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Chapter 3: The Cell

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3-1 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following individuals argued in favor of the theory of spontaneous generation?

a.
Francesco Redi
b.
Louis Pasteur
c.
John Needham
d.
Lazzaro Spallanzani

Answer

C. John Needham

3-2 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following individuals is credited for definitively refuting the theory of spontaneous generation using broth in swan-neck flask?

a.
Aristotle
b.
Jan Baptista van Helmont
c.
John Needham
d.
Louis Pasteur

Answer

D. Louis Pasteur

3-3 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following scientists experimented with raw meat, maggots, and flies in an attempt to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation?

a.
Aristotle
b.
Lazzaro Spallanzani
c.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
d.
Francesco Redi

Answer

D. Francesco Redi

3-4 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following individuals did not contribute to the establishment of cell theory?

a.
Girolamo Fracastoro
b.
Matthias Schleiden
c.
Robert Remak
d.
Robert Hooke

Answer

A. Girolamo Fracastoro

3-5 §3.MC source ↗

Whose proposal of the endosymbiotic theory of mitochondrial and chloroplast origin was ultimately accepted by the greater scientific community?

a.
Rudolf Virchow
b.
Ignaz Semmelweis
c.
Lynn Margulis
d.
Theodor Schwann

Answer

C. Lynn Margulis

3-6 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following developed a set of postulates for determining whether a particular disease is caused by a particular pathogen?

a.
John Snow
b.
Robert Koch
c.
Joseph Lister
d.
Louis Pasteur

Answer

B. Robert Koch

3-7 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following terms refers to a prokaryotic cell that is comma shaped?

a.
coccus
b.
coccobacilli
c.
vibrio
d.
spirillum

Answer

C. vibrio

3-8 §3.MC source ↗

Which bacterial structures are important for adherence to surfaces? (Select all that apply.)

a.
endospores
b.
cell walls
c.
fimbriae
d.
capsules
e.
flagella

Answer

C. fimbriae · D. capsules

3-9 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following cell wall components is unique to gram-negative cells?

a.
lipopolysaccharide
b.
teichoic acid
c.
mycolic acid
d.
peptidoglycan

Answer

A. lipopolysaccharide

3-10 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following terms refers to a bacterial cell having a single tuft of flagella at one end?

a.
monotrichous
b.
amphitrichous
c.
peritrichous
d.
lophotrichous

Answer

D. lophotrichous

3-11 §3.MC source ↗

Bacterial cell walls are primarily composed of which of the following?

a.
phospholipid
b.
protein
c.
carbohydrate
d.
peptidoglycan

Answer

D. peptidoglycan

3-12 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following organelles is not part of the endomembrane system?

a.
endoplasmic reticulum
b.
Golgi apparatus
c.
lysosome
d.
peroxisome

Answer

D. peroxisome

3-13 §3.MC source ↗

Which type of cytoskeletal fiber is important in the formation of the nuclear lamina?

a.
microfilaments
b.
intermediate filaments
c.
microtubules
d.
fibronectin

Answer

B. intermediate filaments

3-14 §3.MC source ↗

Sugar groups may be added to proteins in which of the following?

a.
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
b.
rough endoplasmic reticulum
c.
Golgi apparatus
d.
lysosome

Answer

C. Golgi apparatus

3-15 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following structures of a eukaryotic cell is not likely derived from endosymbiotic bacterium?

a.
mitochondrial DNA
b.
mitochondrial ribosomes
c.
inner membrane
d.
outer membrane

Answer

D. outer membrane

3-16 §3.MC source ↗

Which type of nutrient uptake involves the engulfment of small dissolved molecules into vesicles?

a.
active transport
b.
pinocytosis
c.
receptor-mediated endocytosis
d.
facilitated diffusion

Answer

B. pinocytosis

3-17 §3.MC source ↗

Which of the following is not composed of microtubules?

a.
desmosomes
b.
centrioles
c.
eukaryotic flagella
d.
eukaryotic cilia

Answer

A. desmosomes

3-21 §3.FITB source ↗

The assertion that “life only comes from life” was stated by Louis Pasteur in regard to his experiments that definitively refuted the theory of ___________.

Answer

spontaneous generation

3-22 §3.FITB source ↗

John Snow is known as the Father of _____________.

Answer

epidemiology

3-23 §3.FITB source ↗

The ____________ theory states that disease may originate from proximity to decomposing matter and is not due to person-to-person contact.

Answer

miasma

3-24 §3.FITB source ↗

The scientist who first described cells was _____________.

Answer

Robert Hooke

3-25 §3.FITB source ↗

Prokaryotic cells that are rod-shaped are called _____________.

Answer

bacilli

3-26 §3.FITB source ↗

The type of inclusion containing polymerized inorganic phosphate is called _____________.

Answer

volutin (or metachromatic granule)

3-27 §3.FITB source ↗

Peroxisomes typically produce _____________, a harsh chemical that helps break down molecules.

Answer

hydrogen peroxide

3-28 §3.FITB source ↗

Microfilaments are composed of _____________ monomers.

Answer

actin

3-18 §3.TF source ↗

Exposure to air is necessary for microbial growth.

Answer

False

3-19 §3.TF source ↗

Bacteria have 80S ribosomes each composed of a 60S large subunit and a 40S small subunit.

Answer

False

3-20 §3.TF source ↗

Mitochondria in eukaryotic cells contain ribosomes that are structurally similar to those found in prokaryotic cells.

Answer

True

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