6th Grade - Characteristics of Cells/Cell structure and function

A(n) ___________________ is any living thing.

• organism

• cell

• atom

• prokaryote

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The smallest functional and structural unit of a living thing is called a(n)

• cell

• organism

• atom

• nucleus

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Who was the first person to describe a cell?

• Robert Hooke

• Anton vonLeuvenheok

• James Schlieden

How was the first cell observed?

• from pond water under a microscope

• from a piece of cork tree bark under a microscope

• by a human looking at it with their naked eye

The ____________________ lists 3 basic characteristics of all cells and organisms and is the fundamental study of organisms, medicine, heredity, evolution and all other aspects of life sciences.

• surface area-to-volume ratio

• cell hypothesis

• cell theory

• cell evolution

An organism that is made up of one cell is called a(n) ____________ organism.

• eukaryotic

• unicellular

• multicellular

• structural

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An organism that is made up of one or more cells is called a(n) ____________________ organism.

• unicellular

• multicellular

• prokaryotic

• structural

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True or False: A cell organelle that is found in animal cells but usually not in plant cells is a vacuole.

• True

• False

• cell organelle that is found in animal cells but usually not in plant cells is a vacuole.

• cell organelle that is found in animal cells but usually not in plant cells is a lysosome.

Jorge looks through a microscope and observes the structures of cells on a microscope slide. He concludes that the cells he observes are eukaryotic cells. Which of the following structures did Jorge most likely observe before making his conclusion?

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

• genetic material

Which of the following correctly describes cellular respiration?

• It takes place in the chloroplast of most plant cells.

• It happens only when cells need to produce more proteins.

• It is the process that breaks down sugars and releases energy.

• It happens in the cellular organelles that do not have a membrane.

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