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General Biology September Monthly Assessment

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Which of the following is not a living thing?

a)

dog

b)

yeast

c)

cockroach

d)

battery

2.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Which of the following is not a need of living things?

a)

food

b)

clothing

c)

living space

d)

water

3.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Based on the characteristics of living things, which of following does not belong to the group?

a)

cow

b)

lizard

c)

starfish

d)

bird

4.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Which device is used in studying the cell?

a)

microscope

b)

magnifying glass

c)

eye glasses

d)

lazer

5.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Which of the following was used by the Hooke as he first saw the cells?

a)

simple microscope

b)

compound microscope

c)

electron microscope

d)

magnifying lens

6.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Which is common to all living things?

a)

ability to run

b)

composed of many cells

c)

reproduce sexually

d)

gather and use energy

7.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Which of the following cell structures does not have an envelope?

a)

lysosome

b)

nucleus

c)

mitochondria

d)

chloroplast

8.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


What are centrioles involved in?

a)

intracellular digestion

b)

ribosome formation

c)

cell division

d)

lysosome formation

9.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Which of the following is concerned with the synthesis and transport of lipids and steroids in the cell?

a)

rough ER

b)

smooth ER

c)

vesicles

d)

Golgi bodies

10.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Which of the following is concerned with transporting materials in the cell?

a)

rough ER

b)

smooth ER

c)

vesicles

d)

Golgi bodies

11.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


What is the name of the jelly-like substance that is inside the cell?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

cell membrane

c)

cytosol

d)

nucleoplasm

12.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


What cell feature is responsible for powering the cell?

a)

endoplasmic reticulum

b)

Golgi bodies

c)

mitochondria

d)

nucleus

13.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Which cell feature packages and moves things around the cell?

a)

endoplasmic reticulum

b)

Golgi bodies

c)

mitochondria

d)

ribosomes

14.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


What cell feature contains digestive enzymes which breaks things down?

a)

chloroplasts

b)

Golgi bodies

c)

lysosomes

d)

ribosomes

15.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Aside from the nucleus, what other organelle/s contain DNA?

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplast

c)

both organelles

d)

none of the choices is correct

16.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


The liver is involved in detoxification of many poisons and drugs. Which of the following structures is primarily involved in this process and therefore abundant in liver cells?

a)

rough ER

b)

smooth ER

c)

Golgi bodies

d)

Nuclear envelope

17.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


If the nucleolus of a cell were destroyed, what effect would this most likely have on the cell?

a)

It would stimulate mitotic division.

b)

The cell would be unable to synthesize proteins.

c)

Development of abnormal hereditary features would occur in the cell.

d)

Increase protein absorption would occur through the cell membrane.

18.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


The volume enclosed by the plasma membrane of plant cells is often much larger than the corresponding volume in animal cells.

Which is the most reasonable explanation for this observation?

a)

plant cells are capable of having a much higher surface-to-volume ratio than animal cells

b)

plant cells contain a large vacuole that increases the volume of the cytoplasm

c)

animal cells are more spherical, while plant cells are elongated

d)

the basic functions of plant cells are very different from those of animal cells

19.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


Tay-Sachs disease is a human genetic abnormality that results in cells accumulating and becoming clogged with very large and complex lipids. Which cellular organelle must be involved in this condition?

a)

endoplasmic reticulum

b)

lysosome

c)

mitochondria

d)

membrane-bound ribosomes

20.

Instruction: Tick the item that corresponds to the correct answer.


A biologist ground up some plant leaf cells and then centrifuged the mixture to fractionate the organelles. Organelles in one of the heavier fractions could produce ATP in the light, while organelles in the lighter fraction could produce ATP in the dark. Respectively, what does the heavier and lighter fractions most likely contain?

a)

mitochondria and chloroplasts

b)

chloroplasts and peroxisomes

c)

peroxisomes and chloroplasts.

d)

chloroplasts and mitochondria

21.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


All living things are composed of cells.

(a)  

22.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things.

(a)  

23.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


New cells are produced from existing cells.

(a)  

24.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


Anton van Leeuwenhoek used a cork when he discovered the cell.

(a)  

25.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


In 1838 Matthias Schleiden proposed that every structural element of animals is composed of cells.

(a)  

26.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


In the classic cell theory there are four principles about the cells.

(a)  

27.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


Upon using pond water, Leeuwenhoek discovered single-celled organisms and called them “ protozoans ”.

(a)  

28.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


The cells are named based on the monastery rooms.

(a)  

29.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


Without the invention of microscope, then cells would have not been discovered.

(a)  

30.

Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, write the word/s that would make the statement correct.


All living things have cells, and all these cells are not completely similar.

(a)