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WorksheetsUnit 1 What is life
Total questions: 82
Worksheet time: 56mins
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Class
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1.
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
2.
Which structures are found in every living cell?
a)
cell membrane and cytoplasm
b)
chloroplasts and mitochondria
c)
a cell wall and nucleus
d)
chloroplasts and cell wall
3.
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
4.
What is the function of the cell nucleus found in both plant and animal cells?
a)
to produce energy
b)
to control cell activity
c)
to remove waste products
d)
to allow molecules to enter the cell
5.
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
6.
What is one basic function of the vacuoles?
a)
circulating oxygen
b)
producing food
c)
controlling cell processes
d)
storing water
7.
Chloroplasts in plant cells allow the plant to perform a function that animal cells cannot do. What is the main function of the chloroplasts found in plant cells?
a)
to absorb light energy and manufacture food
b)
to remove waste materials by active transport
c)
to manufacture chemical energy from food
d)
to control the shape of the cell
8.
All cells need energy to function. Which cell organelle is responsible for producing energy in the cell?
a)
chloroplasts
b)
mitochondria
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuoles
9.
What is the function of a cell wall?
a)
to protect and support the cell
b)
to perform different functions in each cell
c)
to prevent water from passing through it
d)
to prevent oxygen from entering the cell
10.
In what part of the plant cell does the process of photosynthesis take place?
a)
nucleus
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplasts
d)
vacuoles
11.
Starch and water molecules in potato cells are stored in what organelle?
a)
mitochondria
b)
nucleus
c)
cell wall
d)
vacuole
12.
Cells with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles are called ____________________.
a)
prokaryotes
b)
eukaryotes
c)
bacteria
d)
protists
13.
_ are organelles responsible for digesting certain materials within the cell.
a)
vacuoles
b)
chloroplasts
c)
lysosomes
d)
cell membrane
14.
Which of the following is not part of the cell theory?
a)
cells must contain DNA
b)
all living things are made from cells
c)
cells can only come from other cells
d)
cells are the basic unit of life
15.
He discovered that all plants are made of cells:
a)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
b)
Theordor Schwann
c)
Robert Hooke
d)
Mattias Schleiden
16.
Who was the first person to see cells under the microscope and give them their name?
a)
Mattias Schleiden
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Theordor Schwann
d)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
17.
Chloroplasts are organelles that convert light energy to sugars. These organelles are found only in plants. Which organelles are found only in animals?
a)
Golgi apparatus
b)
lysosomes
c)
mitochondria
d)
ribosomes
18.
The basic unit of structure and function in a living things.
a)
chloroplast
b)
nucleus
c)
cell
d)
cell membrane
19.
All living things are made from cells.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
This is the "brain" of what controls all the activities of the cells.
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Cell membrane
c)
nucleus
d)
nucleus membrane
21.
Which organelle provides storage of food, water, and nutrients?
a)
Cell membrane
b)
mitochondria
c)
Vacuole
d)
Vacuume
22.
Which organelle provides storage of food, water, and nutrients?
a)
Cell membrane
b)
mitochondria
c)
Vacuole
d)
Vacuume
23.
What is a group of organs working together is called?
a)
Tissue system
b)
organ system
c)
An organism
d)
cell system
24.
Which level of organization is in order from smallest to largest?
a)
Cells, organs, tissues,organ systems
b)
Tissues, cells, organ systems, organs
c)
Organ system, organs, tissues, cells
d)
cells, tissues,organs, organ systems
25.
Which organelle acts as the"construction worker" because it assembles amino acids?
a)
Golgi bodies
b)
ribosomes
c)
Chloroplasts
d)
Mitochondria
26.
Which term refers to groups of different tissues that have combined to form a single structure?
a)
Cells
b)
Organs
c)
organ system
d)
Organisms
27.
The main function of the cell wall is to direct the activities of the cell.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Plant cells are the same as animal cells.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Plant cells ......
a)
are called Prokaryotic cells.
b)
have a cell wall and chloroplast.
c)
are usually circular in shape
d)
All choices are correct.
30.
I produce the energy a cell needs. I am a mighty power house. Who am I?
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Nucleus
c)
Lysosome
d)
Cell Membrane
31.
Where do chloroplasts get energy from to help make food?
a)
Chlorophy
b)
Leaves
c)
Stored Sugar
d)
Sun
32.
What what are groups of similar cells that do the same sort of work called?
a)
Organs
b)
Cells
c)
Tissues
d)
Organ System
33.
Which organelle is like a post office because it receives materials, packages, and distributes them?
a)
Chloroplasts
b)
Ribosomes
c)
Golgi Bodies
d)
Nucleolus
34.
I control movement in and out of a cell. Who am I?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Cyto
c)
Cell Membrane
d)
Nucleus
35.
I am the "cleaner" because I break down food. Which organelle am I?
a)
Lysosomes
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Nucleus
d)
Cyto
36.
Plant cells have these but animal cells do not.
a)
Nucleus and cell mem
b)
cell membrane and cell wa
c)
chloroplast and cell wall
d)
Chloroplasts and mitochondria
37.
What is the gel like substance that holds organelles in cells?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Chloroplast
c)
Nucleus
d)
Mitochondria
38.
what is the control center in a cell
a)
mitochondria
b)
DNA
c)
nucleus
d)
movement
39.
also known as the "powerhouse"
a)
cell membrane
b)
storage
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
mitochondria
40.
the photosynthesis equation is
a)
6CO2+6H2O+sunlight~C6H12O6+6O2
b)
nothing
c)
H2O
d)
CO2
41.
Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schliden were all responsible for what theory?
a)
The Theory of Gravity
b)
The Theory of Relativity
c)
The Cell Theory
d)
The Theory of Continental Drift
42.
The first part of the Cell Theory states: "What happens in Cell Theory, stay in Cell Theory."
a)
True
b)
False
c)
I don't know
d)
Ummmm
43.
All cells come from___________ cells.
a)
pregnant
b)
pre-existing
c)
paternal
d)
pin size
44.
What would happen to the plant cell without the chloroplasts?
a)
There wouldn't be an organelle that performs photosynthesis
b)
There wouldn't be an organelle that serves as the resevoir for water and waste
c)
There wouldn't be an organelle that regulates what comes in and out of the cell
d)
They wouldn't be an organelle that makes necesary proteins
45.
What do all of these organisms have in common?
a)
They all have uniform offspring
b)
They are all made of cells
c)
They possess the same features
d)
They have the same internal and external structures
46.
According to cell theory, where did this cell come from?
a)
another living cell
b)
energy from sun
c)
a multicellular organism
d)
the nonliving environment
47.
What tool do you use to view the cells?
a)
metric ruler
b)
centrifuge
c)
microscope
d)
pipette
48.
Which of the following is NOT a cell theory.
a)
All non-living things are made of cells
b)
All cells come from pre-existing cells
c)
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function of all living things
49.
What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things?
a)
atom
b)
cell
c)
molecule
d)
human
50.
All living things are made up of...
a)
cells
b)
cell tissues
c)
organ
d)
organ systems
51.
All cells are produced ____________.
a)
from nothing
b)
from other cells
52.
An organism made of one cell is called
a)
unicellular
b)
multicellular
53.
Rocks are not living because
a)
they never move
b)
they aren't needed for humans
c)
they are not made of cells
d)
they don't break down
54.
Chloroplasts carry out...
a)
Phagocytocis
b)
Phylocytosis
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Respiration
55.
Controls what enters and leaves the cell
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Nucleus
56.
Stores food and water for the cell.
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Vacuole
d)
Nucleus
57.
What is the fluid inside a cell called?
a)
Endoplasimic Reticulum
b)
Orange Juice
c)
Water
d)
Cytoplasm
58.
This organelle helps plants keep their rigid structure.
a)
Cell wall
b)
Cell membrane
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Nucleus
59.
This is a double layer of phospholipids that creates a barrier between the cells internal and external environments; it controls what comes in or out of the cell (selective permeable)
a)
Nucleus
b)
Cilia
c)
Cell membrane
d)
Flagella
60.
What is known as the brain of a cell
a)
cell wall
b)
Cell membrane
c)
Nucleus
d)
Nuclues
61.
If something is alive it can have growth, reproduce, pass down traits by heredity, have homeostasis, have a metabolism, have cellular structure and
a)
respond
b)
die
c)
find food
62.
This greek philosopher is responsible for the first system of animals and plants
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Hercules
63.
Telescopes are scientific instruments you use to see objects close up
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Just gonna pick this answer but hey at least I tried and please dont be mad at me Mr. G I havent learn this yet but hey here it goes.
64.
Why did Robert Hooke give the cell its name?
a)
He didnt they were already named that
b)
Because they looked like the tiny rooms
c)
Because they looked like the tiny rooms of that day almost like a jail cell.
65.
Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...
a)
16 chromosomes.
b)
46 chromosomes.
c)
8 chromosomes.
d)
4 chromosomes.
66.
The process by which the nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells
a)
mitosis
b)
cancer
c)
spindle
d)
centromere
67.
Structure (b) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
68.
Structure (a) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
69.
Structure (c) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
70.
Name the phase:
a)
Anaphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Prophase
71.
Nuclear membrane forms around chromosomes and begins to separate.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Telophase
72.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Cytokinesis
c)
Telophase
d)
Metaphase
73.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Metaphase
74.
The phase in mitosis where chromosomes move away and are pulled apart by spindles to opposite sides of the cell.
a)
prophase
b)
anaphase
c)
metaphase
d)
telephase
75.
Chromosomes condense from long stands into rod like structures.
a)
Prophase
b)
Interphase
76.
The process by which the nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells
a)
mitosis
b)
cancer
c)
spindle
d)
centromere
77.
Why would it be important to replicate DNA before a cell divides in mitosis or meiosis?
a)
In order for genetic information to be transferred into daughter cells.
b)
In order for the cell to be able to increase in size.
c)
In order for the DNA to be contained in the nucleus.
d)
In order for the cell to re-order the DNA sequencing in the new cells.
78.
In mitosis, the two resulting cells are
a)
different from the starting cell and identical to each other.
b)
different from the starting cell and different from each other.
c)
identical to the starting cell and different from each other.
d)
identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.
79.
How many chromosomes do humans have?
a)
46
b)
21
c)
10
80.
The time between cell divisions in the life cycle of the cell is called
a)
anaphase
b)
interphase
c)
prophase
d)
metaphase
81.
A chromosome is a single, long DNA molecule in a compact formation
a)
True
b)
False
82.
Where does a cell contain it's genetic material?
a)
nucleus
b)
nucleolus
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
golgi
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