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Example Question #651 : Cellular Biology
What is the cellular compartment responsible for the assembly of proteins?
Centrioles
Endoplasmic reticulum
Ribosome
Golgi apparatus
Mitochondria
Ribosome
The ribosomes are responsible for the assembly of proteins. These structures link amino acids together to form a polypeptide chain which gets folded into a functional protein. Note that ribosomes are not membrane-bound organelles.
Example Question #652 : Cellular Biology
The loss of which organelle would cripple the process of cellular division?
nucleus
mitochondria
ribosomes
microtubules
microfilaments
microtubules
Microtubules make up the spindle apparatus and is responsible for the separation of homologous chromosomes in cell division. Microfilaments make up of actin which is responsible for muscle contraction. Ribosomes help make repairs in the cell and aid in protein synthesis. Nucleus stores DNA and the mitochondria produces ATP. Although all of these play a role in cell division, without microtubules cell division will not occur.
Example Question #653 : Cellular Biology
Which of the following cellular organelles generates ATP for the cell?
Peroxisome
Nucleus
Golgi
Mitochondria
Lysosome
Mitochondria
The mitochondria is often referred to as the powerhouse of the cell because it is the location of cellular respiration cycles (Krebs cycle and electron transport chain). Thus, mitochondria is responsible for providing most of the energy for the cell in the form of ATP.
Example Question #654 : Cellular Biology
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the cell membrane?
Contains parts of the Golgi apparatus
Made of a lipid bilayer
Contains integral proteins
It is amphipathic
Contains peripheral proteins
Contains parts of the Golgi apparatus
The Golgi apparatus is located within the cell cytoplasm, not the cell membrane. All other options are true characteristics of the cell membrane.
Example Question #655 : Cellular Biology
Which cellular structure is involved in producing ATP during aerobic respiration?
endoplasmic Reticulum
nucleus
chloroplast
nucleolus
mitochondrion
mitochondrion
The mitochondrion is known as the powerhouse of the cell, because it creates so much of the energy needed for cellular processes. ATP is another source of energy. The mitochondrion would be responsible for producing the mitochondrion. The other structures are responsible for other processes, like storing DNA or photosynthesis.
Example Question #656 : Cellular Biology
Which of the following statements correctly characterizes microtubules?
They are mode of the protein actin.
None of these statements are correct.
They are involved in providing motility.
They are organized by centrosomes.
They develop from the endoplasmic reticulum.
They are involved in providing motility.
Microtubules are involved in providing motility, because they are essentially conveyer belts that move things like vesicles, granules, and organelles like mitochondria via special attachment proteins. They are a component of the cytoskeleton. They are composed of the protein known as tubulin, are made of centrioles, and they develop from the plasma membrane.
Example Question #657 : Cellular Biology
A smooth endoplasmic reticulum is involved in all of the following activities except which one?
assembling amino acids to make proteins
breaking down toxic cellular by-products
manufacturing lipids
manufacturing hormones
breaking down toxins
assembling amino acids to make proteins
This is because ribosomes assemble amino acids into proteins. Such activity would be found associated with rough endoplasmic reticulum and not the smooth ER. The smooth ER is majorly responsible for breaking down toxins and manufacturing things such as lipids and hormones.
Example Question #658 : Cellular Biology
What are processes in respiration are lysosomes involved in?
the production of fats
the degradation of cellular substances
the production of proteins
the production of polysaccharides
the production of ATP
the degradation of cellular substances
Lysosomes are largely involved in breaking things down, because they contain acid hydrolase enzymes that break down waste materials and cellular debris. They can be described as the stomach of the cell. Lysosomes do not produce these other things. Things like ribosomes, Golgi apparatus, and the mitochondria are involved in these other processes.
Example Question #659 : Cellular Biology
Which of the following is a correct description of an organelle's function?
Mitochondria is the location of respiration and the exchange of gases.
Perixisome produces lipids and gets rid of toxins
Chloroplast is the location of photosynthesis, and the process that turns light energy into chemical energy.
Nucleolus is the site of mRNA production for protein synthesis.
The smooth ER contains metobolic enzymes for digestion of food.
Chloroplast is the location of photosynthesis, and the process that turns light energy into chemical energy.
Chloroplast is the location of photosynthesis, which is the conversion of sunlight energy into chemical energy (in form of chemical bonds). Mitochondria is the site of cellular respiration which is the conversion of chemical energy into ATP. Respiration, or otherwise known as breathing, occurs in the respiratory system. Lysosomes or peroxisomes contain digestive enzyme not the Smooth ER. The Smooth ER is responsible for breaking down of toxins and creation of lipids. The nucleolus is the site of rRNA production for the synthesis of ribosomes which make proteins.
Example Question #1 : Understanding Specialized Cell Structures
The shape of an animal cell is determined by which of the following?
None of these answers
Cholesterol
Plasma membrane
Cell wall
Cytoskeleton
Cytoskeleton
The cytoskeletion determines cell shape. The cytoskeleton consists of three different types of filamentous proteins: microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules. Elements of the cytoskeleton can interact with the cell membrane and cell junctions to alter the cell's overall structure.
There are no cell walls in animal cells, although the cell wall does play a large part in determining cell shape in organisms that possess them (plants, bacteria, fungi).