Cellular Biology Quiz

Endosymbiosis theory is proposed in large part because of the resemblance of mitochondria and chloroplast structures to prokaryotes.

• True

• False

Prokaryotes are only found in the domain Bacteria.

• True

• False

The organelles mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own DNA and ribosomes.

• True

• False

Flagella move by way of dynein proteins that connect microtubules and force them to shift back and forth to bend or rotate the flagella.

• True

• False

An understanding of cellular biology is helping us find new treatments for many diseases.

• True

• False

The reason that mitochondrial DNA in most mammals is inherited from the mother only is because a sperm cell contains no mitochondria.

• True

• False

All living cells have a cell wall.

• True

• False

The Woese system of classification consists of a broad taxonomic grouping of organisms called the domain.

• True

• False

Most living cells are small in size because they need a small ratio of surface area to volume.

• True

• False

The scientist given credit for first using the term "cell" to describe the basic unit of life using spun glass lenses is:

• Theodore Schwann

• Robert Hooke

• Louis Pasteur

• Antony van Leeuwenhoek