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Cell Organelles and Cell Theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is credited with coming up with the first compound microscope?

a)

Zacharias Janssen

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Matthias Schleiden

2.

What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover by looking at dental scrapings?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Viruses

c)

Fungi

d)

Protozoa

3.

Who coined the term 'the cell' while looking at a piece of cork under a microscope?

a)

Zacharias Janssen

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Matthias Schleiden

4.

What did Matthias Schleiden realize after studying different plant species?

a)

All plants are made of cells

b)

All plants have chloroplasts

c)

All plants have a nucleus

d)

All plants have cell walls

5.

What did Theodor Schwann conclude after studying animal cells?

a)

All animals are made of cells

b)

All animals have mitochondria

c)

All animals have a nucleus

d)

All animals have cell membranes

6.

Who provided research showing that cells come from preexisting cells?

a)

Rudolph Virchow

b)

Robert Remak

c)

Zacharias Janssen

d)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

7.

The invention of the ___ made it possible for scientist to view and study the cell.

a)

blow horn

b)

microscope

c)

slides

d)

telescope

8.

Which group of cells have a nucleus, are all unicellular or multicellular, have double stranded DNA, and can be found in animals, plants, & fungi?

a)

Prokaryotic Cells

b)

Eukaryotic Cells

c)

Both

d)

Neither

9.

Which group of cells have NO nucleus, are all unicellular, have single strand DNA, and can be found in bacteria?

a)

Prokaryotic Cells

b)

Eukaryotic Cells

c)

Both

d)

Neither

10.

Choose the 3 answer choices that are part of the cell theory.

a)

All living things are made of one or more cells.

b)

Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things.

c)

All cells come from other cells.

d)

Only bacteria is made of cells

11.
Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schliden were all responsible for what theory?
a)
The Theory of Gravity
b)
The Theory of Relativity
c)
The Cell Theory
d)
The Theory of Continental Drift
12.

What is the function of the cell membrane?

a)

To control what comes in and out of the cell

b)

To break down food inside the cell

c)

to serve as a barrier

d)

to eat the cells food

13.

What are the function and fun way of remembering what the cell wall does

a)

Rigid outer layer of a plant cell

b)

"Im a brick wall"

c)

Rigid outer layer of an animal cell

d)

" Im a clay wall"

14.

Which organelle produces the energy a cell needs to carry out its function

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Golgi Bodies

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Nucleus

15.

What is the function of the Vacuoles

a)

Store food, water and waste

b)

Receive proteins

c)

Assembles amino acids

d)

Found inside the nucleus

16.

The control center of cell is

a)

the nucleus

b)

ribosomes

c)

chromatin

17.
Every living organism is made up of one or more cells
a)
True
b)
False
18.
A cell is...
a)
the basic unit of structure and function in living organism
b)
an organism
c)
a basic part of everything that we see
d)
found only in animals, not plants
19.
Which of the following are NOT found in animal cells
a)
chloroplasts and cytoplasm
b)
chloroplasts and cell wall
c)
cell wall and cell membrane
d)
mitochondria and nucleus
20.

Which organelle takes in "sun showers" and helps plants with the process or photosynthesis?

a)

Vacuole

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Chloroplast