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What is the difference between chromatin and chromosomes?
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chromatin is one of two identical strands of DNA. | |
chromosomes are chromatin that has been tightly packed and coiled. | |
chromosomes are composed of nucleosomes and chromatin is composed of sister chromatids. | |
chromosomes are important in mitosis and chromatin is essential to meiosis. |
Bacterial cells only reproduce asexually and cannot exchange genetic material.
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True, because they undergo binary fission. | |
False, because they transfer genetic material with other bacterial cells. | |
True, because they have a cell wall that prevents sharing of genetic material. |
After a visit to a specialist, Dan was diagnosed with liver cancer. Six months later additional tumors were found in his stomach and small intestine. This is an example of
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malignant tumors. | |
benign tumors. | |
Both malignant tumors and metastasis are correct. |
Which of the following does NOT occur during mitosis?
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DNA is replicated. | |
Replicated chromosomes divide. | |
Cells line up along the equator of the cell. |
Which of the following is INCORRECTLY matched?
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prophase -- mitotic spindle forms | |
metaphase -- chromosomes line up along the equator | |
telophase -- cytoplasm divides |
Why is hair loss a common side effect of cancer treatments?
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Hair cells are at the surface of the body so die easily. | |||||||
Hair cells divide rapidly and so are targeted by the cancer drugs. | |||||||
Cancer drugs often target and kill random cells within the body. From "Investigating Life: Cutting Off a Tumor's Supply Lines in the War on Cancer," how are endostatins used to treat cancerous cells? Question options:
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Value: 1
Anabolic pathways of metabolism are pathways that:
a. build complex molecules from simple ones.
b. release stored chemical energy.
c. take place primarily in skeletal muscle
d. make large quantities of ATP.
Value: 2
The sum of all chemical reactions in a cell is referred to as _______________.
Value: 3
Organisms that derive both their energy and carbon from organic compounds are:
a. photoautotrophs.
b. chemoautotrophs.
c. chemoheterotrophs.
d. photoheterotrophs
Value: 4
It is often stated that the phosphate bonds in ATP are "high energy," but in fact, they are not notably high in energy. Rather, they are easy to break, and the âG of hydrolysis is a "useful" quantity of energy. What makes the phosphate bonds easy to break?
a. They are close to the destabilizing nitrogenous base adenosine
b. Positive charges on amino groups repel each other.
c. Negative charges on phosphate groups repel each other
d. High acidity attacks bonds between amino acids.
Value: 5
Which of the following describes ATP hydrolysis? Select all that apply
[mark all correct answers]
a. exergonic
b. spontaneous
c. often coupled to a reaction that has a positive ÎG
Value: 6
Which of the following describes catabolic reactions?
a. They are endergonic and have a negative change in free energy
b. They are exergonic and have a negative change in free energy
c. They are exergonic and have a positive change in free energy.
d. They are endergonic and have a positive change in free energy.
Value: 7
Why are cells not infinitely big?
a. Because they wouldn't fit in an organism
b. Because they would have a small surface area:volume ratio and substances would diffuse in and out too slowly
c. Because they would have a large surface area to volume ratio and substances would diffuse in and out too quickly
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How is organelle movement around cells controlled?
a. the nucleus directs the movement of organelles in a cell
b. the cytoskeleton is like a monorail that moves organelles in a cell via motor proteins
c. organelles do not move, they have a fixed position in the cell
d. organelles move by facilitated diffusion in the cell
Value: 10
1. Prokaryotic cells lack:
a. a. A nucleus
b. organelles
c. cell membrane
d. DNA
e. A and B
Value: 11
Rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER)
a. a. Makes cell membranes
b. has ribosomes attached
c. are a site of protein synthesis
d. all of the above
Value: 12
Match the items.
The task is to match the lettered items with the correct numbered items. Appearing below is a list of lettered items. Following that is a list of numbered items. Each numbered item is followed by a drop-down. Select the letter in the drop down that best matches the numbered item with the lettered alternatives.
a. help to digest worn-out or damaged organelles. | |
b. Takes in molecules in transport vesicles, modifies them, and sends them back out in vesicles | |
c. makes sugar | |
d. makes ATP | |
e. assembles the ribosomes | |
f. gives the cell structure | |
g. move material around the cell | |
1. vesicles | a b c d e f g |
2. cytoskeleton | a b c d e f g |
3. the golgi apparatus | a b c d e f g |
4. lysosomes | a b c d e f g |
5. mitochondrion | a b c d e f g |
6. chloroplast | a b c d e f g |
7. nucleolus |