STEMscopes Cells

What is the basic unit of life?

• The atom

• The molecule

• The cell

• The organism

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What did Robert Hooke observe when he looked through an early microscope at slices of cork?

• Animalcules

• Bacteria

• Cells

• Atoms

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What did Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describe when he looked at pond water through a microscope?

• Cells

• Atoms

• Animalcules

• Molecules

What are organisms composed of only one cell that have no nucleus called?

• Eukaryotes

• Prokaryotes

• Atoms

• Multicellular organisms

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What are the parts that make up living things?

• Atoms

• Molecules

• Cells

• Pixels

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What is a microscope?

• A device that makes small objects appear smaller

• A scientific tool that uses a combination of lenses to make a small object appear bigger than it is

• A tool for measuring the weight of small objects

• A machine that creates tiny objects

Which of the following is a characteristic of eukaryotes?

• They do not have a nucleus

• They are always single-celled organisms

• They have a nucleus

• They cannot be seen with a microscope

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What is the basic unit of life according to the text?

• Organ

• DNA

• Cell

• Organelle

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Organisms that consist of one single cell are called what?

• Multicellular

• Unicellular

• Organelles

• Nucleus

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What does the prefix 'multi-' mean?

• One

• Few

• Many

• None