Biology I Chapter 7

What is the basic unit of living organisms, only visible with a microscope?

• Organelle

• Cell

• Cork

• Interphase

Robert Hooke came up with the term "cells" when looking at what?

• skin

• blood

• cork

• chicken egg

Which one is NOT part of the cell theory?

• All living things are made of cells.

• All cells arise from preexisting cells.

• All cells are microscopic.

• Cells are the smallest unit of structure of all living organisms.

Centrioles are found in...

• All cells

• Plant cells only

• Animal cells only

• not part of a cell

Which one is NOT part of a basic microscope?

• Lens

• Light Source

• Nose Piece

• Coarse Adjustment

During metaphase, the DNA lines up on the cell's equator.

• True

• False

A cell spends about one hour of it's life in the Interphase stage.

• True

• False

Eukaryotic cells are...

• complex cells

• animal or plant cells

• cells with a nucleus

• all of the above

Prokaryotic cells are...

• primitive cells, like bacteria

• cells without permeable membranes

• cells without a nucleus

• A and C

The nucleus is...

• a rigid structure located outside the plasma membrane

• the ability of the membrane to maintain homeostasis

• the prominent structure in a cell responsible for cellular functions including division

• strands of DNA that contain the master set of directions for making proteins