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Life is Cellular

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who used a compound microscope to see chambers within cork and named them “cells”?

a)

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Mattias Schlieden

d)

Rudolf Virchow

2.

What advance in technology made the discovery of cells possible?

a)

The centrifuge

b)

The particle accelerator

c)

The ultraviolet light

d)

The microscope

3.

Which of the following is NOT a principle of the cell theory?

a)

Cells are the basic unit of life.

b)

All living things are made of cells.

c)

Very few cells are able to reproduce.

d)

All cells are produced from existing cells.

4.

Which of these is NOT true of cells?

a)

They are much like empty rooms.

b)

They were first discovered in the 1600’s.

c)

They can be found in pond water.

d)

They contain a huge array of working parts.

5.

Which type of microscope can produce three-dimensional images of a cell’s surface?

a)

Transmission electron microscopes

b)

Scanning electron microscope

c)

Simple light microscope

d)

Compound light microscope

6.

Looking under a microscope, you notice that the cell is a prokaryote.  How do you know?

a)

The cell lacks cytoplasm.

b)

The cell lacks a cell membrane.

c)

The cell lacks a nucleus.

d)

The cell lacks genetic material.

7.

Which of the following organisms are prokaryotes?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Bacteria

d)

Fungi

8.

Which of the following enclose their DNA in a nucleus?

a)

Prokaryotes

b)

Bacteria

c)

Eukaryotes

d)

Viruses

9.

Not all cells are alike.  Which of the following is NOT a true statement about differences between cells?

a)

Cells come in many different shapes.

b)

Different kinds of cells are different sizes.

c)

Some cells have a nucleus, but others do not.

d)

Most cells have a membrane, but some do not.

10.

In the picture, which of the following conclusions could you draw about the cell?

a)

The cell is eukaryotic because it has a nucleus.

b)

The cell is prokaryotic because it has a nucleus.

c)

The cell is eukaryotic because it does not have a nucleus.

d)

The cell is prokaryotic because it does not have a nucleus.