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The cell

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an organ?

a)

Groups of similar types of cells that work together to carry out a specific task

b)

Groups of different tissues working together to perform a particular job

c)

Groups of different organs working together to complete a series of tasks

d)

The smallest unit of life

2.

What is a tissue?

a)

Groups of similar types of cells that work together to carry out a specific task

b)

Groups of different tissues working together to perform a particular job

c)

Groups of different organs working together to complete a series of tasks

d)

The smallest unit of life

3.

What is an organ system?

a)

Groups of similar types of cells that work together to carry out a specific task

b)

Groups of different tissues working together to perform a particular job

c)

Groups of different organs working together to complete a series of tasks

d)

The smallest unit of life

4.

What is a cell?

a)

Groups of similar types of cells that work together to carry out a specific task

b)

Groups of different tissues working together to perform a particular job

c)

Groups of different organs working together to complete a series of tasks

d)

The smallest unit of life

5.

What is an organism?

a)

Groups of similar types of cells that work together to carry out a specific task

b)

Things that have all the characteristics of life

c)

Groups of different organs working together to complete a series of tasks

d)

The smallest unit of life

6.

What two ways are eukaryotic cells different from prokaryotic cells?

a)

Eukaryotic cells are more complex.

b)

Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus.

c)

DNA floats in eukaryotic cells

d)

Most eukaryotic cells are in single celled organisms

7.
What tool do you use to view the cells?
a)
metric ruler
b)
centrifuge
c)
microscope
d)
telescope
8.
All living things are made up of...
a)
cells
b)
cell tissues
c)
organ
d)
organ systems
9.
An organism made of one cell is called
a)
unicellular organism
b)
multicellular organism
10.
Which of the following scientists was the first to observe bacteria under a microscope?
a)
Anton van Leuwenhoek
b)
Matthais Schleiden
c)
Robert Hooke
d)
Theodor Schwann
11.
a rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms
a)
cell membrane
b)
cell wall
c)
 nucleus
d)
cytoplasm
12.
In cells a large oval organelle that contains the cells genetic material in the form of DNA and controls many of the cells activities
a)
organelle
b)
ribosome
c)
cell wall
d)
nucleus
13.
the thick fluid region of a cell located inside the cell membrane or between the cell membrane and nucleus
a)
cytoplasm
b)
cell wall
c)
organelle
d)
golgi apparatus
14.
a sac like organelle that stores water, food, and other matter
a)
vacuole
b)
lysosome
c)
cytoplasm
d)
cell wall
15.
an organelle in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and changes it to an energy from that cells can use in making food
a)
vacuole
b)
chloroplasts
c)
cytoplasm
d)
mitochondria
16.
What is found in both plant and animal cells but is much larger in plant cells?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Mitochondrion
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Vacuole
17.
Directs all cell activities through the DNA located there.
a)
Lysosomes
b)
Nucleus
c)
ribosomes
d)
Mitochondria
18.
Which organelle is only found in a plant cell? 
a)
nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
mitochondria
d)
cell membrane
19.

This is the powerhouse of a cell

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Rough ER

c)

Ribosome

d)

Mitochondria

20.
This is the outside wall of an animal cell
a)
Smooth ER
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Cell Membrane
d)
Cytoplasm