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Cell Theory

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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
2.
What tool do you use to view the cells?
a)
metric ruler
b)
centrifuge
c)
microscope
d)
telescope
3.
All living things are made up of...
a)
cells
b)
cell tissues
c)
organ
d)
organ systems
4.
All cells come from___________ cells.
a)
pregnant
b)
pre-existing
c)
paternal
d)
pin size
5.

Prokaryotic Cells

a)

Are bigger and have a nucleus

b)

Are Smaller and have a nucleus

c)

Are Big and do not have a nucleus

d)

Are small and do not have a nucleus

6.

Eukaryotic Cells

a)

Are bigger and have a nucleus

b)

Are Smaller and have a nucleus

c)

Are Big and do not have a nucleus

d)

Are small and have a nucleus

7.

Cells in multicellular organisms duplicate and divide through a process called

a)

Asexual Reproduction

b)

Mitosis

8.

Cells in single-celled organisms duplicate and divide through a process called

a)

Asexual Reproduction

b)

Mitosis

9.

True or False: In asexual reproduction, the newly created cell can survive on its own

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is a cell classified as?

a)
a basic unit of structure and function of all living organisms
b)
a unit based on only plants and animals that are living
11.
All organisms are made of:
a)

organs

b)

organ systems

c)

tissues

d)
cells
12.
Who looked at cork and named the cell?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Robert Brown
d)
Francesco Redi
13.

All cells -----

a)

come from other dead cells

b)

come from other living cells

c)

crystallize out of the air

14.

In Mitosis, the newly created cell....

a)

can go off and survive on its own

b)

is just another cell in the organism (cannot live on own)

15.
Which scientist did NOT contribute to the cell theory?
a)

Rudolph Virchow

b)

Theodor Schwann

c)
Albert Einstein 
d)

Matthias Schleiden
16.
Cells are often called "the ____ of life."
a)
bread
b)
road map
c)

basic unit

d)
meaning
17.
A plant and an animal are both living things. According to the Cell Theory, what can you conclude about these two very different organisms?
a)
Plants have cells but animals do not.
b)
They are both made of one or more cells. 
c)
They both come from a non-living organism.
18.

  There are three parts to the cell theory. Which is NOT one of those parts?

a)

All organisms are have one or more cells.

b)

The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms.

c)

Cells come from spontaneously generation or appear out of nowhere

d)

All cells come from pre-existing cells.

19.

    Who named the cell?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Robert Redford

c)

Robert Smith

d)

Robert DeNiro

20.

What is NOT part of the modern cell theory?

a)

all cells contain a nucleus 

b)

All 8 characteristics of life happen inside a cell (organelles)

c)

Genetic hereditary information (DNA) is passed from one cell to another upon division

d)

All cells have the same basic composition (a cell membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes, etc).

21.

Choose the correct order of biological complexity from simplest to most complex

a)

Cells, organs, tissues, molecules, organ systems

b)

cells, tissues, organ systems, multi-celled organism, organs

c)

multi-celled organism, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells

d)

cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, multi-celled organism.

22.

Similar cells make ....

a)

organs

b)

tissues

c)

organ systems

d)

molecules

23.

Different tissues working together make ....

a)

organs

b)

tissues

c)

organ systems

d)

molecules

24.

Organs are humans; ____ are to cells

a)

tissues

b)

organelles

c)

organs

d)

atoms

25.

The smallest unit of life is

a)

atoms

b)

organs

c)

cells

d)

organelles