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Cells and the Cell Body

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the first person to discover cells?
a)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Rudolf Virchow
d)
Mattias Schleiden
2.
What did Leeuwenhoek create to look at cells?
a)
Light Bulb
b)
Telescope
c)
Cork Cells
d)
Microscope
3.
In 1673 Anton van Leewenhoek thought he saw "little animals" under the microscope. What do we call them today?
a)
Blood
b)
Protists
c)
Bacteria
d)
Animalcules
4.
What is NOT part of the cell theory?
a)
All living things have blood cells. 
b)
All organisms are made of one or more cells.
c)
The cell is the basic unit of all living things.
d)
All cells come from existing cells. 
5.
Why are most cells so small?
a)
So we can see them with a microscope.
b)
So they can fit in our bodies. 
c)
So they can take in food and get rid of waste. 
d)
So they can reproduce quickly.
6.
What cell part is NOT found in all cells?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Genetic Material
7.
The two kinds of cells are Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. How are they different?
a)
Prokaryotes have a nucleus.
b)
Eukaryotes have a nucleus.
c)
Prokaryotes are plant cells.
d)
There is no difference.
8.
What is the difference between bacteria and archaea?
a)
Bacteria are single celled, archaea are many celled. 
b)
Bacteria has DNA, archaea does not. 
c)
Are you speaking a different language?
d)
Bacteria live everywhere, archaea live in extreme environments.
9.
How are eukaryotes different from prokaryotes?
a)
They aren't different, except the spelling.
b)
Phone a friend :/
c)
Eukaryotes have a NUCLEUS, prokaryotes do NOT!
d)
Prokaryotes have a NUCLEUS, eukaryotes do NOT!
10.
What is the cytoskeleton?
a)
A jelly-like fluid inside the cell.
b)
A scary Halloween decoration.
c)
Web of proteins that acts as a muscle and a skeleton.
d)
Rigid structure that supports plant cells. 
11.
What organelle do plants have surrounding their cells that animal cells lack?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Woody Stems
c)
Sharp thorns
d)
Cell Membrane
12.
What is the main function of the cell membrane?
a)
Digestion
b)
Storage
c)
Protecitve Barrier
d)
INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE!
13.
What is the name of the genetic material that is inside the nucleus?
a)
ER
b)
ATP
c)
YOLO
d)
DNA
14.
What is the difference between rough and smooth ER?
a)
There is no difference.
b)
Plants have rough ER, animals have smooth ER.
c)
What type of injuries the Doctors treat.
d)
Rough has ribosomes, smooth does not.
15.
Ribosomes are where proteins are made in cells, what are proteins made of?
a)
Amino Acids
b)
Meat
c)
Lipids
d)
Sugar and Spice
16.
How do materials from the Golgi Complex move around the cell?
a)
Tiny delivery trucks.
b)
Materials are moved in special cells.
c)
Materials cannot move in or out of the cell.
d)
Vesicles (bubbles) move around or out of the cell.
17.
What is NOT a reason that lysosomes are important for cells?
a)
Lysosomes destroy worn out cells.
b)
Lysosomes contain instructions for how to make proteins.
c)
Lysosomes attack foreign invaders.
d)
Lysosomes get rid of waste from inside the cell.
18.
Bacteria are ____________ cells.
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
19.
Which part of the cell is like the Power plant?
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Ribosome
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Lysosome