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Test Bank for Beckers World of the Cell: chapter 1a (10th Edition by Jeff Hardin)
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Test Bank for Beckers World of the Cell:chapter 1a (10th Edition by Jeff Hardin)
1) Which scientist is credited with coining the term cell from the Latin cellulae?
A) Robert Hooke
B) Robert Brown
C) Theodor Schwann
D) Matthias Schleiden
E) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - ANSA
(Robert Hooke)
2) In 1665, ________ used a microscope that he had built to examine thin slices of ________.
While
examining this material, he observed tiny compartments that he called cellulae.
A) Rudolf Virchow; collagen
B) Robert Hooke; cork
C) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek; sperm cells
D) Robert Brown; plant material
E) Theodor Schwann; animal tissue - ANSB
(Robert Hooke examined corkcells)
3) Which organelle is round and derives its name from the Latin word for "kernel"?
A) lysosome
B) Golgi complex
C) nucleus
D) chloroplast
E) mitochondrion - ANSC
(nucleus)
4) Which of the following is not a tenet of the cell theory?
A) The cell is the basic unit of structure for all organisms.
B) All cells arise from preexisting cells.
C) All organisms consist of one or more cells.
, D) All cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.
E) none of the above - ANSD
5) Which of the following is true of a nanometer?
A) The nanometer is the most common measurement used in measuring whole cells.
B) A nanometer is about the size of a common bacterial cell.
C) A nanometer is one millionth of a meter.
D) A nanometer is equivalent to 10 Angstroms (Å).
E) none of the above - ANSD
6) Which of the following is closest to a micrometer in size?
A) the length of a plant cell
B) the size of a ribosome
C) a typical bacterial cell
D) the width of a strand of DNA
E) the length of a chicken egg - ANSC
7) Cellbiology emerged from which of the following fields of biology?
A) biochemistry
B) genetics
C) cytology
D) all of the above
E) none of the above - ANSD
8) Which of the following is smallest?
A) mitochondrion
B) protein
C) ribosome
D) bacterium
E) virus - ANSB
9) Early microscopes did not allow clear visualization of cells because they were limited by
A) refraction.
B) number of kernels.
C) resolution.
D) magnification.
E) both choices A and C - ANSC
10) The limit of resolution can best be defined as
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