Winter Final Exam 2025

Which of the following statements about living cells is false?

• Most are microscopic

• They are found in all animals but not in all plants

• They are the smallest basic units that can carry out all of the functions that we normally define as life

• All living things are made up of cells

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Why is reproduction one of the characteristics of life?

• Because without it a species will go extinct

• Because without it cells could not photosynthesize

• Because it is good for the environment

• Because without it cells could not perform cellular respiration

All living things are made up of ...

• One or more cells

• The same cell tissue

• Organs that only do one job

• Organelles that do one job

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What is one benefit of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction? Sexual reproduction produces .......

• offspring that have the same characteristics which leave the species identical to each other

• offspring that have different characteristics which can benefit the species

• offspring, at the time of birth, are fully grown

• offspring that are created when the parent divides in half

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The ability to maintain a stable internal and/or external environment is called?

• Herbivore

• Homo sapien (written in italics)

• Heterotroph

• Homeostasis

An organism that consists of a single cell that have no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles.

• Prokaryote

• Ribosome

• Cell Membrane

• Eukaryote

An organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane as well as membrane-bound organelles.

• Prokaryote

• Ribosome

• Cell Membrane

• Eukaryote

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Bacteria cells are this type of cell?

• Plant cell

• Animal cell

• Eukaryotic cell

• Prokaryotic cell

This type of cell needs/has a cell wall and chloroplast?

• Plant cell

• Animal cell

• Bacterial cell

• Fungal cell

How are eukaryotes different from prokaryotes?

• They aren't different

• They are the same

• Eukaryotes have a TRUE nucleus, prokaryotes do NOT

• Prokaryotes have a nucleus, eukaryotes do NOT