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Unit 1 Test

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are characteristics of living things?

a)

Take in and use water; reproduce; share similar chemicals

b)

Share similar chemicals; made of cells; breathe air

c)

Reproduce; made of cells; exhale carbon dioxide

d)

Made of cells; reproduce; grow and develop

2.

I am a semi-permeable membrane, just like a cell's skin. I decide what goes out as well as what comes in.

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

cytoplasm

d)

endoplasmic reticulum

3.

Why do our muscles need lots of mitochondria within their cells?

a)

because muscles do a lot of work and the mitochondria give them extra energy to perform

b)

because muscles need strength and the mitochondria give them sugar they need to get strong

c)

because muscles need to remove lots of waste and mitochondria help get rid of digested material

d)

because muscles are red and mitochondria are red too

4.

Which is NOT one of the four needs of living things?

a)

oxygen

b)

shelter

c)

water

d)

food

5.

I am made by the nucleolus, creating proteins as building blocks. I can be free or go on the ER, I'm an organelle that rocks!

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

6.

The cell membrane is considered "selectively permeable" because it...

a)

is picky about what goes into and out of the cell

b)

allows anything through that want to enter or exit

c)

cannot control what wants to enter or exit

d)

is choosy about what enters, but does not care what exits

7.

During photosynthesis, plants make a sugar called

a)

sucrose

b)

glucose

c)

dextrose

d)

sucralose

8.

I am like a water tower, fluid filled, collecting waste. I hold materials for the cell so nothing gets displaced.

a)

vacuole

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosomes

d)

lysosome

9.

Living things can reproduce either _____ or ______.

a)

sexually or unsexually

b)

asexually or unsexually

c)

sexually or dissexually

d)

sexually or asexually

10.

I make glucose, a sugar, and I'm found in plants like trees. I'm green and I'm sly, using the sun's energy.

a)

nucleus

b)

ribosome

c)

chloroplast

d)

vacuole

11.

In a marine ecosystem, how might an aquatic plant and a shrimp coexist? The shrimp provides ___ for the plant, while the plant provides ___ for the shrimp.

a)

oxygen; carbon dioxide

b)

sugar; sunlight

c)

sugar; water

d)

carbon dioxide; oxygen

12.

A unicellular organism is a living thing made of

a)

one organelle

b)

one cell

c)

more than one organelle

d)

more than one cell

13.

Which of the following places the levels of organization of a multicellular organism in the correct order?

a)

cell-organ-organ system-organism-tissue

b)

cell-tissue-organ-organ system-organism

c)

tissue-cell-organ-organ system-organism

d)

organism-cell-tissue-organ-organ system

14.

Why do grocery stores mist their vegetables with water?

a)

so the vegetables wilt and look old and bruised

b)

so the vegetables stay fresh and crisp

c)

so the vegetables won't lose their color

d)

so the vegetables mold faster

15.

Identify the response in this scenario: you touch your hand to a hot stove and quickly remove it because it burns.

a)

the stove

b)

the burn

c)

removing your hand

d)

touching the stove

16.

Which of the following statements is not part of the cell theory?

a)

cells are the basic unit of structure and function of living things

b)

all cells are produced from other cells

c)

there are two types of cells: animal and plant cells

d)

all living things are composed of cells

17.

What three things do plant cells have that animal cells do not?

a)

cell membrane, chloroplast, small vacuole

b)

round shape, hard outer covering, large vacuole

c)

cell wall, small vacuole, chloroplast

d)

cell wall, large vacuole, chloroplast

18.

The structures that are located inside the cell are called

a)

tissues

b)

organelles

c)

systems

d)

organisms

19.

A prokaryotic cell is one that ____ while a eukaryotic cell is one that ____.

a)

has DNA; does not have DNA

b)

does not have DNA; has DNA

c)

does not have a nucleus; has a nucleus

d)

has a nucleus; does not have a nucleus

20.

The equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration are ___ one another. They are tangled in a never-ending cycle and need each other to continue.

a)

equal to

b)

similar to

c)

sideways of

d)

backwards or opposite of

21.

The clear, thick jelly like substance that fills the inside of a cell is the

a)

cytoplasm

b)

chlorophyll

c)

vacuole

d)

mitochondria

22.

I am the powerhouse of the cell, and I make energy. I break down food to release ATP.

a)

chromosomes

b)

mitochondria

c)

lysosome

d)

nucleus

23.

I am rigid and stiff and I keep the cell strong and protected. I'm found only in plants, and I've been there all along.

a)

nucleus

b)

cell membrane

c)

chloroplast

d)

cell wall

24.

I'm the boss of the cell telling others what to do. I control the cell's activities, which in turn, is controlling you.

a)

nucleus

b)

ribosome

c)

chloroplast

d)

vacuole