Life Science Quiz

Robert Hooke was the..

• first scientist to see living cells in pond water using

  microscope

• first scientist who observed cork was made of tiny

  “cells”

• first scientist to discover cells

• first scientist to see light rays

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Cells...

• make up everything

• are the worst things to use to create new things

• are the best things to use to create new things

• are the basic units of all living things

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Leeuwenhoek was the...

• first person to see anything through a telescope

• first scientist to use a microscope

• first scientist to see living cells in pond water using

  microscope

• first scientist who observed cork was made of tiny

  “cells”

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A Compound Light Microscope is a...

• microscope that uses two or more lenses and a light

  source to magnify objects

• microscope that allowed scientists to see

  structures inside cells

• trick question, it's not a microscope

• microscope that allows scientists to see small light

An Electron Microscope is a..

• telescope that allows scientists to see far electrons in space

• telescope that allowed scientists to see cells up close

• microscope that allowed scientists to see

  structures inside cells

• microscope that allowed scientists to see electrons very far away

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The plasma membrane is a ____ boundary of a cell.

• rigid

• flexible

• soft

• weird

The ____ mosaic model describes the plasma membrane and its molecules.

• fluid

• solid

• gooey

• damp

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A phospholipid is made up of glycerol, two fatty acid chains and a ____ group.

• different

• hydrogen

• carbon

• phosphate

The plasma membrane is a ____ of phospholipid molecules with protein molecules embedded in it.

• single layer

• tri-layer

• bi-layer

• quadruple layer

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Selective permeability allows ____ molecules to pass through the plasma membrane.

• only the cool

• some

• all

• no