Unit 2 Cells

Which characteristic is not common to both prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells?

• Genetic material

• Cell membrane

• Cytoplasm

• Multicellular organisms

Which of the following is found in a eukaryotic cell, but is not found in a prokaryotic cell?

• Flagella

• Nucleus

• Cell membrane

• Cytoplasm

Which plant cell organelle uses light energy to produce sugar?

• Ribsome

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

Which of the following organelles would you not find in a plant cell?

• Chloroplast

• Centrioles

• Central vacuole

• Cell wall

Which of the following serves as the cell’s boundary from its environment and controls what goes in and out of the cell?

• Mitochondria

• Cell membrane

• Chloroplast

• Golgi apparatus

Cells often store materials like water, salts, proteins and carbohydrates in sac-like structures called _____.

• Chloroplast

• Lysosomes

• Mitchondria

• Vacuoles

According to cell theory,

• even primitive cells, like the prokaryote, can carry out the functions of life

• all multicellular organisms are composed of prokaryotic cells.

• only cells like the eukaryote can carry out the functions of life.

• single celled organisms are only capable of asexual reproduction.

Which principle of cell theory best supports the idea that new cells will replace damaged cells in a scraped knee?

• All living things are made of one or more cells.

• Cells are the basic unit of life.

• All cells come from other cells.

• The nucleus of cells in animals reproduces when exposed to air.

If a cell were lacking lysosomes, what would the cell not be able to do?

• Unable to break down harmful substances

• Unable to reproduce

• Unable to duplicate chromosomes

• Unable to create proteins

Controls the passage of materials into and out of a cell.

• cell membrane

• flagella

• lysosomes

• mitochondria