Living Environment Pre Assessment

What is the level of cellular organization from simplest to most complex?

• Organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell
• cell, organ, organ system, tissue, organism
• cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
• organ, organ system, tissue, cell, organism

A group of body parts that work together to perform a specific function is:

• tissue
• Organism
• Organ System
• Organ

What do all living organisms have in common?

• They all have cells
• They all have specialized cells that have a specific function 
• Their cells all have a cell wall
• they all get energy in the same way

The purpose of the vacuole is to

• Store water for the cell
• protect the insides of the cell
• convert sunlight into energy
• store DNA

through which organelle do materials enter and exit the cell?

• cell membrane
• cell wall
• chloroplast
• vacuole

The purpose of mitochondria is

• to convert sunlight into energy
• to digest food
• to convert sugar into cell energy
• control what enters the cell

the main difference between animal and plant cells are

• Animal cells have mitochondria
• Plant cells contain a cell wall and cholorplasts
• plant cells have a cell membrane
• only animal cells have DNA

The basic unit of structure and function in living organisms

• Cell
• Cell Membrane
• Cell Theory
• Cell Wall

Controls functions of cells and contains genetic material

• Cell
• Cell theory
• Cell Wall
• Nucleus

What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates
• sunlight
• water
• carbon