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What is the size of a 'typical' vertebrate cell?

10 μm (correct)

0.2 mm

1 μm

25 nm

What is the size of ribosomes?

25 nm (correct)

10 μm

1 μm

0.2 mm

What is the resolution of the light microscope?

0.2 μm (correct)

1 μm

25 nm

0.2 mm

What method can be used to localize proteins in fixed cells?

Immunofluorescence microscopy Signup and view all the answers

What technique transformed cell biological studies by allowing localization of specific proteins in living cells?

Fusing proteins to green fluorescent protein (GFP) Signup and view all the answers

What does TEM allow one to see in cells?

Very fine detail such as ribosomes and membranes Signup and view all the answers

Where is the genetic material (DNA) located in prokaryotes?

In the cytoplasm Signup and view all the answers

What encloses the genetic material (DNA) in Eukaryotic cells?

Double membrane Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of mitochondria in the cell?

Produce ATP Signup and view all the answers

Where are chloroplasts found?

Only in plants Signup and view all the answers

What do the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus have in common?

Both are membrane-bound organelles Signup and view all the answers

What accounts for about 50% of the cell volume?

Cytosol Signup and view all the answers

What provides a dynamic three-dimensional framework in the cell?

Cytoskeleton Signup and view all the answers

What do mitochondria and chloroplasts probably evolve from?

'Engulfed bacteria' Signup and view all the answers

What is the major protein in microtubules?

'Tubulin' Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the plasma membrane in a cell?

'Encloses the cell' Signup and view all the answers

Cell Biology Size Scales Summary

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Questions and Answers

What is the size of a 'typical' vertebrate cell?

What is the size of ribosomes?

What is the resolution of the light microscope?

What method can be used to localize proteins in fixed cells?

What technique transformed cell biological studies by allowing localization of specific proteins in living cells?

What does TEM allow one to see in cells?

Where is the genetic material (DNA) located in prokaryotes?

What encloses the genetic material (DNA) in Eukaryotic cells?

What is the function of mitochondria in the cell?

Where are chloroplasts found?

What do the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus have in common?

What accounts for about 50% of the cell volume?

What provides a dynamic three-dimensional framework in the cell?

What do mitochondria and chloroplasts probably evolve from?

What is the major protein in microtubules?

What is the function of the plasma membrane in a cell?

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