1. A Tour of the Cell Chapter 6
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2. This electron micrograph of a photosynthetic bacterium shows that
these bacteria have chloroplasts.
these bacteria are the evolutionary precursors of chloroplasts.
these bacteria have membranes similar to the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts.
these bacteria have membrane-enclosed organelles.
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3. Difference between Plant and Animal Cells Which of these organelles are absent in plant cells?
mitochondria
centrioles
peroxisomes
all of the above
none of the above
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4. Nucleic Acid Localization If you treat cells with radioactive UTP, where in the cell would you expect the greatest concentration of radioactivity within the first few minutes?
nuclear matrix
cytoplasm
rough ER
nucleolus
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5. Endomembrane System A membrane protein synthesized in the rough ER may be directed to
peroxisomes.
lysosomes.
mitochondria.
all of the above
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6. Golgi Brefeldin A is a drug that disrupts transport from the ER to the Golgi apparatus. What other organelles and membranes are affected?
lysosomes, vacuoles, plasma membrane
lysosomes, peroxisomes, plasma membrane
vacuoles, mitochondria, plasma membrane
lysosomes, vacuoles, nuclear membrane
all intracellular organelles and membranes
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7. Microtubule Function Taxol, a drug approved for treatment of breast cancer, prevents depolymerization of microtubules. What cellular function that affects cancer cells more than normal cells might taxol interfere with?
maintaining cell shape
cilia or flagella
chromosome movements in cell division
cell division (cleavage furrow formation)
cytoplasmic streaming
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8. ECM in Plant and Animal Cells The difference in the structures of animal cell extracellular matrix and plant cell walls reflects what fundamental difference(s) in their adaptive strategies?
Animal cells must move more than plant cells.
Animal cells have to be more responsive to changes in their environment.
Animal cells have to communicate with each other more than plant cells.
all of the above
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