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Intro to Cells & Organelles Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits a living thing inherits and needs to live.

a)

Cell

b)

Stimulus

c)

Homeostasis

d)

DNA

2.
When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
3.
Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
4.
A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.
a)
All living things adapt to their environment
b)
All living things grow
c)
All living things have cells
d)
All living things use energy
5.
The roots of a plant grow towards a source of ground water.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things reproduce
c)
All living things respond to their environment
d)
All living things grow
6.
The basic unit of structure and function in the human body is the....
a)
organ
b)
organ system
c)
cell
d)
tissue
7.

Which statement was NOT included in cell theory?

a)

All living things are composed of cells.

b)

Living cells come only from other living cells.

c)

Each cell contains a cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum.

d)

Cells are the smallest structure of living things that can perform the functions necessary for life.

8.

Who discovered and named cells while looking at cork?

a)

Captain Hook

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Matthais Schleiden

d)

Rudolf Virchow

9.

What was Schleiden convinced of?

a)

All plants are made of cells

b)

All animals are made of cells

c)

All cells are prokaryotic

d)

None of the above

10.

Who noted that all animals are made of cells and helped write the first two parts of cell theory?

a)

Rudolf Virchow

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Theodor Schwann

d)

Robert Hooke

11.

Who discovered that all cells come from other living cells and had research that lead to the last major principle of cell theory?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Theodore Schwann

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Rudolf Virchow

12.

These three scientists together helped come up with the second part of the cell theory (all living things are made of one or more cells). CHOOSE 3 ANSWERS

a)

Schleiden

b)

Leeowenhoek

c)

Hooke

d)

Virchow

e)

Schwann

13.
Which of the following is an example of a prokaryotic cell? 
a)
Virus 
b)
Plant Cell 
c)
Bacteria 
d)
Animal Cell 
14.
Plants and animal cells are examples of ___ cells 
a)
prokaryotic cells 
b)
eukaryotic cells 
15.
Prokaryotic cells do NOT have a nucleus. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
16.

The cell power house where nutrients are digested and energy is created for the cell. It is also responsible for cellular respiration.

a)

lysosome

b)

mitochondria

c)

cytoplasm

d)

ER

17.

Storage where food nutrients and waste are kep

a)

cytoplasm

b)

mitochondria

c)

vacuole

d)

Golgi Body

18.

These connect amino acids to build proteins in the cell. They are needed for cell function

a)

cell membrane

b)

ribosomes

c)

vacuole

d)

golgi Body

19.

Made of cellulose. Unique to plant cells

a)

cell wall

b)

cytoplasm

c)

chloroplast

d)

mitochondria

20.

Produce food by converting light energy into sugar that cells can use. (Plant cells )

a)

cell wall

b)

cytoplasm

c)

chloroplast

d)

mitochondria

21.

If the cell is considered to be EUKARYOTIC, what does that mean about its DNA and nucleus?

a)

It DOES have a NUCLEUS, and the DNA is INSIDE the NUCLEUS

b)

It DOES NOT have a NUCLEUS, and the DNA is free floating in the cytoplasm.

22.

This structure provides protection and structure to ALL plant cells & SOME prokaryotes. Animal cells DO NOT have this.

a)

Plasma Membrane

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Ribosomes

23.

This is what controls what goes into and out of the cell (helps maintain homeostasis). It is made of lipids and ALL CELLS have this.

a)

Plasma Membrane

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Lysosomes

d)

Vacuole

24.

I am an organelle that helps clean up the cell, break down food, break down the cell when it is dead, and is also considered an enzyme.

a)

Nucleolus

b)

Nucleus

c)

Lysosome

d)

Ribososme

25.

Both prokaryotic & eukaryotic cells have all 4 of these!

a)

Cytoplasm, Ribosomes, Mitochondria, Vacuole

b)

DNA, Cytoplasm, Chloroplasts, Plasma Membrane

c)

Ribosomes, DNA, Nucleus, Cytoplasm

d)

Plasma Membrane, Ribosomes, DNA, Cytoplasm

26.

The theory of Endosymbiosis explains

a)

The origin of eukaryotes

b)

How bacteria live

c)

How species develop

d)

Why cells rely on one another

27.

____________ & _________________ are organelles that definitely arose from endosymbiosis.

a)

Nucleus and cell membrane

b)

Chloroplast and mitochondria

c)

Mitochondria and nucleus

d)

Cell wall and chloroplast

28.

Which of the following is evidence to support the endosymbiotic theory?

a)

Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA, which is similar to prokaryotic DNA.

b)

Fossil evidence shows that the first forms of life were prokaryotic cells.

c)

All eukaryotic cells have a double-layered membrane composed of phosplipids and proteins.

d)

Prokaryotes have the same number and types of enzymes as eukaryotes.

29.

Mitochondria , chloroplast , and bacteria are similar in size.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

Eukaryotes are thought to have evolved by a prokaryote engulfing one heterotrophic bacteria and one photosynthetic bacteria.

a)

false

b)

true

31.

A few days after fertilization, cells in the embryo begin to turn on and off particular genes in order to become particular cell types. This process is called...

a)

Differentiation / Specialization

b)

Homeostasis

c)

The cell cycle

d)

Mitosis

32.

Why are your muscle cells different from your nerve cells?

a)

muscle and nerve cells have different DNA, different genes

b)

muscle and nerve cells have the same DNA (same genes) but different genes are turned on

c)

muscle and nerve cells began with the same DNA (same genes) but some different genes were destroyed by each cell type

d)

muscle cells are not different from nerve cells, they are the same