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Cell Theory and Types of Cells

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these are not parts of the cell theory? Select all that apply:

a)

All cells come from other living cells

b)

Cells appear out of thin air

c)

Cells appear when an animal or plant dies

d)

Cells are the most basic units of life

2.

Which scientist collaborated with his father to make the first compound microscope?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Zacharias Janssen

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

3.

What scientist named cells and was the first to see cells in cork?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Theodor Schwann

c)

Zacharias Janssen

d)

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

4.

The cells theory states that: (select all that apply)

a)

Cells must come from other living cells

b)

Cells are name after monk's rooms

c)

All organisms are made up of one or more cells

d)

Cells are the basic unit of structure for all living things.

5.

True or False: All organisms are made of multiple cells

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Prokaryotes do not have: (select all that apply)

a)

A nucleus

b)

A cell wall

c)

Membrane covered organelles

d)

A life

7.

Humans are made of what type of cell?

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Neither

8.

Matthias Schleiden studied what kind of living thing?

a)

Cows

b)

Animals in general

c)

Plants

d)

Fungi

9.

Which two of these scientists concluded that living things were made of cells? (select the two that apply)

a)

Theodor Schwann

b)

Zacharias Janssen

c)

Matthias Schleiden

d)

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

10.

Eukaryotic cells have which of these parts? (select all that apply)

a)

A nucleus

b)

A light emitting diode

c)

A nuclear membrane

d)

Collywobbles (yes, that is a real English word)

11.

What type of cell are bacteria?

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Neither

12.

Novel Coronavirus is what type of cell?

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Prokaryotic

c)

Neither

13.

What do viruses do to your cells?

a)

Insert their DNA to make the cell produce copies of the virus

b)

Surround the cell and destroy it

c)

Taunt it with insults

d)

Attach itself to the cell and leech out the cell's nutrients.

14.

True or False: Cells are the most basic units of structure and function in living things.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False: Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus

a)

True

b)

False