Unit 5: Cellular Structures Vocabulary Quiz

Which of the following is a type of cell that contains a nucleus?

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Biomolecule

• Nucleic Acid

What is the theory that life on Earth arose from nonliving things through natural processes?

• Biogenesis

• Abiogenesis

• Photosynthesis

• Metabolism

The theory that life arises from pre-existing life is known as .

• Abiogenesis

• Biogenesis
• Evolution

• Respiration

Which virus life cycle allows the virus to combine DNA producing half viral DNA and half host cell DNA?

• lytic

• lysogenic

Which viral life cycle causes the host cell to burst open?

• lytic

• lysogenic

What is a nonliving, infectious agent that cannot reproduce without a host, obtain or use energy, or respond to the environment?

• Prokaryote

• Virus

• Eukaryote

• Animal Cell

The Endosymbiotic theory is the:

• theory of how organelles (mitochondrion, chloroplast) arose in organisms

• fundamental principle that describes the basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms

• idea that genes are responsible for the characteristics of living organisms and are passed down from parents to their offspring

• scientific theory that microorganisms, or "germs", cause disease

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

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What is an unicellular, living organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles called?

• Eukaryote

• Virus

• Prokaryote

Label the following cells.​ ​

I. ​ (a)   ​ ​ ​ II​ (b)   ​ III ​ (c)   IV ​ (d)  

• Animal

• Virus

• Plant

• Bacteria

Match the organelle to its description.

• Mitochondrian

• Outer lining the cells.

  Controls what goes

  in and out.

• Ribosomes

• The fluid that fills the cell and

  keeps the organelles in place

• Cell Membrane

• Power plant of the cell. They

  create energy called ATP.

• Nucleus

• Proteins are made on these small structures.

• Cytoplasm

• Controls all activity in the cell (the brain) and stores DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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