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Cells and Cell Theory

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who looked at living organisms in dental scrapings and pond water, and became known as "the father of microbiology?"

a)

Rudolf Virchow

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Matthias Schleiden

d)

Theodor Schwann

2.

Who came up with the name "cells" while looking at a slice of cork under a microscope?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Rudolf Virchow

3.

In 1838, who was the German botanist that found that all plants were made of cells?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Theodor Schwann

c)

Rudolf Virchow

d)

Robert Hooke

4.

In 1839, who was the German physician that added to the cell theory by finding all animals were made of cells?

a)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Matthias Schleiden

d)

Theodor Schwann

5.

Which German scientist published findings that all cells come from existing cells?

a)

Theodor Schwann

b)

Rudolf Virchow

c)

Matthias Schleiden

d)

Robert Hooke

6.

What is NOT a part of cell theory:

a)

all cells come from existing cells

b)

all cells have a nucleus

c)

all living things are made of cells

d)

cells are basic unit of structure and function in living things

7.

Prokaryotes are

a)

bacteria

b)

fungi

c)

plants

d)

animals

8.

Prokaryotic cells do NOT have membrane bound organelles or ______________________________.

a)

cytoplasm

b)

a nucleus

c)

ribosomes

d)

DNA

9.

Eukaryotes include fungi, plants, animals, and....

a)

bacteria

b)

protists

c)

archaebacteria

d)

eubacteria

10.

In eukaryotic cells DNA is primarily contained within the:

a)

cytoplasm

b)

ribosomes

c)

vacuoles

d)

nucleus

11.

Of the two types of cells, which one is smaller and more simplistic?

a)

prokaryotic cells

b)

eukaryotic cells

12.

All cells have a cell membrane, cytoplasm, DNA, and...

a)

cell wall

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosomes

d)

chloroplast

13.

The interior contents of the cell (except for the nucleus):

a)

nucleolus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cell wall

d)

cell membrane

14.

Structures that have different jobs within the cell:

a)

antibodies

b)

lipids

c)

organelles

d)

blood cells

15.

Structure in the cell made of protein and RNA, used for protein synthesis...(found in all cells)

a)

nucleus

b)

cell membrane

c)

cytoplasm

d)

ribosomes

16.

What kind of microscope (seen here) is common in classrooms, uses light to shine through a sample, with a maximum magnification of about 1000 to 1500x?

a)

Dissecting microscope

b)

Compound light microscope

c)

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

d)

Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)