BIOL 230 Lecture Exam 1 Anatomy of Prokaryotes

A detailed illustration of prokaryotic cells, including bacteria with labeled structures such as cell wall, ribosomes, and flagella against a colorful background.

Anatomy of Prokaryotes Quiz

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Which of these describe prokaryotic cells?

Have organelles

70S ribosomes

Use mitosis

Paired chromosomes

Coccus bacteria are what shape?

Rod

Spiral

Tetrad

Spherical

Describe the shape and arrangement of "Streptococcus" bacteria.

Rods in chains

Rods in clusters

Spheres in chains

Spirals in pairs

The arrangement "Sarcinae' describes organisms in what?

Fours

Cubes

Clusters

Pairs

Which of these are true about the function of prokaryotic cell walls?

Prevent osmotic lysis

Help protect from hypertonic solution

Made of chitin

Shapes the nucleoid

Bacteria have what in their cell walls?

Peptidoglycan

Cellulose

Chitin

Heparin

Purple staining bacteria are what?

Gram negative

Acid fast

Gram positive

Bacillus

Bacteria with acid fast cell walls are what?

Multi-cellular

Fast Replicating

Atypical

Stained Easily

Penicillin targets what in bacterial cells?

Peptidoglycan

Ribosome

DNA

Nucleoid

Function of capsules in bacterial cells?

Prevent phagocytosis

Allow photosynthesis

Prevent binary fission

Induce lysis to other cells

A flagella is for?

Protection

Communication

Movement

Replication

Ultimately what is the purpose of axial filiment?

Movement

Replication

Immunity

Communication

Fimbriae allow what?

Attachment to connective sufaces

Attachment to epithelial surfaces

Cohesion of epithelial surfaces

Attachment to muscular surfaces

Which of these can pass through a selectively permeable membrane using simple diffusion.

Oxygen

Sucralose

Catalase

Hydrogen Peroxide

True or False? "Passive movement needs a membrane protein and ATP to move against the gradient."

True

False

Facilitated diffusion need what to transfer molecules?

ATP

Glucose

Transport Proteins

Transport Enzymes

If a cell enters an isotonic solution the net movement of water is in what direction?

In the cell

Out the cell

None

Active Transport is different from facilitated diffusion how?

Needs a membrane protein

Goes with the concentration gradient

Uses ATP to power solute transport

Need specialized enzymes

Ribosomes are needed for what shape?

DNA replication

Monosaccharide lysis

DNA synthesis

Protein synthesis

Endospores function as what?

Protection

Replication

Synthesis

Lysis

What is the function of pili?

Transfer of proteins

Transfer of DNA

Transfer of nutrients

Transfer of gasses

The axial filaments have endoflagella which are similar to __________ and ___________around the plasma membrane.

Pili;Cohere

Fimbriae; Adhere

Flagella;Wrap

Cilia;Attach

If a cell was dropped in a hypertonic solution the cell would_____________.

Swell

Burst

Replicate

Shrink

In a hypotonic solution bacteria are protected by ______________.

Cell walls

Flagella

Fimbriae

Pili

Gram positive microorganisms stain __________________________________.

Red

Yellow

Blue

Purple

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