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Unit 2: Cell Theory and Structure

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Robert Hooke was the first person to...?

a)

discover cells

b)

saw cells in pond water, which he called "animalcules"

c)

proposed that all plants are made of cells

d)

proposed that all animals are made of cells

2.

Matthias Schleiden...?

a)

discover cells

b)

saw cells in pond water, which he called "animalcules"

c)

proposed that all plants are made of cells

d)

proposed that all animals are made of cells

3.

Theodor Shwann...?

a)

discover cells

b)

saw cells in pond water, which he called "animalcules"

c)

proposed that all plants are made of cells

d)

proposed that all animals are made of cells

4.

Rudolph Virchow...?

a)

saw cells in pond water, which he called "animalcules"

b)

proposed that all plants are made of cells

c)

proposed that all animals are made of cells

d)

proposed that all cells come from preexisting cells

5.

Which are the different parts of the cell theory?

a)

Every living thing is made of one or more cells.

b)

All cells come from ribosomes.

c)

The cell is the basic unit of structure and function in an organism.

d)

All cells come from preexisting cells.

6.

Why is the cell theory a theory and not a fact?

a)

Because people didn't want others to add or take away from the theory.

b)

Because some people aren't sure it is thoroughly investigated.

c)

Because new discoveries could arise and disprove the theory.

d)

Because new discoveries could prove it even more.

7.

What do ribosomes do?

a)

make proteins

b)

fluid inside cells

c)

genetic material

d)

boundary around the cell

8.

What is cytoplasm?

a)

make proteins

b)

fluid inside cell

c)

genetic material

d)

boundary around the cell

9.

What is DNA?

a)

make proteins

b)

fluid inside cells

c)

genetic material

d)

boundary around the cell

10.

What is the cytoskeleton?

a)

make proteins

b)

genetic material

c)

framework

d)

boundary around the cell

11.

What is the cell membrane?

a)

make proteins

b)

genetic material

c)

fluid inside cells

d)

boundary around the cell

12.

What are the two main types of cells?

a)

prokaryotic cells

b)

eukaryotic cells

c)

animal cells

d)

plant cells

13.

Prokaryotic cells are ______ cells and do NOT have a(an) _______.

a)

bacteria, nucleus

b)

simple, bacteria

c)

bacteria, bacteria

d)

simple, nucleus

14.

Where does DNA go in a prokaryotic cell?

a)

in the mitochondria

b)

floats within the cytoplasm

c)

sits inside the nucleus

d)

sits inside the cell wall

15.

What is the flagellum used for?

a)

to control movement in the cell

b)

to make instructions for the cell

c)

to make proteins for the cell

d)

to attach to other surfaces of the cell

16.

What does the DNA (or nucleoid region) of the cell do?

a)

to control movement in the cell

b)

to make instructions for the cell

c)

to attach to other surfaces of the cell

d)

gives cell its shape

17.

What does the cell wall do?

a)

controls movement

b)

gives instructions to the cell

c)

makes proteins

d)

gives cell its shape

18.

What is the cell capsule?

a)

boundary around the cell

b)

layer of bacteria around the cell

c)

a layer made in cellulose

d)

a layer made in phospholipids and proteins

19.

What is the purpose of a pilus in a prokaryotic cell?

a)

to control movement in the cell

b)

to make proteins for the cell

c)

to attach to other surfaces in the cell

d)

gives cell its shape

20.

What is plasmid?

a)

gives cell shape

b)

DNA

c)

ribosome clusters

d)

circular loop of DNA

21.

What is the difference between the cell wall and the cell membrane (or plasma membrane)?

a)

Cell membrane is present in all living cells while the cell wall is only present in plant or bacteria cells.

b)

Cell membrane is the living layer while the cell wall is the nonliving layer.

c)

Cell membrane is rigid while the cell wall is flexible.

d)

Cell membrane contains phospholipids and glycoproteins while the cell membrane contains cellulose and peptidoglycan.

22.

Where is the cell membrane found?

a)

all living cells

b)

plant, animal, and protist cells

c)

bacteria cells

d)

only animal and plant cells

23.

Where is the cell wall found?

a)

all living cells

b)

plant, fungi, and bacteria cells

c)

fungi

d)

only plant and animal cells

24.

Eukaryotic cells are found in _____, _______, ________, and _____.

a)

plants, animals, bacteria, protists

b)

plants, animals, bacteria, fungi

c)

animals, bacteria, fungi, protists

d)

plants, animals, protists, fungi

25.

What is the nucleus?

a)

contains instructions for building a cell and controlling its functions

b)

makes ribosomes

c)

makes genetic storage

d)

produces cellular respiration

26.

What does the nucleolus do?

a)

contains the instructions for building a cell and controlling its functions

b)

makes ribosomes

c)

makes genetic storage

d)

produces cellular respiration

27.

What is the mitochondria?

a)

the cell's energy supply

b)

the cell's ribosome supply

c)

the cell's protein supply

d)

the cell's ER supply

28.

Mitochondria uses ______ and _______ in a process called ________ ___________.

a)

oxygen, carbon, cell division

b)

oxygen, glucose, cellular respiration

c)

carbon, glucose, cell theory

d)

carbon, nitrogen, cellular dissertation

29.

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) makes what?

a)

proteins

b)

energy

c)

lipids

d)

vesicles

30.

___ makes exported proteins. ___ makes lipids and is attached to [blank one].

a)

RER, RER

b)

RER, SER

c)

SER, SER

d)

SER, MER

31.

The golgi apparatus packages and exports proteins.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

A _______ is the "package" that can be sent from the golgi apparatus.

a)

protein

b)

ribosome

c)

vesicle

d)

vacuole

33.

Lysosomes contain _________ _______ which break things down.

a)

digestive cells

b)

digestive enzymes

c)

respiratory cells

d)

respiratory enzymes

34.

After a cell is invaded, _________ work to destroy it.

a)

ribosomes

b)

lysosomes

c)

proteins

d)

mitochondrion

35.

Centrioles are found in which type of cell?

a)

animal

b)

plant

c)

protist

d)

bacteria

36.

A vacuole is a storage area for water. Plants have _____. Animals have _____.

a)

large central vacuoles, larger central vacuoles

b)

large central vacuoles, many small vacuoles

37.

What do plants have that no other cells have?

a)

chloroplasts

b)

chlorophyll

c)

vacuoles

d)

vesicles

38.

Chloroplasts do what for the plant cell?

a)

keep water in a small sac

b)

keep sunlight in a small sac

c)

keep oxygen in a small sac

d)

keep nuclei in a small sac

39.

Which correlates with the given statement?


Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA separate from the nucleus.

a)

cell theory

b)

law of cells

c)

endosymbiosis theory

d)

law of endosymbiosis

40.

Which organelle contains its own DNA?

a)

proteins

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosomes

d)

RER