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  • Question
  • Which of the following may account for the small size of the cells?


  • Options
  • A. The rate of diffusion
  • B. The surface area/volume ratio
  • C. The number of mRNAs that can be produced by the nucleus
  • D. All of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • All of the above 


  • Micro Organisms problems


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    • 1. Cell theory includes all of the following except

    • Options
    • A. all organisms are composed of one or more cells
    • B. the cell is the most primitive form of life
    • C. the cell is the structural unit of life
    • D. cells arise by division of preexisting cells
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is a characteristic unique to the ciliates?

    • Options
    • A. Use of cilia as a sensory function
    • B. Presence of both a macronucleus and several micronuclei
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. Possess a light-detecting eye spot
    • Discuss
    • 3. The membranes of which domains are chemically the most similar?

    • Options
    • A. Archaea and Bacteria
    • B. Bacteria and Eukarya
    • C. Eukarya and Archaea
    • D. membranes of all three domains are chemically identical
    • Discuss
    • 4. Eukaryotic cell organelles first emerged

    • Options
    • A. from a specialized lineage of cells within the kingdom Protista
    • B. when prokaryotes engulfed each other and became interdependent
    • C. when bacteria made their first attempts at reproduction
    • D. just before the origin of the animal and fungal kingdoms
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is not true for eukaryotic cells?

    • Options
    • A. Nucleus is bounded by nuclear membrane
    • B. Chromosomes contain histones
    • C. Chloroplasts and mitochondria contains 70S ribosomes
    • D. Gas vacuoles are present
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is/are included in Kingdom Prokaryotae?

    • Options
    • A. Bacteria
    • B. Protozoa
    • C. Fungi
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The three domain version of life on earth is based on the

    • Options
    • A. nucleic acid sequence data
    • B. morphological traits
    • C. metabolic traits
    • D. characteristics of the cell wall
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following sequences has helped in identifying eukaryotes, eubacteria and archeabacterial cell types?

    • Options
    • A. Signature sequence
    • B. Signal sequence
    • C. Shine-Dalgarno sequence
    • D. Amino acid sequence
    • Discuss
    • 9. The oldest eukaryotic organisms are considered to be

    • Options
    • A. diplomonads like Giardia
    • B. archaea
    • C. fungi
    • D. animals
    • Discuss
    • 10. The binomial name of a microbe is composed of

    • Options
    • A. its kingdom and genus names
    • B. its genus name and a species modifier
    • C. its family and class names
    • D. its genus and species names
    • Discuss


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