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Cells

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is considered as the basic unit of life?

a)

cells

b)

atoms

2.

Robert Hooke, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schliden were responsible for what theory?

a)

Theory of gravity

b)

Theory of Relativity

c)

Cell Theory

d)

The Theory of Continental Drift

3.

What is NOT part of the cell theory?

a)

all cells come from existing cells

b)

all living things are made of cells

c)

all cells have a nucleus

d)

Cells are the basic unit and structure of all living things

4.

Robert Hooke, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schliden were responsible for what theory?

a)

Theory of gravity

b)

Theory of Relativity

c)

Cell Theory

d)

The Theory of Continental Drift

5.

An amoeba is a unicellular, animal-like protist that lives in ponds and streams. According to the cell theory, where did this cell come from?

a)

another pre-existing amoeba cell

b)

energy from the sun allowed the protist to reproduce

c)

a multicellular organism

d)

the nonliving environment

6.

What tool is used to magnify and look at cells?

a)

metric ruler

b)

centrifuge

c)

microscope

d)

telescope

7.

All living things are made up of.......

a)

cells

b)

cell tissues

c)

organs

d)

organ systems

8.

What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things?

a)

atom

b)

cell

c)

molecule

d)

human

9.

How are unicellular organisms different from multicellular organisms?

a)

There are no differences

b)

Unicellular organisms are made of many cells

c)

Unicellular organisms are only classified as prokaryotes

d)

Unicellular organisms are made of only 1 cell

10.

Which organelle is the control center of the cell? It directs the cell and the activities of the cell.

a)

cytoplasm

b)

cell wall

c)

nucleus

d)

mitochondria

11.

Which organelle is bean-like and releases energy that has been stored in sugars to carry out the cell's activities?

a)

cell membrane

b)

mitochondria

c)

lysosomes

d)

cell wall

12.

Which organelle is found only in plants and is responsible for making the plant food through photosynthesis?

a)

cell wall

b)

Mitochondria

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleus

13.

Which organelle is responsible for storing a cells food, waste and water?

a)

vacuole

b)

cytoplasm

c)

mitochondria

d)

lysosomes

14.

Which organelle is responsible for breaking down worn out cells or worn out cell parts?

a)

cell wall

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

golgi bodies

d)

lysosomes

15.

Which organelle is the jelly like substance that holds the parts of the cell organelles?

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

cytoplasm

d)

lysosomes

16.

Which organelle is responsible for holding the cells material and controlling what goes in and out of the cell?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

cell membrane

c)

cell wall

d)

lysosomes

17.

What is found only in plant cells, protects the cell, and gives it shape?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

cytoplasm

d)

lysosomes

18.

Which organelle is the "power house" of the cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

golgi apparatus

c)

protein

d)

mitochondria

19.

Which of these organelles is NOT found in an ANIMAL cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cell wall

d)

cell membrane

20.

Where is DNA stored in the cell?

a)

mitochondria

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosomes

d)

vacuole

21.

Which organelle is the "brains" of the cell?

a)

mitochondria

b)

nucleus

c)

protein

d)

cytoplasm

22.

Bacteria is what kind of cell?

a)

eukaryotic

b)

prokaryotic