Characteristics of Organisms Quiz

Fill in the blank: Eukaryotic cells have a ____, while prokaryotic cells do not.

• cell wall

• nucleus

• ribosome

• cytoplasm

Fill in the blank: Prokaryotic cells contain a region of fluid called ____.

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• ribosome

• mitochondrion

Some engineers are creating models of several unicellular organisms. Which of these characteristics would all of the models have in common?

• They would all be made of many cells with cell walls.

• They would all have parts to help them move around their environment.

• They would all have chloroplasts to trap sunlight and create their own food.

• They would all have one cell with smaller parts that do different jobs within the cell.

Which characteristic is associated with a rose?

• complex organism with groups of differentiating cells

• multicellular organism without membrane bound organelles

• simple organism with a cell wall and without specialized organelles

Fill in the blank: A fox is a ________ organism.

• A. autotroph

• B. eukaryote

• C. heterotroph

• D. prokaryote

What category does Vibrio japonicus belong to?

• autotroph

• eukaryote

• heterotroph

• prokaryote

Fill in the blank: A rose is an example of a ________.

• A. autotroph

• B. eukaryote

• C. heterotroph

• D. prokaryote

What is the characteristic of a fox?

• complex organism with groups of differentiating cells

• multicellular organism without membrane bound organelles

• simple organism with a cell wall and without specialized organelles

Fill in the blank: A fox is classified as a ________.

• A. autotroph

• B. eukaryote

• C. heterotroph

• D. prokaryote

Fill in the blank: Mold is a ________ organism.

• autotroph

• eukaryote

• heterotroph

• prokaryote