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Prokaryotes and Endosymbiotic Theory

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 

Is an animal a prokaryote or eukaryote?

a)

Prokrayote

b)

Eukaryote

2.

Is a bacterium (plural: bacteria) a prokaryote or eukaryote?

a)

Eukaryote

b)

Prokaryote

3.

Prokaryotes have a nucleus.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which of the following would be found in all types of cells?

a)

nucleus

b)

cell wall

c)

cell membrane

d)

mitochondria

5.

Which organelle cannot be found in all eukaryotic cells?

a)

nucleus

b)

chloroplasts

c)

ribosomes

d)

mitochondria

6.

Which organelle converts energy found in food into a form that cells can use?

a)

nucleus

b)

ribosomes

c)

mitochondria

d)

golgi

7.

Which of the following provide evidence for the hypothesis that prokaryotes evolved before eukaryotes.

a)

prokaryotes are more complex

b)

eukaryotes are multicellular which makes them simpler

c)

prokaryotes have no nucleus and fewer genes

d)

prokaryotes grow into eukaryotes

8.

Where is the DNA found in a prokaryotic cell?

a)

in the ribosomes

b)

floating around in the cytoplasm 

c)

attached to the cell membrane

d)

in the nucleus

9.

Which cell type has ribosomes?

a)

eukaryotes

b)

prokaryotes

c)

both

d)

none

10.

 

Endosymbiosis means.....

a)

entering together

b)

joining together

c)

living inside the other

d)

living together

11.

______ and ________ are organelles that arose from the endosymbiotic theory

a)

flagellum and chloroplast

b)

mitochondria and chloroplasts

c)

Smooth and Rough ER

d)

mitochrondria and cell wall

12.

The Theory of Endosymbiosis explains:

a)

how bacteria live

b)

the origin of Eukaryotes

c)

Why cells rely on one another

d)

how species develop