Mastering Biology Chapter 6

Which of the following will have the greatest ratio of surface area to volume?

Which statement correctly describes the nuclear envelope of a eukaryotic cell?

Which organelle plays a role in intracellular digestion?

If plant cells are grown on media containing radioactively labeled thymine for one generation, radioactively labeled macromolecules will be detected in which of the following?

Can you match these prefixes, suffixes, and word roots with their definitions? chrom- trans- -some (or soma-) aqu- (or aqua-) -elle bi- inter-

Can you match these prefixes, suffixes, and word roots with their definitions? mito- eu- -cyte (or cyto-) a- (or an-) chloro- endo- ex-

Can you match these prefixes, suffixes, and word roots with their definitions? hypo- -phyll sym- phago- -plasm hyper- micro-

Choose the letter that indicates the organelle that contains most of a cell's DNA.

Which of these organelles carries out cellular respiration?

Which of these is the double membrane that encloses the nucleus?

The _____ is composed of DNA and protein.

Ribosomal subunits are manufactured by the _____.

_____ are the sites of protein synthesis.

Which of these manufactures cellular membranes by adding membrane proteins and phospholipids to its own membrane?

The _____ is a selective barrier, regulating the passage of material into and out of the cell.

Where is calcium stored?

Which of these structures stores, modifies, and packages products?

Which of these are hollow rods that shape and support the cell?

_____ is/are identical in structure to centrioles.

Which of these organelles produces H2O2 as a by-product?

Which of these provides the cell with structural support?

Drag the labels on the left onto the diagram of the animal cell to correctly identify the function performed by each cellular structure.

Comparing eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Drag each cell structure to the appropriate bin.

In eukaryotic flagella, the fibers that slide past one another due to the activity of dynein proteins are ___.

Many cell organelles, most notably the nucleus, are anchored by ________ which are assembled from a diverse class of proteins.

Centrosomes are sites where protein dimers assemble into ___.

The extension of psuedopodia in amoeba is due to the regulated assembly and destruction of ___.

The only cytoskeletal fibers not associated with intracellular movement or whole cell locomotion are the ___.

During muscle contractions, myosin motor proteins move across tracks of ___.