Cells - pre-quiz

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) first used a homemade microscope to observe what?

• A thinly sliced leaf

• Some cat hair

• Thinly sliced cork

• An apple seed

What are the main types of microscopes?

• Electron microscopes

• Alpha-transmitter microscopes

• Light microscopes

• Solar microscopes

There are two lenses on a microscope: the eyepiece (ocular) lens and objective lenses. Objective lenses have different numbers on them which provide different levels of magnification. Which of the following magnifications would give the closest view of an object?

• 40x

• 25x

• 4x

• 10x

Re-arrange the following in order of smallest to largest:

organ system, cell, organism, tissue, organ, organelle,

• Cell > organelle > organ > tissue > organism > organ system

• Organelle > cell > tissue > organ > organ system > organism

• Organism > organ system > tissue > organ > organelle > cell

• Tissue > cell > organelle > organ > organism > organ system

• Organelle > organism > organ system > cell > tissue > organ

How would we describe an organism 'made up of many cells'?

• A-lotofcellular

• Unicellular

• Manycellular

• Multicellular

What does unicellular mean?

• An organism made up of one cell

• An organism riding a unicycle

• An organism made up of many cells

• An organism with one bar of cell service

Organisms can be defined as prokaryotic or eukaryotic. Which of the following kingdoms are eukaryotic?

• Prokaryotae

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Protoctista

• Fungi

Vacuole, nucleus, chloroplast and mitochondria are all examples of what?

• Organs

• Singers

• Animals

• Organelles

Plant and animal cells contain many similar organelles. What are the major differences between plant and animal cells?

• Plant cells have one large vacuole.

• Plant cells have a cell wall.

• Animal cells are surrounded by a cell membrane.

• Plants rely on chloroplasts for energy.

The mitochondria is...

• The powerhouse of the cell!

• The transportation highway of the cell!

• The brains of the cell!