Exam 1 Fast Facts

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Cultured cells are not used often by cell biologists and cells can grow and reproduce in culture for extended periods.

B  All cells in culture must be able to evolve and cultured cells are not used often by cell biologists.

C  HeLa cells are cultured tumor cells isolated from a cancer patient and used by pharmaceutical companies without permission and cells can grow and reproduce in culture for extended periods.

D  All cells in culture must be able to evolve and heLa cells are cultured tumor cells isolated from a cancer patient and used by pharmaceutical companies without permission and cells can grow and reproduce in culture for extended periods.

A  The cell is the structural unit of life

B  Cells arise by division of a pre-existing cell

C  All organisms are composed of one or more cells.

D  Cells contain genetic information in the form of RNA that is passed to the next cell generation

A  They are all the same molecular weight.

B  They all have the same degree of hydrophobicity.

C  They are all the same size.

D  They carry a relatively uniform negative charge distribution.

E  They carry a relatively uniform positive charge distribution.

A  Differential Centrifugation

B  Differential Rotation

A  Denatured

B  Natured

A  between two ions

B  between two charged molecules

C  on the surface of a water-soluble protein

D  in contact with water molecules

E  the core of a water-soluble protein

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  functional groups

B  domains

C  protein motifs

D  quaternary structure motifs

A  hydrophobic interactions

B  van der Waals forces

C  hydrogen bonds

D  Both hydrophobic interactions and nonpolar covalent bonds

E  nonpolar covalent bonds

A  Secondary

B  Primary

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  They are weak attractive interactions

B  They can occur between most polar molecules.

C  They can be found between the two strands of a DNA molecule, occur between most polar molecules and are weak attractive interactions

D  They can be found between the two strands of a DNA molecule.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  primary structure

B  tertiary structure

C  secondary structure

D  quarternary structure

A  proteins

B  glycolipids

C  triglycerides

D  cholesterol

A  phosphoglycerides, sphingolipids and triglycerides

B  triglycerides, cholesterol and phosphoglycerides

C  cholesterol, phosphoglycerides and sphingolipids

D  cholesterol, triglycerides and sphingolipids

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  High blood pressure

B  Dehydration

C  None of these.

D  Cell lysis

A  Ca2+

B  water, glucose and Ca2+

C  glucose

D  water

A  facilitated diffusion

B  osmosis

C  facilitated osmosis

D  active transport

E  simple diffusion

A  removing cholesterol

B  the presence of double bonds in fatty acid chains

C  increasing temperature

D  increasing length of the hydrocarbon chains

A  Such molecules diffuse freely.

B  Via active transport.

C  Via aquaporin channels.

D  Through facilitated diffusion.

A  a small, nonpolar molecule like oxygen (O2)

B  a sodium ion

C  a large, polar molecule like glucose

D  a small, polar molecule like water

A  It makes the cell membrane fluid at room temperature.

B  It is oriented with the small hydroxyl group embedded in the lipid bilayer and the remainder of the molecule toward the membrane surface.

C  It interferes with the movements of the fatty acid tails of the phospholipids.

D  All of these statements are correct

A  isotonic to Paramecium

B  hypotonic to Paramecium

C  None of these statements is correct

D  hypertonic to Paramecium