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Unit B: Grade 8 Science

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What five functions do all living organisms have to carry out to stay alive

(a)  

2.

What function is this an example of, a lion takes down a gazelle on the plains of the Serengeti in Africa?

a)

Living things need energy

b)

Living things grow

c)

Living things reproduce

d)

Living things produce waste

e)

Living things respond and adapt to their environment

3.

A group of cells makes...

a)

Tissue

b)

Function

c)

Organism

d)

System

4.

A group of tissues makes...

a)

Cells

b)

Functions

c)

Organs

d)

Systems

5.

A group of organs makes...

a)

Organ

b)

Function

c)

Cells

d)

Systems

6.

Who created the first microscope?

a)

Christiaan Huygens

b)

Louis Agassiz

c)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

d)

Thomas Gold

7.

Where does the word cell come from?

a)

small spaces

b)

minature sections

c)

little rooms

d)

tiny holes

8.

Which is NOT part of the cell theory?

a)

all living things are composed of one or more cells

b)

cells are made of at least 83% water

c)

cells are the basic units of structure and function in all organisms

9.

which is the nose piece on a microscope?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

which of these are used in creating a wet slide?

a)

coverslip

b)

clean slide

c)

specimen

d)

all of the above

11.

all animals and plants are...

a)

multicellular

b)

unicellular

12.

what do the cilia and flagellum do?

a)

attack other cells

b)

get food for the cell

c)

help the cell move

d)

nothing

13.

what are organelles

a)

a disease that attacks the organs

b)

multiple organs

c)

made up of tissues

d)

parts of a cell that keep it alive

14.

select all parts of animal cells

a)

cell membrane

b)

cytoplasm

c)

nucleus

d)

vacuoles

15.

select the ones only found in plant cells

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

chloroplasts

d)

nucleus