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Bio 4A - Identify the parts of a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell (Chapter 8)

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

One advantage of electron microscopes over light microscopes is their _____.
a.
size
c.
use of live specimens
b.
higher magnification
d.
two-dimensional image
 

 2. 

Which of the following structures is the most complex?
a.
tissue
c.
organ
b.
organ system
d.
cell
 

 3. 

Chitin is a component of _____ cell walls.
a.
plant
c.
fungus
b.
bacterial
d.
all of these
 

 4. 

A major difference between a compound light microscope and a transmission microscope is that a light microscope image _____.
a.
can be made from living, unstained materials
b.
requires thin slices
c.
allows you to see fine detail of organelles
d.
uses magnet lenses
 

 5. 

Which of the following organisms do not have cell walls?
a.
animals
c.
fungi
b.
plants
d.
bacteria
 

 6. 

In a chloroplast, the stacks of membranous sacs are called _____.
a.
thylakoid membrane
c.
grana
b.
stroma
d.
plastids
 

 7. 

The term least closely related to the others is _____.
a.
microfilament
c.
microtubule
b.
cell juncture
d.
cytoskeleton
 

 8. 

The scientist who first described living cells as seen through a simple microscope was _____.
a.
van Leeuwenhoek
c.
Schwann
b.
Schleiden
d.
Hooke
 

 9. 

All living things are made up of _____.
a.
cells
c.
cellulose
b.
cork
d.
wastes
 

 10. 

Folded membranes are an advantage to a cell because _____.
a.
cell processes can be more efficient
b.
the membranes provide a large surface area
c.
the membranes form interconnected compartments
d.
all of these
 



 
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