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WorksheetsMicroscopes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What tool makes small objects look larger?
a)
hammer
b)
larger beaker
c)
microscope
d)
triple beam balance
2.
Many microscopes work by using what?
a)
glasses
b)
curved pieces of glass
c)
weights
d)
water
3.
Which English scientist was one of the first people to see a cell with a microscope?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Theodor Schwann
d)
Rudolf Virchow
4.
What do microscopes do?
a)
Makes large objects look smaller
b)
Makes small objects look larger
c)
Makes faraway objects look closer
d)
Makes objects look the same
5.
What are cells the building blocks of?
a)
nonliving things
b)
living things
6.
What explains the relationship between cells and living things?
a)
big bang theory
b)
Newton's laws
c)
Scientific Method
d)
Cell theory
7.
The cell theory is true for all living things.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Some cells are produced from other cells.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Not all living things are made of cells
a)
True
b)
False
10.
To magnify means to make things look...?
a)
Larger
b)
Smaller
c)
The Same
d)
None of the above
11.
What piece of curved glass or plastic is used in light microscopes?
a)
animal cells
b)
lens
c)
pencil
d)
iphone
12.
Which microscope uses electrons to make an image?
a)
Light Microscopes
b)
Electron Microscopes
13.
The invention of the microscope made it possible for people to discover and learn about what?
a)
laws
b)
nonliving things
c)
cells
d)
None of the above
14.
The ___________ is the basic unit of life
a)
organ
b)
cell
c)
atom
d)
tissue
15.
Directs all cell activities through the DNA located there.
a)
Lysosomes
b)
Nucleus
c)
ribosomes
d)
Mitochondria
16.
Which organelle is only found in a plant cell?
a)
nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
mitochondria
d)
cell membrane
17.
Which of the following is the smallest unit of life that can carry out all life functions?
a)
the mitochondria
b)
the vacuoles
c)
the nucleus
d)
the cell
18.
Which cell structure is found in plant and animals cells and controls what can come into or leave a cell?
a)
cell membrane
b)
cytoplasm
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuole
19.
All cells need energy to function. Which cell organelle is responsible for producing energy in the cell? (Powerhouse)
a)
chloroplasts
b)
mitochondria
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuoles
20.
Cell organelles that are responsible for digesting food, worn out organelles and other cellular wastes are called ___________________.
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Vacuoles
c)
Lysosomes
d)
Chlororplasts
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