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The Cell

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Which of the following scientists was the first to observe bacteria?
a)
Anton van Leuwenhoek
b)
Matthais Schleiden
c)
Robert Hooke
d)
Theodor Schwann
3.
Which of the following statements is not part of the cell theory?
a)
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living things.
b)
All cells are produced from other cells.
c)
Only animal cells are composed of cells.
d)
All living things are composed of cells.
4.
The invention of the microscope made it possible for people to discover and learn about
a)
Plants
b)
Skin 
c)
Animals 
d)
Cells
5.
What is one way in which all living things on Earth are alike?
a)
All living things have hair.
b)
All living things are made of cells and come from other cells.
c)
The cells of all living things have chloroplast.
d)
All living things can move. 
6.
The ___ is the basic unit of sturucture and function of organisms
a)
atom
b)
cell
c)
matter
d)
all other answers are correct
7.
Which statement is a part of the cell theory?
a)
all cells come from preexisting cells
b)
bacteria are prokaryotic cells
c)
eukaryotic cells are complex
d)
humans are multicellular
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Which scientist did NOT contribute to the cell theory?
a)
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
b)

Robert Hooke
c)
Albert Einstein 
d)

Matthias Schleiden
11.
Who was the "scientist" who observed pond water and teeth scrapings in his microscope?
a)
Hooke
b)
Leeuwenhoek
c)
Schleidian
d)
Virchow
12.
Who looked at cork and named the cell?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Robert Brown
d)
Francesco Redi
13.

All living things are made up of

a)

Prokaryotic Cell

b)

Eukarytoic Cells

c)

Either prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells

14.

Organelles and chromosomes are copied during...

a)

cytokinesis.

b)

the first stage of the eukaryotic cell cycle.

c)

the third stage of the eukaryotic cell cycle.

d)

the second stage of the eukaryotic cell cycle.

15.

What is the division of cytoplasm called?

a)

chromosome

b)

mitosis

c)

cytokinesis

d)

the cell cycle

16.

Pairs of similar chromosomes are called...

a)

chromosomes

b)

homologous chromosomes

c)

cytokinesis

d)

DNA

17.

What is the process of cell division that forms two nuclei?

a)

homologous chromosomes

b)

mitosis

c)

cell cycle

d)

chromosomes

18.

Cells need to produce new cells in order to...

a)

replace cells that have died.

b)

create new chromosomes.

c)

obtain energy from sunlight.

d)

release energy from food.

19.

During cytokinesis in plant cells...

a)

the cell wall breaks.

b)

a cell plate forms, and the cell splits in two.

c)

a cell plate forms inside the two new cells.

d)

the cell loses some of its DNA.

20.

What are the life stages of a cell called?

a)

cell cycle

b)

mitosis

c)

cytokinesis

d)

cell plate

21.

What is the structure in which DNA, hereditary material that controls cell activities, can be found.

a)

chromatids

b)

centromere

c)

chromosome

d)

mitosis

22.

A cell produces more cells by first copying its...

a)

centioles

b)

DNA

c)

chromatids

d)

cell membranes

23.

Eukaryotic cells...

a)

do not divide.

b)

undergo binary fission.

c)

undergo mitosis.

d)

have cell walls.

24.
The cell carries out normal functions during..
a)
interphase
b)
cytokinesis
c)
mitosis
25.
What does NOT happen during interphase?
a)
growth
b)
DNA replication 
c)
obtaining nutrients
d)
cell divison
26.
Cells spend the majority of their lifes in
a)
interphase
b)
M
c)
S
d)
G2
27.
Cells spend the majority of their lifes in
a)
interphase
b)
M
c)
S
d)
G2
28.
the uncontrolled division of cells that results in malignant growth 
a)
tissues
b)
cancer
c)
mitosis
d)
anaphase
29.
The ____________ regulates what enters and leaves the cell.
a)
mitochondria
b)
cell membrane
c)
golgi bodies
d)
cytoplasm
30.
The _________ holds the dna for the cell
a)
vacuole
b)
smooth ER
c)
rough ER
d)
nucleus
31.
What creates the protein for the cell?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Nucleus
c)
Golgi bodies
d)
Ribosomes
32.
Jelly-like material that makes up most of the cell
a)
cytoskeleton
b)
cytoplasm
c)
cyclops
d)
cytoliquid
33.
_________ ship and package materials
a)
Golgi bodies
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
d)
Smooth endoplasmic reticulim
34.
A specialized structure inside of the cell are known as _____________.
a)
organ
b)
items
c)
organelle
d)
excess materials
35.
What gives instructions to the cells?
a)
DNA
b)
PNA
c)
MBA
d)
NBA
36.
Energy that is usable by a cell is called ___________.
a)
ATP
b)
ASAP
c)
AVP
d)
JYU
37.

Small simple cells are called

a)

prokaryotic

b)

eukaryotic

38.

Unicellular organisms are usually

a)

prokaryotic

b)

eukaryotic

39.

Multicellular organisms are

a)

eukaryotic

b)

prokaryotic

40.

Which cells are more complex and larger?

a)

prokaryotic

b)

eukaryotic

41.

Plant and animal cells are usually

a)

prokaryotic

b)

eukaryotic

42.

Which organelle protects cells?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cell membrane

d)

ribosomes

43.

Which organelle is liquid and contains other organelles?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cytoplasm

c)

ribosomes

d)

nucleus

44.

Which organelles do plants have that animals don't have?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

mitochondria

d)

chloroplast

45.

_________ ship and package materials

a)

Golgi bodies

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Vacuoles

46.

Energy that is used by a cell is called ___________.

a)

ATP

b)

ASAP

c)

AVP

d)

JYU

47.

Which organelle catches energy from the sun?

(a)  

48.

Cytology is

a)

the study of tissue

b)

the study of muscles

c)

the study of cells

49.

Histology is

a)

the study of tissue

b)

the study of muscles

c)

the study of cells

50.

Located in the center of the cell and serves as the brain, storage site for DNA

a)

Smooth ER

b)

Rough ER

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Nucleus

51.

Chemical Processor of the cell

a)

golgi apparatus

b)

lysosomes

c)

ribosomes

d)

mitochondria

52.

surrounds cytoplasm and all the organelles holding them together

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

cytoplasm

53.

This organelle receives proteins from the ER and cytoplasm and then tags then and distribute them where they need to go in or out of the cell.

a)

Vesicle

b)

Rough ER

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Mitochondria

e)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

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