Question Bank for Grade 6 Biology

Which of the following is the characteristic that ALL living organisms have in common?

• All living organisms are made of cells

• All living organisms are multicellular

• All living organisms make their own food

What factor contributed most to the cell theory

• Microscopes

• Advanced techniques about chemicals

• More knowledge about evolution

This early cell theory scientist looked in a microscope and discovered "animalcules" in the gunk from his teeth and pond water.

• Schleiden

• Leeowenhoek

• Hooke

• Virchow

• Schwann

Who discovered and named cells while looking at cork?

• Captain Hook

• Robert Hooke

• Matthais Schleiden

• Rudolf Virchow

What was Schleiden convinced of?

• All plants are made of cells

• All animals are made of cells

• All cells are prokaryotic

• None of the above

Who noted that all animals are made of cells and helped write the first two parts of cell theory?

• Rudolf Virchow

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Theodor Schwann

• Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schliden were all responsible for what theory?

• The Theory of Gravity

• The Theory of Relativity

• The Cell Theory

• The Theory of Continental Drift

All living things are made up of...

• cells

• tissues

• organ

• organ systems

What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things?

• atom

• cell

• bacteria

• animalcules

All cells -----

• come from other dead cells

• come from other living cells

• crystallize out of the air