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Cells

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  1.An active virus ultimately __________ the host cell.  
  a.   duplicates  
  b.   ignores  
  c.   enlarges  
  d.   destroys  
  Hint    
      
  2.Bacteriophages are viruses that infect __________.  
  a.   only plants  
  b.   Golgi bodies  
  c.   bacteria  
  d.   multiple types of cells  
  Hint    
      
  3.Energy is released into the cells by __________.  
  a.   mitochondria  
  b.   vesicles  
  c.   lysosomes  
  d.   Golgi bodies  
  Hint    
      
  4.Which of these was a limitation of early compound microscopes?  
  a.   Putting two magnifying glasses in a tube made the image in the microscope smaller than could be seen with eyes alone.  
  b.   Images weren't always clearly visible because of how the lenses were made.  
  c.   Early microscope makers also made reading glasses.  
  d.   Images in the microscope were never larger than what could be seen with the eyes alone.  
  Hint    
      
  5.__________ stores water, food, and other cellular material.  
  a.   A chromosome  
  b.   A vacuole  
  c.   A ribosome  
  d.   A cytoskeleton  
  Hint    
      
  6.Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine that treated which of these viral diseases?  
  a.   smallpox  
  b.   AIDS  
  c.   herpes  
  d.   hepatitis  
  Hint    
      
  7.Which of these involves the cell membrane?  
  a.   creation of offspring  
  b.   location of the nucleus  
  c.   respiration  
  d.   waste products leaving cells  
  Hint    
      
  8.Which of these is NOT caused by a virus?  
  a.   chicken pox  
  b.   the common cold  
  c.   tuberculosis  
  d.   influenza  
  Hint    
      
  9.Palm trees and pandas have __________.  
  a.   a single cell  
  b.   cells of only one size  
  c.   eukaryotic cells  
  d.   prokaryotic cells  
  Hint    
      
  10.Which one of these is an example of a virus that can affect a range of hosts?  
  a.   the rabies virus  
  b.   the varicella virus  
  c.   the rubella virus  
  d.   the rhinovirus  
  Hint    

 
   
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