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MIDTERM PRACTICE PART #3

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement describes an exception to the cell theory?  
a)
Plants and animals are made up of structural units known as cells. 
b)
Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain genetic material and can replicate.
c)
All cells arise from preexisting cells. 
d)
The cell is the basic functional unit of all living things.
2.
Which instrument was used in the 18th and 19th centuries and helped scientists develop the cell theory?   
a)
electron microscope
b)
light microscope 
c)
microdissecting apparatus 
d)
ultracentrifuge
3.
What is common to all cells?  
a)
All cells have a cell wall
b)
All cells are photosynthetic 
c)
All cells divide to form new cells 
d)
All cells have a nucleus
4.
What cellular structure must oxygen cross to get from the outside to the inside of an animal cell?  
a)
The nucleus
b)
The cytoplasm
c)
The plasma membrane 
d)
The cell wall
5.
What is the main function of a vacuole in a cell?
a)
storage
b)
coordination 
c)
synthesis of molecules 
d)
release of energy 
6.
What organelle releases energy for metabolic activity in cells? 
a)
chloroplast 
b)
ribosome
c)
mitochondrion 
d)
vacuole
7.
Which organelle is correctly paired with its specific function?
a)
cell membrane—storage of hereditary information
b)
chloroplast—transport of materials
c)
ribosome—synthesis of proteins
d)
vacuole—production of ATP
8.
One difference between plant and animal cells is that animal cells do not have   
a)
a nucleus 
b)
chloroplasts 
c)
a cell membrane
d)
centrioles 
9.
Which structures are found in every living cell?   
a)
a plasma membrane and cytoplasm
b)
chloroplasts and mitochondria
c)
a cell wall and nucleus
d)
centrioles and chromosomes
10.
Materials are transported within a single-celled organism by the
a)
nucleus
b)
cytoplasm
c)
mitochondrion
d)
ribosome
11.
Which structures in the diagram enable the observer to identify it as a plant cell?
a)
A and B
b)
B and C
c)
A and C
d)
B and D
12.
Which process utilizes cellular energy to move particles through a membrane?
a)
osmosis
b)
passive diffusion
c)
active transport
d)
transpiration
13.
Movement of organelles within the cytoplasm of plant and animal cells is due most directly to
a)
osmosis
b)
cyclosis
c)
hydrolysis
d)
photosynthesis