Meiosis — Unit test Answers

How has the study of mitosis affected scientists’ knowledge of cancer?

The diagram shows a phase of mitosis.Which does the letter A represent in the diagram?

How would the contractile vacuole of a freshwater amoeba respond if the organism was placed in seawater?

Which best describes the cell theory?

Consider this animal cell.Which organelles are labeled G?

Imagine that a disorder that causes the cell cycle to stop affects the muscle cells of a frog’s leg. What consequence is most likely to follow?

Which structure is found in the cytoplasm of a prokaryotic cell, but is not found in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell?

The endosymbiotic theory provides an explanation for the origin of chloroplasts. Which trait of chloroplasts supports this explanation?

In what way are the light-dependent and light-independent reactions of photosynthesis similar?

Which correctly describes crossing over?

A scientist discovers a cell that has chloroplasts, cytoplasm, DNA, and a cell membrane. Which statement best describes how the cell could be classified?

Which process connects glycolysis and the citric acid cycle?

Some single-celled organisms make copies of themselves through mitosis. Which describes the function of the cell cycle in such single-celled organisms?

The table lists some organelles and functions. Only one pair is correctly matched.Functions of OrganellesOrganelleFunctionChloroplastStores water and waste materialsCell wallSupports cell membrane, maintains cell shape, and protects cellCell membraneBreaks down waste materials and debrisVacuoleProduces proteins for the cellWhich organelle in the table is correctly matched with its function?

The data in the table were recorded during an investigation in which a paramecium was placed in a hypertonic salt solution. If this data is shown in a bar graph, which description accurately represents the bars?

A magnifying glass is an example of which type of microscope?

Who first recognized the cell as the universal unit of life?

To which substance does ferredoxin transfer an electron?

Which statement best distinguishes an observation from an inference?

Which organelle makes the proteins that are needed by the cell?