Cells (Chapter 6) Quiz
1. What is a major disadvantage of electron microscopes?
a. They cannot view cells with diameters shorter than 100 nanometers
b. They cannot resolve images of cell organelles
c. In order to use an electron microscope, the cell(s) must be killed in the process
d. They are outperformed by light microscopes in terms of microscopic cells
2. What can an animal cell have that a plant cell does not?
a. Vacuole
b. Mitochondrion
c. Centrosome, with Centriole
d. Flagella
e. Both c and d are correct
3. What does a plant cell have that an animal cell does not?
a. Cytoskeleton
b. Lysosome
c. Plasmodesmata
d. Peroxisome
e. All of the above
4. How do prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells differ?
a. Prokaryotic cells are larger than eukaryotic cells
b. Prokaryotic cells have free ribosomes, whereas eukaryotic cells only have bound
ribosomes
c. Prokaryotic cells have cell walls, whereas eukaryotic cells do not
d. Prokaryotic cells lack a plasma membrane, whereas eukaryotic cells do not
e. Prokaryotic cells lack membrane-bound organelles, whereas eukaryotic cells do not
5. The Plasma Membrane of a typical cell:
a. Is part hydrophobic
b. Is part hydrophilic
c. Contains proteins, some of which have carbohydrate side chains attached
d. Consists of a phospholipid bi-layer
e. All of the above
6. Which of the following organelles is NOT part of the endomembrane system?
a. Peroxisome
b. Lysosome
c. Nuclear envelope
d. Endoplasmic Reticulum
e. Golgi Apparatus
7. Which organelle synthesizes lipids?
a. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
b. Smooth ER
c. Golgi Apparatus
d. Nucleus
e. Lysosomes
8. Which organelle synthesizes polysaccharides?
a. Smooth ER
b. Golgi Apparatus
c. Peroxisome
d. Mitochondria
e. Ribosomes
9. How do bound ribosomes and free ribosomes differ?
a. Bound ribosomes create membrane and secretory proteins, whereas free ribosomes
make proteins that function within the cytosol
b. They are structurally different
c. Bound ribosomes are located exclusively in the cytoplasm, whereas free ribosomes can
be found all throughout the cell
d. Bound ribosomes can only function as bound ribosomes, and vice versa for free
ribosomes
e. They don’t
10. Which organelle is most analogous to a “shipping and receiving center”?
a. Nucleus
b. Rough ER
c. Golgi Apparatus
d. Plasma Membrane
e. Smooth ER
Answers: 1.C 2.E 3.C 4.E 5.E 6.A 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.C