Quiz on Fundamental Unit Of Life

Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called . . .

• Eukaryotes

• Multicellular

• Prokaryotes

• Unicellular

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The _____ is a densely packed area in a cell that contains the genetic material - DNA - for controlling the cell's activities.

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Vacuole

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The basic unit of structure and function in an organism is the . . .

• Cell

• Chloroplast

• Lysosome

• Ribosome

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A _____ organism is made of many cells, each specialized to do certain jobs.

• Eukaryotic

• Multicellular

• Prokaryotic

• Unicellular

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This outermost layer protects and supports the cells of plants and some other organisms.

• Cell Membrane

• Cell Wall

• Cytoplasm

• Golgi Apparatus

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This structure surrounds the cytoplasm of all cells and controls what enters and leaves the cell.

• Cell Membrane

• Cellophane

• Cell Wall

• Cellulose

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This fluid in the cell is where the organelles are found. It contains water and chemicals the cell needs.

• Blood

• Cytoplasm

• Plasma

• Vacuole

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Who looked at cork and named what he saw cells?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• Robert Hooke
• Rudolph Virchow
• Matthias Schleiden

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Who was the first scientist to see living cells?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• Rudolph Virchow
• Matthias Schleiden
• Theodor Schwann

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Normally in the process of osmosis, the net flow of water molecules in or out of the cell depends upon the differences in the

• concentration of water molecules inside and outside the cell

• Concentration of enzymes on either side of the cell membrane

• rate of molecular motion on either side of the cell membrane

• rate of movement of insoluble molecules inside the cell