Bio 106 Exam Study Guide Chapter 4

Which type of cells combined in order to form the first eukaryotic cell?

A prokaryotic cell and a host cell

What process occurs in the mitochondrion?

Cellular respiration

The strands of DNA and protein within the nucleus are called _______ whereas the highly condensed rod-like structures that form these strands during cell division are called ________.

Chromatin, chromosomes

Plastids which contain pigments that result in the red, yellow, and orange colors responsible for the color of autumn leaves are called _________.

Chromoplasts

Chloroplast

Convert solar energy, carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrate and oxygen

The central dogma of molecular biology describes the flow of genetic information as:

DNA - mRNA - protein

Which of the following products is produced in the nucleolus?

Ribosomal RNA

The cell structure that is composed of rRNA and protein and is the site of protein synthesis is the __________.

Ribosome

Mitochondria

convert carbohydrate and oxygen into carbon dioxide, water and ATP

A highly condensed sequence of DNA that is a carrier of genetic information is called _________.

A chromosome

The term for the semifluid materials enclosed by a mitochondrions inner membrane is ________.

Matrix

Both cilia and flagella are composed of what type of cytoskeletal component?

Microtubules

The double membrane that surrounds the nucleus in eukaryotic cells and separates it from the cytoplasm is called the ________ __________.

Nuclear Envelope

The semifluid material enclosed by the nuclear envelope is called __________.

Nucleoplasm

What energy conversions process occurs in the chloroplast?

Photosynthesis

Select all of the choices that correctly describe cilia. - they have a 9 + @ pattern of microtubules - they are shorter than flagella - their micro tubular structure is very different from that of flagella - they are typically limited to one per cell

They have a 9 + 2 pattern of microtubules They are shorter than flagella

The dislike sacs formed from the third chloroplast membrane are called the ________.

Thylakoids

True or false: both plant and animal cells contain mitochondria

True