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PRINCIPLES OF B
BIOCHEMISTRY,
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vCHAPTERS1-28.
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,1. Inabacterialcell,theDNAisinthe:
A) cellenvelope.
B) cellmembrane.
C) nucleoid.
D) nucleus.
E) ribosomes.
2. Amajorchangeoccurringintheevolutionofeukaryotesfromprokaryoteswasthe
developmentof:
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A) DNA.
B) photosyntheticcapability.
C) plasmamembranes.
D) ribosomes.
E) thenucleus.
3. Ineukaryotes,thenucleusisenclosedbyadoublemembranecalled the:
B
A) cellmembrane.
B) nuclearenvelope.
C) nucleolus.
D) nucleoplasm.
E) nucleosome.
4. Thedimensionsoflivingcellsarelimited,onthelowerendbytheminimumnumberof
biomoleculesnecessaryforfunction,andon theupperendb ytherateofdiffusionof
v B B
solutessuchasoxygen.Exceptforhighlyelongatedcells,theyusuallyhavelengthsand
v B
diametersintherangeof:
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A) 0.1m to10m.
B
B) 0.3m to30m.
B
C) 0.3m to100m.
B
D) 1m to100m.
B
E) 1m to300m.
B
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, 5. Whichgroupofsingle-celledmicroorganismshasmanymembersfound growingin
B B
extremeenvironments?
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A) bacteria
B) archaea
C) eukaryotes
D) heterotrophs
E) Noneoftheanswersiscorrect.
6. ThebacteriumE.colirequiressimpleorganicmoleculesforgrowthandenergy—itis
thereforea:
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A) chemoautotroph.
B) chemoheterotroph.
C) lithotroph.
D) photoautotroph.
E) photoheterotroph.
7. Whichisalistoforganelles?
A) mitochondria,chromatin,endoplasmicreticulum
B) peroxisomes,lysosomes,plasmamembrane
C) proteasomes,peroxisomes,lysosomes
D) mitochondria,endoplasmicreticulum,peroxisomes
B
E) Alloftheanswersarecorrect.
8. WhichlisthasthecellularcomponentsarrangedinorderofINCREASINGsize?
B v V
A) aminoacid<protein<mitochondrion<ribosome
B) aminoacid<protein<ribosome<mitochondrion
C) aminoacid<ribosome<protein<mitochondrion
D) protein<aminoacid<mitochondrion<ribosome
B
E) protein<ribosome<mitochondrion<aminoacid
9. Thethree-dimensionalstructureofmacromoleculesisformedandmaintainedprimarily
B
throughnoncovalentinteractions. WhichoneofthefollowingisNOTconsidered a
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noncovalentinteraction?
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A) carbon-carbonbonds
B) hydrogenbonds
C) hydrophobicinteractions
D) ionicinteractions
E) vanderWaalsinteractions
B
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