Assignment 1A (A G)

Assignment 1 A
For students with first names starting with the letters A to G.

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Part A: Short-answer questions
1. Explain what it means that a hypothesis is falsifiable. (3)
2. Describe five important structural aspects that you would find in a chloroplast. (5)
3. List three structural properties that are found in cells of both pro- and eukaryotes. (3)
Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 A

4. Label the three indicated parts of the illustration of a cell given below, and answer the
accompanying two questions. (9)
4a. 1) (2)
2) (2)
3) (2)
4b. Would you expect this cell to be a prokaryote or eukaryote? (1)
4c. Why? (2)

5. Use the illustration below to answer the following three questions. (7)
5a. Which structure does the illustration above show? (1)
5b. Which model represents our current understanding of this structure? Explain the term.
(4)
5c. In which of the following types of cells would you find this structure? Prokaryotes,
plants, eukaryotes, animal cells. (2)
6. Name the three main types of options that cells have to transport molecules from the inside
of the cell to the outside. (3)
7. Briefly describe the main stages in which signals from the outside affect changes in a cell. (5)
8. Trans fats are still used in the food industry of some countries despite the associated health
concerns. Explain why they are still used and how they are replaced. (5)

Part B: Multiple-choice questions
Choose one answer only. Enter your choice into the form field below the question.
1. Scientists frequently use experiments to confirm expected outcomes or “educated
guesses.” The latter are referred to as
a. models
b. theories
c. hypotheses
d. generalizations
e. outcomes
2. Why are controls important for experiments?

a. They compensate for small sample sizes.
b. They make statistical analyses easier.
c. They reduce the time necessary for an experiment.
d. They leave the parameter in question unchanged and allow for comparison with the
experimental group.
e. They change the parameter in question several times to provide a contrast to the
experimental group.
3. Which of the following statements refers directly to the cell theory?

a. Animal cells are similar to plant cells.
b. Animal cells are different from plant cells.
c. Eukaryote cells are more advanced than prokaryote cells.
d. Only some cells have ribosomes.
e. Cells are the building blocks of a giraffe.
4. Which of the following structures can be found in a prokaryote?

a. Chloroplasts
b. Mitochondria
c. Ribosomes
d. Nuclei
e. Amyloplasts

5. Which of the following structures can be found in a eukaryote?
a. Capsules
b. Freely floating DNA
c. Thylakoids
d. Pili
e. Nucleoids
6. The endomembrane system describes

a. ER and Golgi complex and is found in prokaryotes
b. ER and Golgi complex and is found in eukaryotes
c. ER and Golgi complex and is found in both pro- and eukaryotes
d. the cell membrane in all cells
e. the membranes inside mitochondria and chloroplasts
7. Which of the following structures in a cell has a double membrane?

a. Amyloplast
b. Golgi complex
c. Lysosome
d. Ribosome
e. Nucleoid
8. Cristae are parts of

a. cell membranes
b. cell walls
c. mitochondria
d. plastids
e. nuclei
9. Which of the following structures is absent in a prokaryotic cell?

a. Cell membrane
b. Ribosome
c. Nucleus
d. Nucleoid
e. Cell wall

10. Which of the following pairs of organelles transfers material from one to the other?
a. Mitochondria and plastids
b. Nuclei and plastids
c. ER and Golgi complex
d. Ribosomes and lysosomes
e. Vacuoles and plastids
11. Which of the following structures can be found both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
a. Flagellum
b. Golgi complex
c. Nucleoid
d. Plastid
e. Chromoplast
12. What is the main difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

a. Absence and presence of plastids
b. Absence and presence of mitochondria
c. Absence and presence of cell walls
d. Absence and presence of a true nucleus
e. Absence and presence of a cell membrane
13. Which of the following structures is a part of an organelle?

a. Chloroplast
b. Chromoplast
c. Lysosome
d. Nucleolus
e. Golgi complex
14. The function of tight junctions is to

a. ensure exchanges of substances
b. prevent movement of substances
c. connect cell membranes and cell walls
d. anchor cell membranes to other cells
e. facilitate the movement of water

15. Collagen can be found in which structure of the cell?
a. In the extracellular matrix in both plant and animal cells
b. In the cell wall
c. In the extracellular matrix in animal cells
d. In the vacuole
e. All of the above
16. Which of the following movements of substances requires energy (ATP)?

a. The diffusion of water through a membrane via osmosis
b. The movement of water via an aquaporin
c. The movement of K+ through a gated channel
d. Facilitated diffusion
e. None of the above
17. Imagine a small molecule moving from the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell into the centre of
the nucleus (it is not passing through the nuclear pore complex!). How many single layers of
phospholipids does the small molecule have to cross?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 8
e. 10
18. All of the following activities are functions of the cell membrane EXCEPT
a. transmitting signals
b. participating in energy transfer
c. being freely permeable to all substances
d. regulating the passage of materials
e. participating in chemical reactions
19. Which of the following terms relates to phagocytosis?

a. Endocytosis
b. Exocytosis
c. Pinocytosis
d. Cell drinking
e. All of the above

20. Aquaporins are
a. peripheral proteins
b. phospholipids
c. glycolipids
d. carbohydrate groups
e. integral proteins
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Assignment 1 A

For students with first names starting with the letters A to G.

Part A: Short-answer questions

1. Explain what it means that a hypothesis is falsifiable. (3)

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 A

4c. Why? (2)

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 A

5a. Which structure does the illustration above show? (1)

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 A

2. Why are controls important for experiments?

3. Which of the following statements refers directly to the cell theory?

4. Which of the following structures can be found in a prokaryote?

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 A

6. The endomembrane system describes

7. Which of the following structures in a cell has a double membrane?

8. Cristae are parts of

9. Which of the following structures is absent in a prokaryotic cell?

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 A

12. What is the main difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

13. Which of the following structures is a part of an organelle?

14. The function of tight junctions is to

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 A

16. Which of the following movements of substances requires energy (ATP)?

19. Which of the following terms relates to phagocytosis?

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 A

Biology 204: Principles of Biology I (Rev. C8) Assignment 1 A

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