Cells Test Review

  There are three parts to the cell theory. Which is NOT one of those parts?

• All organisms are composed of one or more cells.

• The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms.

• Cells spontaneously arise from carbon and nutrients carried in the bloodstream.

• All cells come from pre-existing cells.

Which would be found in the cell of a sunflower plant but not in the cell of a chicken?

• cell wall
• vacuole
• mitochondria
• cell membrane

The two kinds of cells are Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. How are they different?

• Prokaryotes have a nucleus.

• Eukaryotes have a nucleus.

• There is no difference.

What type of cell is this?

• plant cell

• animal cell

Functions of the Nucleus?

• store the cell's DNA

• Protects the cell

• generate most of the chemical energy

• help sequester waste products

_______ regulates what enters and leaves a cell.  

• Cell Membrane
• Nucleus
• Mitochondria
• Cytoplasm

Definition of CELL

• Any living thing

• Organisms that consist of many cells

• Organisms that consist of a single cell

• Inside all eukaryotic cells are these specialized structures that carry out specific functions inside the cell.

• The basic unit of life

Definition of UNICELLULAR

• Any living thing

• Organisms that consist of many cells

• Organisms that consist of a single cell

• Inside all eukaryotic cells are these specialized structures that carry out specific functions inside the cell.

• The basic unit of life

TRUE or FALSE: Prokaryotic cells are round and eukaryotic cells are square

• True

• False

Gives the cell a rigid, box-like shape; outside of the cell membrane; in plants.

• cytoplasm
• chromatin
• cell wall
• cell membrane