Unit 1: The Cell System Notes

Multiple Choice

Every living organism is made up of one or more cells

• True

• False

Multiple Select

What three things do cells need to do to stay alive?

• Obtain energy

• Bring in nutrients and water

• Remove waste

• Divide

Multiple Choice

This person was the first to discover and name cells

• Robert Hooke

• Mattias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Antoine van Leeuwenhoek

Multiple Choice

This person was the first to see living cells and called them 'animalcules' or little animals

• Robert Hooke

• Mattias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Antoine van Leeuwenhoek

Multiple Select

These people discovered that all plants and animals were made out of cells

• Robert Hooke

• Mattias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Antoine van Leeuwenhoek

Multiple Choice

Which part of the cell is responsible for protecting and supporting the cell?

• Organelle

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Nucleus

Open Ended

What is the difference between the cell wall and cell membrane?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following organelles contains the cell's genetic material and controls many of the cell's activities?

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Golgi Apparatus

Multiple Choice

Which organelle allows the cell to obtain items from outside the cell?

• Nuclear membrane
• Vacuole
• Cell Membrane
• Cell Wall

Multiple Choice

What is the gel-like substance that fills cells?

• Chloroplast
• Lysosomes
• Mitochondria
• Cytoplasm

Multiple Choice

Which organelle releases the energy stored inside food

• Chloroplast
• Mitochondria
• Lysosomes
• Nucleus

Multiple Choice

Which organelle helps cleanup the cell

• Lysosome
• Cytoplasm
• Chloroplast
• Nucleus

Multiple Choice

Which organelle takes sunlight and turns it into food?

• Lysosome
• Cell membrane
• Chloroplast
• Mitochondria

Multiple Choice

This organelle is a rigid outer layer that protects plant cells.

• Cell Membrane
• Cell Wall
• Nucleus
• Chloroplast 

Multiple Choice

The _____________ holds the DNA, and controls the functions of eukaryotic cells.

• Nucleus

• Nuclear Membrane

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

Multiple Choice

Place where materials are processed and moved around inside the cell.

• endoplasmic reticulum (e.r.)

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• chloroplast

Multiple Choice

Makes protein for the cell.

• ribosome

• mitochondria

• endoplasmic reticulum

• cell membrane

Multiple Choice

Storage space for water, wastes, food, and other cellular material

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• vacuoles

Multiple Choice

Packages and transmits cellular materials throughout the cell.

• Golgi apparatus

• plant cell

• endoplasmic reticulum

• organelles

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order for how living things are organized?

• tissues-cells-organ systems-organs-organisms

• cell-organisms-tissues-organs-organ systems

• cells-tissues-organs-organ systems-organisms

• organs-tissues-cells-organ systems-organisms