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Plant Structure problems


  • 1. A cell without cell wall is called

  • Options
  • A. apoplast
  • B. protoplast
  • C. symplast
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 2. The mitochondria were known in the nineteenth century to be osmotically active on the basis of evidence that

  • Options
  • A. the mitochondrial matrix is hypotonic to the cellular cytoplasm
  • B. the mitochondrial matrix is hypertonic to the cellular cytoplasm
  • C. mitochondria were derived from a symbiotic bacterium
  • D. mitochondria are surrounded by a semi permeable membrane
  • Discuss
  • 3. Which cell type is likely to have the most mitochondria?

  • Options
  • A. Fast-twitch muscle
  • B. Slow-twitch muscle
  • C. Liver cells
  • D. Adipose cells
  • Discuss
  • 4. Mitochondria can be expected most numerous in

  • Options
  • A. green cells
  • B. red blood cells
  • C. muscle cells
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 5. Why do some redox reactions in cells result in the transfer of electrons from a reductant with a higher standard redox potential to an oxidant with a lower standard redox potential?

  • Options
  • A. Redox potentials are defined under standard conditions, and cellular conditions are typically not standard conditions
  • B. The rules governing oxidation and reduction apply only in vitro, and not in vivo
  • C. Electrons always go from reductants with high redox potentials to oxidants with low redox potentials
  • D. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 6. The composition of the inner mitochondrial membrane is most like that of

  • Options
  • A. the outer mitochondrial membrane
  • B. the cell's plasma membrane
  • C. some bacterial plasma membranes
  • D. the nuclear membrane
  • Discuss
  • 7. Which of the following functional groups would make a carbon-based compound the least polar?

  • Options
  • A. Phosphate
  • B. Methyl
  • C. Carboxyl
  • D. Amino
  • Discuss
  • 8. Tonoplast is a membrane around

  • Options
  • A. cytoplasm
  • B. vacuole
  • C. nucleus
  • D. mitochondria
  • Discuss
  • 9. Chemical energy is supplied to eukaryotic cells by

  • Options
  • A. chloroplasts and golgi complexes
  • B. mitochondria and ribosomes
  • C. mitochondria only
  • D. mitochondria and chloroplasts
  • Discuss
  • 10. Both plant and animal cell possess

  • Options
  • A. cell walls
  • B. mitochondria
  • C. central vacuoles
  • D. chloroplast
  • Discuss

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