Cells: The Basic Units of Life Lesson

Cells: Th Lessone Basic Units of Life

By David Blankenship

Open Ended

An antibiotic is a type of medication that cures infectious diseases. Why does the word antibiotic suggest that these medications would be ineffective against viruses?

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​Lesson

Multiple Choice

All living things are made up of _____. 

• Cells 
• Bacteria 
• Virus 
• ATP

Multiple Choice

There is an inherited syndrome in humans in which the cells cannot convert food into energy. Some of the symptoms include muscle weakness and a lack of coordination. Which malfunctioning organelle within the cell can cause this condition?

• centrioles

• lysosomes

• mitochondria

• ribosomes

Multiple Choice

Prokaryotic cells do NOT have a nucleus. 

• True 
• False 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a prokaryotic cell? 

• Virus 
• Plant Cell 
• Bacteria 
• Animal Cell 

Multiple Choice

Eukaryotic cells do NOT have a nucleus. 

• True 
• False 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a Eukaryotic cell?

• Bacteria 
• Virus 
• Animal/Plant Cell 
• All of the above. 

Multiple Choice

Directs all cell activities through the DNA located there.

• Lysosomes
• Nucleus
• ribosomes
• Mitochondria

Multiple Choice

Where are proteins made?

• Golgi body
• Mitoichondria
• Chromosomes
• Ribosomes

Multiple Choice

I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?

• cell wall
• nucleus
• cell membrane 
• cell skin

Multiple Choice

What are tiny organelles that convert glucose into ATP?

• Ribosomes
• Vesicles
• Cytoskeleton
• Mitochondria

Multiple Choice

A rigid layer that lies outside the cell's  membrane is...

• Cytoskeleton
• Cilia
• Cell Wall
• Flagella

Multiple Choice

The site of photosynthesis

• ribosome
• mitochondria
• chloroplast
• nucleus

Multiple Choice

What kind of cell is this?

• Eukaryotic
• Prokaryotic

Multiple Choice

Plants and animal cells are examples of ___ cells 

• prokaryotic cells 
• eukaryotic cells 

Multiple Choice

Eukaryotic cells are complex.

• true
• false

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be found in both eukaryotic AND prokaryotic cells?

• chloroplast
• DNA
• nucleus
• endoplasmic reticulum