Assignment 1C (N Z)

Assignment 1 C (N–Z)
For students with first names starting with the letters N to Z.

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Part A: Short-answer questions
1. Use an example to explain why scientific experiments need controls. (3)
2. Describe at least three similarities between mitochondria and plastids. (6)
3. What is the relationship between the surface area and volume of a cell? Explain how the
two major groups of organisms differ in this respect, and why. (4)
Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 C

4. Label the three indicated parts of the illustration of a cell given below, and answer the
accompanying question. (11)
4a. 1) (2)
3) (2)
14) (2)
4b. What is the name of the organelle labelled 8, and in which of the following cells would
you expect the organelle to be found: in plants, animals, eukaryotes, prokaryotes? (5)

5. Use the illustration below to answer the following three questions. (7)
5a. Which of the structures may represent aquaporins? (2)
5b. Can any of the structures labelled 4, 5, 9, and 11 play a role in signalling? Explain your
answer. (3)
5c. What structure is labelled by 3, and therefore, which type of cell does the illustration
represent? (2)
6. Does a carrier protein require energy to fulfill its function? Explain your answer. (3)
7. Insert the correct terms: Some protozoans use specific vacuoles to pump water out of their
cells continuously. By pumping the water out, they maintain (1.5) in the cell.
The problem of having too much water in the cell is most likely caused by (1.5).
8. Explain why cells that are involved in signalling have hundreds of different receptors. (3)

Part B: Multiple-choice questions
Choose one answer only. Enter your choice into the form field below the question.
1. Which of the following statements correctly describes a hypothesis?
a. It proves an assumption made by a scientist.
b. It is falsifiable.
c. It is the same as a theory
d. It requires a control.
e. It requires many replicates.
2. Which of the following statements refers directly to the cell theory?

a. Animal cells are similar to plant cells.
b. Only some cells have cell walls.
c. Some cells have cell membranes.
d. Eukaryote cells are more advanced than prokaryote cells.
e. Protozoans consist of only one cell.
3. Which of the following structures can be found in a prokaryote?

a. Mitochondria
b. Rough endoplasmic reticulum
c. Nuclear envelopes
d. Pili
e. Amyloplasts
4. Which of the following structures can be found both in eukaryotes and prokaryotes?
a. Ribosomes
b. Nuclei
c. Nucleoli
d. Thylakoids
e. Pili

5. Which of the following structures in a cell has a double membrane?
a. Lysosome
b. Ribosome
c. Nucleoid
d. Vacuole
e. Nucleus
6. Which of the following structures is absent in a eukaryotic cell?

a. Cell membrane
b. Ribosome
c. Nucleus
d. Nucleoid
e. None of the above
7. Which of the following structures can be found both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
a. Plastid
b. Nucleoid
c. Mitochondrion
d. Chromoplast
e. Cell wall
8. Which of the following pairs of options does not distinguish between prokaryotes and
eukaryotes?
a. Absence and presence of plastids
b. Absence and presence of mitochondria
c. Absence and presence of cell walls
d. Absence and presence of a true nucleus
e. Absence and presence of a nucleoid
9. Which of the following structures is a part of an organelle?

a. Crista
b. Golgi complex
c. ER
d. Nucleoid
e. Cell wall

10. Which of the following structures are not common to both animal and plant cells?
a. Mitochondria
b. Cell membranes
c. Lysosomes
d. Ribosomes
e. Nuclei
11. Which of the following processes can proceed without energy input (ATP)?
a. Symport
b. Facilitated diffusion
c. Antiport
d. Pinocytosis
e. Receptor-mediated endocytosis
12. The termination of a cell signal is most likely caused by

a. amplification
b. protein phosphatases
c. protein kinases
d. phosphorylation cascades
e. signal breakdown
13. All of the following activities are functions of the cell membrane EXCEPT
a. transmitting signals
b. participating in energy transfer
c. being freely permeable to all substances
d. regulating the passage of materials
e. participating in chemical reactions
14. Passive membrane transport involves

a. NADH
b. symport
c. movement along a concentration gradient
d. exocytosis
e. all of the above

15. Which of the following terms relates to endocytosis?
a. Facilitated diffusion
b. Exocytosis
c. Pinocytosis
d. Antiport
e. All of the above
16. Which term can be associated with antiport?

a. Osmosis
b. Steroid
c. Facilitated diffusion
d. Passive transport
e. Active transport
17. Plasmodesmata are found in

a. humans
b. oaks
c. AIDS viruses
d. sea lions
e. fungi of the genus Penicillium
Use the illustration below to answer questions 18–20. The illustration shows the three
successive stages of a cellular process.

18. In the illustration above, B represents
a. a cell wall
b. a cell membrane
c. a nuclear envelope
d. a lysosome
e. active transport
19. The general term for the process illustrated above is

a. symport
b. antiport
c. passive transport
d. endocytosis
e. facilitated diffusion
20. If it is assumed that the black dots represent large solid particles, the specific term for the
process illustrated above is
a. exocytosis
b. receptor-mediated endocytosis
c. pinocytosis
d. cell drinking
e. phagocytosis
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For students with first names starting with the letters N to Z.

Part A: Short-answer questions

1. Use an example to explain why scientific experiments need controls. (3)

2. Describe at least three similarities between mitochondria and plastids. (6)

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 C

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 C

5a. Which of the structures may represent aquaporins? (2)

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 C

2. Which of the following statements refers directly to the cell theory?

3. Which of the following structures can be found in a prokaryote?

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 C

6. Which of the following structures is absent in a eukaryotic cell?

9. Which of the following structures is a part of an organelle?

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 C

12. The termination of a cell signal is most likely caused by

14. Passive membrane transport involves

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 C

16. Which term can be associated with antiport?

17. Plasmodesmata are found in

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 C

19. The general term for the process illustrated above is

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 C

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