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Cells, the building blocks of life

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

For an Organism to contain a tissue, which needs to be true?

a)

The organism needs to be small.

b)

The organism needs to be moving.

c)

The organism needs to have more than one cell.

d)

The organism needs to be large.

2.

Why do animals not have chloroplasts?

a)

Animals do not make their own food.

b)

Animals are too large.

c)

Animals reproduce without the use of chloroplasts

d)

Animals are too fast.

3.

Cells are the building blocks of life. Which sentence supports this statement the best?

a)

Cells are extremely large.

b)

You need a microscope to see cells.

c)

Cells come in different shapes, but like LEGOS, they fit together perfectly.

d)

All living thins are made of cells.

4.

Plant cells have _______ which animal cells do not have.

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

A Nucleus

c)

A cell wall

d)

a cell membrane

5.

________ is a part of a plant cell but not part of an animal cell.

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

The nucleus

c)

The cell membrane

d)

A chloroplast

6.

What does a group of organs working together form?

a)

Mr. Scurlock

b)

a system

c)

Tissue

d)

an organism

7.

What is the difference between unicellular and multicellular organisms?

a)

The number of cells they have.

b)

The size of their cells.

c)

Unicellular organisms do not have a nucleus.

d)

One has cells with a cell wall and the other has a cell membrane.

8.

What is the main job of a plant's cell wall?

a)

to gather the sun's energy.

b)

to support & protect the cell.

c)

to help collect food for the cell.

d)

to help the cell grow larger.

9.

What is the main job of the cytoplasm in a cell?

a)

to feed the cell

b)

to help the cell grow

c)

to help the cell move

d)

to hold all the parts in place

10.

The cell membrane separates the cell from everything outside the cell. It guards everything that comes in and out of the cell. What is the main job of the cell membrane?

a)

to move the cell

b)

to feed the cell

c)

to protect the inside of the cell

d)

to help the cell grow

11.

Which structures do both animal and plant cells contain?

a)

a cell wall and a chloroplast

b)

a cell wall and a cell membrane

c)

a nucleus and a cell membrane

d)

a nucleus and a chloroplast

12.

Chloroplasts, found only in plant cells, catch the sun's energy for the plant. Why is it important for a plant to capture the sun's energy?

a)

to grow more roots.

b)

to make it's own food

c)

to reproduce

d)

to get water