Cells

Question 1

Where is DNA found in a prokaryote

Answer 1

In an unbound nucleoid

Question 2

What are the basic features of all cells

Answer 2

Plasma membrane, cytoplasm, chromosomes, ribosomes

Question 3

what are ribosomes function

Answer 3

To carry out protein synthesis

Question 4

Do prokaryotes have ribosomes on endoplasmic reticulum

Answer 4

No, only free ribosomes

Question 5

What is chromatin

Answer 5

Found in nucleus, DNA bound with proteins

Question 6

What are the components in the endomembrane system

Answer 6

Endoplasmic reticulum(smooth and rough), nuclear envelope, lysosomes, vacuoles, golgi apparatus

Question 7

Rough ERs function

Answer 7

Make proteins, distributes transport vesicles

Question 8

Smooth ERs function

Answer 8

Synthesizes lipids, metabolizes carbohydrates, detoxifies of poisons

Question 9

Function of the golgi body

Answer 9

shipping and receiving center, modifies products from the ER, packs molecules into vesicles

Question 10

What is the cis face of a golgi body

Answer 10

this is the receiving end

Question 11

What is the trans face of a golgi body

Answer 11

The shipping side

Question 12

What are lysosomes

Answer 12

They are digestive compartments full of digestive membranes

Question 13

What is the process of autophagy

Answer 13

consumption of cells own organelles to be recycled

Question 14

what are the three types of vacuoles

Answer 14

1) food vacuole
2) contractile vacuole
3) central vacuole

Question 15

Evidence of symbiotic theory

Answer 15

1) double membrane
2) can replicate independently
3) contain their own DNA and ribosomes

Question 16

What are the inner folds of mitochondria called

Answer 16

cristae

Question 17

What are thylakoid stacks called and what holds them together

Answer 17

1) granum
2) stroma

Question 18

Three types of cytoskeleton

Answer 18

1) microtubules
2) micro filaments
3) intermediate filaments

Question 19

Role of cytoskeleton

Answer 19

hold cell shape, anchors organelles and interacts with motor proteins

Question 20

what is the common protein in bacterial cell walls

Answer 20

peptidoglycan

Question 21

what is the common protein in fungi cell walls

Answer 21

chitin

Question 22

what is the common protein in plant cell walls

Answer 22

Cellulose

Question 23

What are the three types of plant wall

Answer 23

1) thin primary wall
2) middle lamella between primary wall and other cells
3) secondary wall in some cells between cell membrane and the primary wall