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Unit 1: Lesson 1 Exploring Life #2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The microscope led to the discovery that all living things are made of one or more _

(a)  

2.

Which of these describe characteristics of all living things:

select ALL the correct statements

a)

They maintaining internal condictions known as homeostastasis 🥵

b)

They are organized and made of one or more cells 🦠

c)

They must get energy from sunlight or food 🍇🌻

d)

they respond to internal and external stimuli 😎

e)

they reproduce to produce create new organisms 🐣

3.

Which statement is true about the living organisms you viewed under the microscope 🔬 p.11.?

Cheek smear, Pond Water, and Onion

a)

All the cells in each slide looked the same 🔬

b)

All the cells on each slide were the same size 🔬

c)

The cells in each slide had different shapes and sizes 🔬

4.

These organisms are unicellar, meaning they are made of only one cell 🦠.

a)

Bacteria and Amoeba

b)

Humans and other animals

c)

Plants and Fungi

5.

Robert Hooke was the only scientist to discover cells and form the cell theory.

a)

True, he was the one and only

b)

False, other scientists helped discover cells and the cell theory.

6.

Which of the following is NOT a principle of the cell theory.

(p.16 and NB p.47)

a)

All living things are made of one or more cells.

b)

The cell is the smallest most basic unit of life

c)

All new cells come from preexisting cells.

d)

Viruses are cells

7.

Which statements are true about prokaryotic cells - choose 3 true statements- use p.23-24 to help you.

a)

Prokaryotic cells make up the human body

b)

Prokaryotic cells are small and less complete than eukaryotic cells

c)

Bacteria are prokaryotes meaning they are made of prokaryotic cells

d)

Prokaryotic cells do not have a lining or nuclear membrane surrounding their DNA/genetic material

8.

One of your friends puts a piece of onion under a microscope and tells you they think the onion is NOT a living thing. Using what you've learning during lesson one evidence from the microscope image, what evidence can you use to help your friend understand that onions are living by using what you learned in class. Choose the 2 correct responses below.

a)

The microscope shows that the onion is made of cells

b)

Onions grow and develop over time

c)

The onion is eating

9.

Response to stimuli means

a)

responding to the environment

b)

Reproducing to make new organisms

c)

Growth and Development

d)

Cells

10.

Amoebas and paramecium are unicellular because they are made of

a)

Many cells

b)

One cell

11.

After reading page 25 about viruses, viruses.....

a)

Are classified as living because they are made of cells and have all the other same characteristics that living things have

b)

Are classified as a nonliving thing because they are not made of cells and don't grow and develop like othe rliving things.

12.

This picture shows

a)

A prokaryotic cell

b)

A eukaryotic cell

13.

This picture shows

a)

A prokaryotic cell

b)

A eukaryotic cell

14.

Which statements are true about eukaryotic cells

a)

Eukaryotic cells are larger and more complex than prokaryotic cells

b)

Eukaryotic cells make up humans, animals, fungi, and plants

c)

Eukaryotic cells have a nuclear membrane/lining around their genetic material/DNA

d)

Eukaryotic cells make up bacteria

15.

Which statement is FALSE about eukaryotic cells

a)

Eukaryotic cells are larger and more complex than prokaryotic cells

b)

Eukaryotic cells make up humans, animals, fungi, and plants

c)

Eukaryotic cells have a nuclear membrane/lining around their genetic material/DNA

d)

Bacteria are eukaryotes because they have eukaryotic cells

16.

Which statement is true about prokaryotic cells

a)

Prokaryotes are single celled organisms and include bacteria, paramecium and amoebas.

b)

Prokaryotes are multicellular organisms and include humans, plants, and fungi.

17.

What 3 characteristics do eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells share? p.23-24

a)

Both have a nucleus where genetic material/DNA is found

b)

Both have genetic material/DNA

c)

Both make up living organisms

d)

Both are types of cells

18.

Which TWO living organisms are prokaryotes? p.23-24

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Humans/Animals

d)

Plants

19.

Which living organisms are prokaryotes and NOT eukaryotes? p.23-24

a)

Bacteria

b)

Protists (some kelp)

c)

Humans/Animals

d)

Plants

e)

Fungi (mushrooms)

20.

When comparing eukaryotic cells to prokaryotic cells, prokaryotic cells

-Choose 3-

a)

are simpler and less complex

b)

are much more complex

c)

are cells that make up unicellular organisms like bacteria

d)

are the cells that make up humans

e)

do not have a nucleus/lining around their DNA