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the fundamental unit of life

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I provide plant cells their rigid shape. I am the...

a)

Basketball that Nic Quarne left in Mr. Woller's room last week

b)

Cytoskeleton

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Cell Wall

2.
What does "bilayer" mean?
a)
one layer
b)
two layers
c)
laminated
d)
bilateral
3.
Most of the cell membrane is made of...
a)
Lipids
b)
Carbohydrates
c)
Proteins
d)
Nucleic acids
4.
What is another term for "selectively permeable"?
a)
porous
b)
completely permeable
c)
permanent
d)
semipermeable
5.

Which of the following statement is not true for plant cells?

a)

Single large vacuole

b)

Nucleus is shifted to one side

c)

Do not divide

d)

Have cell wall

6.

When we sprinkle salt on salad, water comes out because of

a)

endosmosis

b)

Exosmosis

c)

Diffusion

d)

None of the above

7.

The two organelles which have their own DNA are

a)

Ribosomes and Golgi bodies

b)

Chloroplasts and lysosomes

c)

Chloroplasts and mitochondria

d)

Mitochondria and vacuoles

8.

which of the following is present in lysosomes

a)

digestive enzyme

b)

protein

c)

sugars

d)

DNA

9.

The Powerhouse of cell is

a)

cytoplasm

b)

nucleus

c)

chloroplast

d)

mitochondria

10.

The colour of flowers and fruits is due to

a)

Chromoplasts

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Leucoplasts

d)

None of the above

11.

A prokaryotic cell has

a)

Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm

b)

Nucleus, mitochondria, cell membrane

c)

Nucleoid, cell membrane, ribosomes

d)

Nucleoid, cell wall, mitochondria

12.

Which of the following is only present in plant cell?

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Cell wall

c)

ribosomes

d)

Lysosomes

13.

The longest cell in human body is

a)

Red blood cell

b)

Nerve cell

c)

Muscle cell

d)

Fat cell

14.

Which type of biological macromolecule is the main component of the plasma membrane?

a)

carbohydrate

b)

lipid

c)

protein

d)

nucleic acid

15.

Rudolph Virchow said that

a)

All organisms are made of cells

b)

Cell is the basic unit of life

c)

New cells come from pre-existing cells

d)

None of the above

16.

Define plasma membrane

a)

lipid that helps minimize effects of temperature

b)

only on the outer surface of the plasma membrane and are attached to proteins or lipids; form distinctive cellular markers

c)

flexible boundary of a cell that separates a cell from its surroundings

d)

may extend partway into the plasma membrane, cross the membrane entirely, or be loosely attached to its inside or outside face

17.

The cell membrane is mostly made of what?

a)

Membrane-spanning Proteins

b)

Surface Proteins

c)

Phospholipids

d)

Carbohydrates

18.

The term protoplasm was coined by

a)

Robert Brown

b)

M J Schleiden

c)

Theodore Schwann

d)

Purkinje

19.

The cell membrane is _______________ permeable.

a)

selectively

b)

somewhat

c)

physically

d)

ionically

20.

First living cell was observed by

a)

Antoin von Leeuwenhoek

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Rudolph Virchow

d)

Robert Brown