Chapter 03 – Cells
Chapter 03
Cells
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following is/are generally credited with developing the cell theory?
2. Who first saw boxlike compartments with a simple microscope and named them “cells”?
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3. _____________ allow people to view objects smaller than 2 micrometers.
4. The feature of a microscope that determines its greatest useful magnification is the
___________________.
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5. __________________ microscopes allow scientists to see atomic structure of molecules.
6. Which of the following would be found in a eukaryotic cell but NOT in a prokaryotic cell?
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7. Prokaryotic cells are characteristic of __________________; eukaryotic cells are
characteristic of ______________.
8. According to the endosymbiotic theory
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9. In a mature, functioning, healthy cell with a nucleus, which of the following is
extracellular?
10. Mitochondria are
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11. Which of the following is NOT a component of cell walls?
12. The cell wall functions _______________________.
13. The fluid within cells in which the nucleus and other organelles are suspended is
14. The outer boundary of living protoplasm in a plant cell is a
15. Cell membranes are made up of a mosaic of ____________________.
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16. Which of the following are primary constituents of cell membranes?
17. Which of the following do NOT develop from proplastids?
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18. Cell structures that apparently function in controlling the addition of cellulose to the cell
wall, in steering vesicles from Golgi bodies to the cell wall, and in aiding movement within
19. The watery fluid found in vacuoles is called
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20. Which of the following are common to nearly all plant and animal cells?
21. Which of the following structures found in living cells is not bound by a membrane or
membranes?
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22. Enzymes are synthesized on
23. The stacks of double membrane structures found in chloroplasts are
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24. Which of the following are not found within chloroplasts?
25. Which of the following may be found in plant cell vacuoles?
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26. The structure known as the ______________ is formed of RNA and associated proteins
inside the nucleus.
27. Which of the pairs is mismatched?