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Cell Discovery and Theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which phrase best describes the function of mitochondria?

a)

Located in the cytoplasm

b)

Bacteria-sized organelle

c)

Converts energy for cell use

d)

Contains a folded inner membrane

2.

Which cell organelle stores DNA?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Cell membrane

c)

Vacuole

d)

Nucleus

3.

What is a cell?

a)

A room

b)

The smallest unit that can perform all life processes

c)

Something that is abiotic

d)

What happens during photosynthesis

4.

Which one of these people discovered cells?

a)

George Washington

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Captain Hook

d)

Robert Redford

5.

What are the smallest units that make up your body?

a)

tissue

b)

cell

c)

organ

d)

organ system

6.

which scientist Observes cork and names the tiny chambers that he sees cells

a)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Matthias Schleiden

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Theodor Schwann

7.

The cell theory states that

a)

All living organisms are composed of one or more cells

b)

Cells are the basics unit of structure and organization of all living organisms.

c)

Cells arise only from previously existing cells. (Cells passing copies of their genetic material on to other daughter cells)

d)

all of the above

8.
when was the first basic microscope created.
a)
1838
b)
1600
c)
1940
d)
1665
9.
A prokaryotic cell is more complex than a eukaryotic cell
a)
True
b)
False
10.
who created the first microscope?
a)
Anton van leeuwenh
b)
Robert hooke
c)
theodor schwann
d)
rudolf virchow
11.

What is a cell?

a)

A room

b)

The smallest unit that can perform all life processes

c)

Something that is abiotic

d)

What happens during photosynthesis

12.

What invention made the discovery of cells possible?

a)

The lightbulb

b)

The phonograph

c)

The kinetoscope

d)

The microscope

13.
Light microscopes
a)
Are generally not used to view bacteria
b)
Work by reflecting electrons off the surface of an object being studied
c)
Typically provide more resolution than an electron microscope
d)
Use light and glass lenses to magnify an image
14.

What scientific tool that allowed scientists to discover a cell?

a)

Electronic Scale

b)
Telescope
c)
Petri dish
d)
Microscope
15.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three parts of Cell Theory?
a)
All living things are made of cells.
b)
The cell is the smallest living thing that can perform all the functions of life.
c)
Cells are too small to see without a microscope.  
d)
All cells must come from pre-existing cells.
16.

Instead of light, a Transmission electron microscope and Scanning electron microscope utilize ____________ to create an image.

a)

a colored pencil

b)

neutrons

c)

protons

d)

electrons

17.
what does TEM stand for?
a)
transmitting element microscope
b)
Tiny elephant magnifier
c)
transmission electron magnifier
d)
Triple electron magnifier
18.
A prokaryotic cell is more complex than a eukaryotic cell
a)
True
b)
False
19.
What type of cell has a nucleus? 
a)

Eukaryotic Cell

b)

Prokaryotic Cell

c)

Virus

20.

You are sing a microscope that requires light to pass through the specimen in order to observe it. What type of microscope are you using?

a)

transmission electron microscope

b)

compound light microscope

c)

scanning electron microscope

d)

refracting telescope