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Unit 2: Cells

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT part of the cell theory?

a)

All living things are made up of cells

b)

Cells are the basic unit of life

c)

All cells come from other cells

d)

All cells have four structures

2.

Unicellular

a)

Composed of one cell

b)

All living things come from cells

c)

Composed of many cells

d)

Cell that are organized into tissues

3.

Multicellular

a)

Composed of one cell

b)

All living things come from cells

c)

Composed of many cells

d)

Cell that are organized into tissues

4.

Choose TWO that are the two types of cells

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Permeable

d)

Cell Membrane

5.

Which type of cell has a nucleus?

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

6.

Which type of cell does not have a nucleus?

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

7.

How do Eukaryotic cells divide?

a)

Binary Fission

b)

Mitosis

c)

Unicellular

d)

Membrane bound

8.

How do Prokaryotic cells divide?

a)

Binary Fission

b)

Mitosis

c)

Unicellular

d)

Membrane bound

9.

Specialized structures within the cell that work together to help the cell function

a)

Organelle

b)

Organ

c)

Tissue

d)

Cell

10.

Cell Membrane - job

a)

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

b)

Gives the cell shape

c)

Holds everything in place

d)

Makes rRNA which makes ribosomes

11.

Cytoskeleton - job

a)

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

b)

Gives the cell shape

c)

Holds everything in place

d)

Makes rRNA which makes ribosomes

12.

Cytoplasm - job

a)

Controls what goes in and out of the cell

b)

Gives the cell shape

c)

Holds everything in place

d)

Makes rRNA which makes ribosomes

13.

What is the cell membrane made of?

a)

Phospholipid Bilayer

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Bacteria

d)

Threadlike fibers

14.

Nucleus - job

a)

Protects the DNA that controls the activities of the cell

b)

Makes rRNA which make up ribosomes

c)

Make proteins

d)

Processes, sorts, and ships proteins where needed

15.

Nucleolus- job

a)

Protects the DNA that controls the activities of the cell

b)

Makes rRNA which make up ribosomes

c)

Make proteins

d)

Processes, sorts, and ships proteins where needed

16.

Ribosomes- job

a)

Protects the DNA that controls the activities of the cell

b)

Makes rRNA which make up ribosomes

c)

Make proteins

d)

Processes, sorts, and ships proteins where needed

17.

Golgi apparatus- job

a)

Protects the DNA that controls the activities of the cell

b)

Makes rRNA which make up ribosomes

c)

Make proteins

d)

Processes, sorts, and ships proteins where needed

18.

Lysosomes - TWO jobs

a)

Breakdown dead stuff

b)

Can do programmed cell death

c)

Storage for food water and waste

d)

Help cells divide by pulling chromosomes apart

19.

Vacuoles - job

a)

Breakdown dead stuff

b)

Can do programmed cell death

c)

Storage for food water and waste

d)

Help cells divide by pulling chromosomes apart

20.

There is one large central on in plant cells and multiple smaller ones in animal cells

a)

Centrioles

b)

Vacuoles

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Centrosomes

21.

Cilia

a)

Move fluid across cell surface

b)

Move entire cell

c)

Create ribosomes

d)

Make proteins

22.

Flagella

a)

Move fluid across cell surface

b)

Move entire cell

c)

Create ribosomes

d)

Make proteins

23.

Mitochondria - job

a)

Powerhouse of the cell (where cellular respiration happens)

b)

Converts energy from the sun (where photosynthesis happens)

c)

Protects and maintains shape

d)

Storage center of the plant cell

24.

Chloroplast job (Plant cells only!)

a)

Powerhouse of the cell (where cellular respiration happens)

b)

Converts energy from the sun (where photosynthesis happens)

c)

Protects and maintains shape

d)

Storage center of the plant cell

25.

Cell Wall job (Plant cells only!)

a)

Powerhouse of the cell (where cellular respiration happens)

b)

Converts energy from the sun (where photosynthesis happens)

c)

Protects and maintains shape

d)

Storage center of the plant cell

26.

Central Vacuole (Plant cells only!)

a)

Powerhouse of the cell (where cellular respiration happens)

b)

Converts energy from the sun (where photosynthesis happens)

c)

Protects and maintains shape

d)

Storage center of the plant cell

27.

To maintain and regulate constant or stable internal conditions

a)

Homeostasis

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Selectively Permeable

d)

Passive Transport

28.

Much of homeostasis is maintained by the ______________ controlling movement of things in and out of the cell

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Passive Transport

c)

Active Transport

d)

Organelles

29.

Requires no extra energy by the cell

a)

Passive transport

b)

Active transport

30.

Requires extra energy to be spent

a)

Passive transport

b)

Active transport

31.

Molecules moving down a concentration gradient from high to low

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Active Transport

d)

Hypotonic Solutions

32.

WATER molecules move down a concentration gradient from an area of high to low

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Facilitated Diffusion

d)

Transcription

33.

Hypertonic Solutions

a)

Water concentration is below what is found in a cell's cytoplasm

b)

Water concentration is above what is found in a cell's cytoplasm

c)

Water will move into a cell down its concentration gradient

d)

Identical water concentrations to what is found in a cell's cytoplasm

34.

Hypotonic Solutions

a)

Water concentration is below what is found in a cell's cytoplasm

b)

Water concentration is above what is found in a cell's cytoplasm

c)

Water will move into a cell down its concentration gradient

d)

Identical water concentrations to what is found in a cell's cytoplasm

35.

Isotonic Solutions

a)

Water concentration is below what is found in a cell's cytoplasm

b)

Water concentration is above what is found in a cell's cytoplasm

c)

Water will move into a cell down its concentration gradient

d)

Identical water concentrations to what is found in a cell's cytoplasm

36.

Cell uses energy to import large amounts of materials INTO the cell using a vesicle

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Exocytosis

37.

Cell uses energy to import large amounts of materials OUT OF the cell using a vesicle

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Exocytosis

38.

Organism

a)

One individual; one member of a species

b)

A distinct set or organs within an organism that works together as a unit for a common function

c)

Several types of tissue that work together for a common function

d)

A group of identical cells working together for a common function

39.

Organ System

a)

One individual; one member of a species

b)

A distinct set or organs within an organism that works together as a unit for a common function

c)

Several types of tissue that work together for a common function

d)

A group of identical cells working together for a common function

40.

Organ

a)

Most basic unit o life that has all characteristic of living things

b)

A distinct set or organs within an organism that works together as a unit for a common function

c)

Several types of tissue that work together for a common function

d)

A group of identical cells working together for a common function

41.

Tissue

a)

Most basic unit o life that has all characteristic of living things

b)

A distinct set or organs within an organism that works together as a unit for a common function

c)

Several types of tissue that work together for a common function

d)

A group of identical cells working together for a common function

42.

Cell

a)

Most basic unit o life that has all characteristic of living things

b)

A distinct set or organs within an organism that works together as a unit for a common function

c)

Several types of tissue that work together for a common function

d)

A group of identical cells working together for a common function

43.

Cells that can become differentiated into one or more types of specialized cells

a)

Stem Cells

b)

Prokaryotic Cells

c)

Eukaryotic Cells

d)

Individual Cells

44.

A repeated pattern of growth, DNA duplication and cell division that occurs in EUKARYOTIC cells

a)

Cell Cylce

b)

Interphase

c)

Organ

d)

Organsim

45.

How many chromosomes does our body have

a)

39

b)

48

c)

46

d)

24

46.

Chromatid

a)

One half of a duplicated chromosome

b)

Two identical chromatids

c)

Region of the condensed chromsomes that looks pinched

d)

Ends of the DNA molecule

47.

Sister Chromatids

a)

One half of a duplicated chromosome

b)

Two identical chromatids

c)

Region of the condensed chromsomes that looks pinched

d)

Ends of the DNA molecule

48.

Centromere

a)

One half of a duplicated chromosome

b)

Two identical chromatids

c)

Region of the condensed chromsomes that looks pinched

d)

Ends of the DNA molecule

49.

Telomere

a)

One half of a duplicated chromosome

b)

Two identical chromatids

c)

Region of the condensed chromsomes that looks pinched

d)

Ends of the DNA molecule

50.

TWO types of Tumors

a)

Malignant (Dangerous and spreadable)

b)

Benign (Harmless and removable)

c)

Megaign (Harmless but spreadable)

d)

Carcinogens (Harmless)