Exam 3: Cell Structure and Internal Compartments

Which of the following would you find in the cells that produce the mucus that lines the nasal cavities?

All of the energy in the food we eat is produced when organelles in plants called ________ convert the energy in sunlight to chemical energy.

At the most basic level of life,organic compounds are organized into energy-dependent,self-replicating units known as ________.

Nuclear pores allow the nucleus to pass through the plasma membrane.

Which of the following is correctly matched?

Which of the following components contribute to the structure of the cytoskeleton of a cell?

The symptoms of ________ range from relatively mild muscle weakness to hearing and vision loss and severe muscle and nerve impairment.

During cellular respiration,mitochondria consume molecules of

A three-parent biological baby involves two fertilized eggs,one that contains healthy mitochondria and one that contains faulty mitochondria.

Lysosomes are organelles responsible for the breakdown of macromolecules.Why is it useful to have the lysosomal reactions compartmentalized,rather than allowing them to take place freely in the cytoplasm of the cell?

The part of the plasma membrane that is in contact with the external environment of the cell consists of ________ molecules.

The entire contents of a cell,except for the nucleus,are included in the ________.

During the process of photosynthesis,________ is given off as a by-product.

Your muscle cells need large amounts of ATP to function in the movement of your body.Which of the following organelles would you expect to be especially abundant in muscle cells?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

In general,chemical reactions occur more efficiently and quickly in ________ because the reactants of different reactions are concentrated within compartments in the cell specialized to contain those reactions.

Advancement in biology was hindered by the concept of spontaneous generation,the belief that nonliving objects could spontaneously come to life.What aspect of the cell theory specifically refutes this idea?

Mitochondria produce most of the energy used in a bacterial cell.

The word "fluid" in the term fluid mosaic model refers to the fact that

Which of the following would be the best analogy for the function of the Golgi apparatus?