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Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 35mins
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Class
Date
1.
Every living organism is made up of one or more cells
a)
True
b)
False
2.
A cell is...
a)
the basic unit of structure and function in living organism
b)
an organism
c)
a basic part of everything that we see
d)
found only in animals, not plants
3.
Which of the following are NOT found in animal cells
a)
chloroplasts and cytoplasm
b)
chloroplasts and cell wall
c)
cell wall and cell membrane
d)
mitochondria and nucleus
4.
Which of the following converts food into energy for the cell?
a)
vacuole
b)
mitochondria
c)
cytoplasm
d)
cell membrane
5.
What do vacuoles do?
a)
They actually do not have an important role
b)
They protect the cell
c)
They are the brain of the cell
d)
storage area for cells; water storage in plants
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
What is one basic function of the vacuoles?
a)
circulating oxygen
b)
producing food
c)
controlling cell processes
d)
storing water
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
He discovered that all plants are made of cells:
a)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
b)
Theordor Schwann
c)
Robert Hooke
d)
Mattias Schleiden
14.
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
15.
There are some similarities between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Which of the following structures is found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
a)
lysosome
b)
mitochondrion
c)
nucleus
d)
ribosome
16.
Which cell structure is correctly paired with its primary function?
a)
ribosome-protein synthesis
b)
mitochondrion-movement
c)
vacuole-cell division
d)
nucelus-storage of nutrients
17.
Which of the following scientists concluded that all animals are made of cells?
a)
Rudolf
Virchow
b)
Matthais
Schleiden
c)
Robert
Hooke
d)
Theodor
Schwann
18.
Who looked at cork and named the cell?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Robert Brown
d)
Francesco Redi
19.
The scientist who made the first microscope.
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Rudolf Virchow
20.
This image shows the detailed structure of the tiny mitochondria organelle. Which microscope most likely took this image?
a)
Compound Light
b)
Scanning Electron
c)
Dissecting
d)
Transmission Electron
21.
Which microscope would you use to see a bed bug in 3D, with a magnification of about 500,000X?
a)
Compound Light
b)
Scanning Electron
c)
Dissecting
d)
Transmission Electron
22.
Which microscope has a magnification range between 40X-1000X?
a)
Compound Light
b)
Transmission Electron
c)
Dissecting
d)
Scanning Electron
23.
Which electron microscope provides details of a cell's internal structures?
a)
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
b)
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
c)
Light Microscope
d)
Dissecting Microscope
24.
What is needed to produce an image for an electron microscope?
a)
Light
b)
A living cell
c)
A vacumn
d)
Favorable weather
25.
This picture represents what type of cell transport?
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
osmosis
d)
passive transport
26.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
27.
Which is true about active transport?
a)
It requires energy
b)
it does not require energy
c)
It moves substances down the concentration gradient
d)
it moves material from high to low concentration
28.
Molecules diffusing with through a protein channel is...
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Simple Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Osmosis
29.
In a nerve cell, ATP energy is used to pump sodium (Na) out of the cell and potassium (K) into the cell. This is an example of...
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Simple Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Osmosis
30.
Food is moved into the cell by ________________________.
a)
endocytosis
b)
diffusion
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
31.
The animal cell below is in a _________ solution.
a)
Hypotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Isotonic
32.
The animal cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
33.
A cell in an isotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
34.
When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution water
a)
moves from the inside of the cell to the solution
b)
moves from the solution to the inside of the cell
c)
moves equally in and out of the cell
d)
none of these
35.
During pinocytosis, the cell takes in liquids.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Active transport requires ______, moves materials from __________________, and goes _______ the concentration gradient.
a)
No energy, low to high, against
b)
ATP, high to low, with
c)
ATP, low to high, with
d)
ATP, low to high, against
37.
A cell will __________________ in a hypotonic solution.
a)
swell and perhaps burst (lyse)
b)
shrink
c)
the size of the cell will not change
d)
the size of the cell will change from large to small and from small to large
38.
Two examples of passive transport are
a)
Earth and Sun
b)
Diffusion and Osmosis
c)
Energy and Wind
d)
None of the above
39.
A balance that an organism maintains by regulating what goes into and out of the cell.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Homeostasis
c)
Plasmolysis
d)
Hypotonic
40.
The type of cellular transport that requires no energy.
a)
Active Transport
b)
Protein Pumps
c)
Passive Transport
d)
Endocytosis
41.
The release of large particles, often waste materials from the inside of the cell to the outside of the cell.
a)
Osmosis
b)
Exocytosis
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Diffusion
42.
What happens to a plant cell that is placed into a hypotonic solution?
a)
It shrinks
b)
Plasmolysis
c)
It swells
d)
Cytolysis
43.
What might happen to a freshwater plant that is placed into saltwater?
a)
Cells will swell
b)
Plasmolysis
c)
Cytolysis
d)
There will be no change
44.
All cells have a:
a)
Nucleus
b)
Plasma membrane
c)
Cell wall
d)
Buddy
45.
The function of the plasma membrane is....
a)
to regulate what enters and leaves the cell.
b)
fight bacteria and viruses that enter the cell.
c)
provide rigid support and protection to the cell.
d)
make sure each cell can move
46.
What does "bilayer" mean?
a)
one layer
b)
two layers
c)
laminated
d)
bilateral
47.
Most of the cell membrane is made of...
a)
Lipids
b)
Carbohydrates
c)
Proteins
d)
Nucleic acids
48.
What is embedded in the phospholipid bilayer?
a)
proteins
b)
salt
c)
water
d)
trapped animals
49.
Hydrophilic means...
a)
water-loving
b)
water-fearing
c)
nonpolar
d)
lipid soluble
50.
Hydrophobic region of the cell membrane?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
C
d)
A
51.
Hydrophilic portion of cell membrane?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
52.
What is another term for "selectively permeable"?
a)
porous
b)
completely permeable
c)
permanent
d)
semipermeable
53.
The major function of ribosomes is to
a)
Make fats
b)
Synthesize protein
c)
Digest protein
d)
Make sugars
54.
The ____________ packages and processes material before it exports out of the cell.
a)
Vacuoles
b)
mitochondria
c)
Golgi apparatus
d)
nucleus
55.
What is the name and function of the organelle displayed above?
a)
Mitochondria: breakdown glucose and produce ATP
b)
Chloroplast: converts solar energy into chemical energy
c)
Vacuole: Stores H2O, salt, food
d)
Nucleus: stores genetic information
56.
Rough endoplasmic reticulum has ________________ attached to it.
a)
ribosomes
b)
chromosomes
c)
Golgi apparatus
d)
nucleolus
57.
Consists of a jellylike substance that contains many organelles.
a)
ribosomes
b)
cytoplasm
c)
chloroplasts
d)
cell wall
58.
Where is DNA stored in a cell?
a)
Lysosomes
b)
Golgi Complex
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Nucleus
59.
Which of these is NOT a part of the Cell Theory?
a)
All cells are independent.
b)
Cells are the basic unit of living things.
c)
All living things are one or more cells.
d)
Cells come from cells.
60.
Which cell type are found in bacteria?
a)
Prokaryotes
b)
Eukaryotes
61.
A group of fibers running throughout the inside of a cell that supports the cell and helps the cell move
a)
gremlins
b)
cytoskeleton
c)
exoskeleton
d)
scaffolding
62.
Short hair like structures used for movement
a)
cilia
b)
flagella
63.
Long whip like structure used for locomotion
a)
cilia
b)
flagella
64.
Scientist first to see the nucleus.
a)
Virchow
b)
Hooke
c)
Brown
d)
Scleiden
65.
This used to make up the cell membrane.Choose all that are correct.
a)
cilia
b)
Cholesterol
c)
Proteins
d)
phosholipids
66.
Long thin strands of Chromosomes
a)
nucleus
b)
chromatin
c)
chromosome
d)
histone
67.
Make ribosomes
a)
nucleus
b)
nucleolus
c)
golgi ody
d)
RER
68.
The thin discs containing chlorophyll inside the chloroplasts are
a)
thylakoids
b)
granum
c)
stroma
69.
The middle of the mitochondria
a)
stroma
b)
matrix
c)
granum
d)
cristae
70.
The folds of the mitochondria.
a)
granum
b)
matrix
c)
cristae
d)
stroma
71.
Organelle used to make the spindle fiber.
a)
cilia
b)
flagella
c)
centriole
d)
centromere.
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