Cell Questions: Introduction, Prokaryotic Cells

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Total points = 62

Your Grade = Your score/total points x 100

1. What were the contributions of Robert Hooke and Anton von Leeuwenhoek to the history of Cell research? 4 points

2. Summarize the principles of the Cell Theory. 8 points

3. Compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. 8 points

4. Give the definitions for the following structures that are found outside the cell walls of a bacterial cell: capsule, flagella, axial filaments, and pili. 8 points

5. What is the cell wall of a bacterial cell composed of? What is the function of the cell wall? 4 points

6. Discuss the results of the Gram Stain and the importance of the Gram Stain. 4 points

7. What are the functions of the Cell (Plasma) Membrane? 4 points

8. Describe the structure and function of the following: ribosomes, nucleoid, plasmids, and endospores. 8 points

9. Describe the DNA of a bacterial cell and explain how it differs from the DNA of a eukaryotic cell. 6 points

10. Define the following types of reproduction that take place in a bacterial cell: binary fission, conjugation, transformation, and transduction. 8 points