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Unit 1: Cells Evaluation

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organelle contains DNA and controls the cell?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

nucleus

c)

nucleolus

d)

lysosme

2.

This pigment is found in chloroplasts.

a)

rhodopsin

b)

chlorophyll

c)

thylakoid

d)

stroma

3.
Select the statement that best describes the function of the cell wall.
a)
It gives structural support to plant cells.
b)
Its jelly-like fluid surrounds the nucleus and most of the cell’s internal parts.
c)
It contains the cell’s nuclear material. 
d)
It produces food from sunlight. 
4.
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
5.
To convert the energy of glucose into  the  usable form of ATP is a function of _________.
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Cytoplasm
c)
Nucleus
d)
Mitochondria
6.
To store water, glucose (sugar) materials (building blocks) or wastes is a function of _________.
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Vacuole
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Mitochondria
7.
If a cell had the following organelles: nucleus, mitochondria, ribosome, and cell membrane. And DID NOT have a chloroplast and cell wall, what kind of organism is the cell found in? 
a)
Animals only
b)
Plants only
c)
Both plants and animals
d)
Bacteria
8.
Why are organelles important? 
a)
Each have a specific function
b)
Each give the cell energy
c)
Each protect the cell
d)
Each uses the sunlight
9.
If an organism had the following organelles: mitochondria, chloroplast, ribosome, nucleus, cell wall, and cell membrane, what type of organism is the cell found in? 
a)
Only plants
b)
Only animals
c)
Plants and Animals
d)
Animals & Fungi
10.
Selectively permeable barrier that controls what enters and leaves the cell.
a)
cell membrane
b)
cell wall
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
rough ER
11.
Which 2 organelles are only found in plant cells?
a)
chloroplast and mitochondria
b)
chloroplast and cell membrane
c)
mitochondria and cell wall
d)
chloroplast and cell wall
12.

Which statement was NOT included in cell theory?

a)

All living things are composed of cells.

b)

Living cells come only from other living cells.

c)

Each cell contains a cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum.

d)

Cells are the smallest structure of living things that can perform the functions necessary for life.

13.

Who discovered and named cells while looking at cork?

a)

Captain Hook

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Matthais Schleiden

d)

Rudolf Virchow

14.

This early cell theory scientist looked in a microscope and discovered "animalcules" in the gunk from his teeth and pond water.

a)

Schleiden

b)

Leeowenhoek

c)

Hooke

d)

Virchow

e)

Schwann

15.

What was Schleiden convinced of?

a)

All plants are made of cells

b)

All animals are made of cells

c)

All cells are prokaryotic

d)

None of the above

16.

Who discovered that all cells come from other living cells and had research that lead to the last major principle of cell theory?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Theodore Schwann

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Rudolf Virchow

17.

Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schliden were all responsible for what theory?

a)

The Theory of Gravity

b)

The Theory of Relativity

c)

The Cell Theory

d)

The Theory of Continental Drift

18.

All living things are made up of...

a)

cells

b)

tissues

c)

organ

d)

organ systems

19.

What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things?

a)

atom

b)

cell

c)

bacteria

d)

animalcules

20.
Which of the following is the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex?
a)
a.  Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ system
b)
a.  Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism
c)
a.  Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
d)
a.  Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, organ system
21.
A group of similar cells that come together to perform a specific function is a/an
a)
organ
b)
organism
c)
organ system
d)
tissue
22.
Anything that can perform life processes by itself is a/an
a)
cell
b)
organ
c)
organism
d)
organ system
23.
A group of organs that work together to perform big jobs for your body is an organ system.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Tissue that works together to perform a function
a)
organ
b)
cell
c)
organ system
d)
organism
25.
What do you have when organ systems work together?
a)
organs
b)
organism
c)
cells
d)
tissue