 

 21. 

What would be the best way to estimate the size of C in Figure 7-3?
a.
increase magnification
c.
estimate by what you can see
b.
decrease magnification
d.
assume it is 2000 mm
 
 
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Figure 7-4
 

 22. 

What would happen to the structure in Figure 7-4 if part D is completely removed?
a.
it would become solid
c.
it would have holes in it
b.
it would disintegrate
d.
it would collapse in on itself
 

 23. 

What structure is analogous to a sewage system?
a.
A
c.
C
b.
B
d.
D
 

 24. 

Where are you least likely to find water in the structure shown in Figure 7-4
a.
A
c.
C
b.
B
d.
E
 

 25. 

Which of the following pictures in Figure 7-5 most likely approximate the motion phospholipids make in a plasma membrane?
ch_7_study_question_files/i0280000.jpg
Figure 7-5
a.
A
c.
C
b.
B
d.
D
 
 
ch_7_study_question_files/i0290000.jpg
Figure 7-6
 

 26. 

Which structure in Figure 7-6 is the cell control center?
a.
A
c.
I
b.
G
d.
M
 

 27. 

Which structure in Figure 7-6 maintains homeostasis?
a.
B
c.
H
b.
D
d.
L
 

 28. 

Which structure in Figure 7-6 is responsible for chemical reactions?
a.
A
c.
J
b.
E
d.
L
 

 29. 

Which structure in Figure 7-6 transforms energy?
a.
C
c.
J
b.
G
d.
K
 

 30. 

Which structure in Figure 7-6 sorts and transports?
a.
B
c.
I
b.
G
d.
M
 

 31. 

Which parts of Figure 7-6 are in a prokaryotic cell?
a.
D and M
c.
C and J
b.
A and K
d.
G and L
 

 32. 

A cell contains the structure shown in Figure 7-7. What other cell structure that is not found in all eukaryotic cells is likely to be found in this cell?
ch_7_study_question_files/i0360000.jpg
Figure 7-7
a.
mitochondria
c.
cell wall
b.
ribosomes
d.
plasma membrane
 



 
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