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Microscopy I

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered tiny compartments in a thin slice of cork using a microscope?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Rudolf Virchow

d)

Johannes Kepler

2.

Which organelle is described as the "powerhouse of the cell"?

a)

Ribosome

b)

Endoplasmic reticulum

c)

Golgi apparatus

d)

Mitochondria

3.

Who discovered the nucleus as a constant component of the cell?

a)

Hermann von Helmholtz

b)

Rudolf Virchow

c)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

d)

Robert Browne

4.

After a series of observations, who concluded that plants and animals are made up of cells?

a)

Hugo von Mohl and Felix Dujardin

b)

Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schielden

c)

Walter Flemming and Pierre Joseph van Beneden

d)

Camillo Golgi and Albert Von Kölliker

5.

Which organelle is capable of trapping energy from the sun?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Nucleus

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Ribosome

6.

Which organelle serves as storage tanks for food, water, or wastes in a cell?

a)

Ribosome

b)

Vacuole

c)

Lysosome

d)

Mitochondria

7.

Which organelle breaks down cellular wastes and debris in a cell?

a)

Ribosome

b)

Vacuole

c)

Lysosome

d)

Golgi apparatus

8.

Which organelle is known as the control center of the cell?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Nucleolus

c)

Ribosome

d)

Nucleus

9.

Which organelle is known as the protein factory of the cell?

a)

Golgi apparatus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Endoplasmic reticulum

d)

Peroxisome

10.

Which structure stores the genes that determine hereditary information?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosome

c)

Chromosome

d)

Mitochondria

11.

Which part of the cell regulates the entry and exit of materials?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Cell Membrane

12.

Which part of the microscope gathers light and enlarges the image of the specimen?

a)

Objective lens

b)

Eyepiece (ocular lens)

c)

Condenser

d)

Illuminator

13.

Who discovered the organelle known as the Golgi apparatus?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Zacharias Janssen

d)

Camillo Golgi

14.

Which part of the microscope supports the entire weight of the instrument?

a)

Base

b)

Arm

c)

Stage

d)

Eyepiece

15.

Which part of the plant cell contains the photosynthetic pigment?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Vacuole

d)

Nucleus

16.

What is the purpose of the condenser in a microscope?

a)

To magnify the image of the specimen

b)

To focus light onto the specimen

c)

To hold the slides in place

d)

To provide illumination

17.

Which part of the microscope is adjusted to change the level of magnification?

a)

Coarse focus knob

b)

Fine focus knob

c)

Objective lens

d)

Eyepiece

18.

What is the primary function of the diaphragm in a microscope?

a)

To adjust the magnification

b)

To control the amount of light reaching the specimen

c)

To support the microscope

d)

To focus the image

19.

In a microscope, what does the term "resolution" refer to?

a)

The total magnification power

b)

The clarity and detail of the image

c)

The brightness of the light

d)

The color of the specimen

20.

Which component of the microscope is primarily responsible for holding the slides in place?

a)

Stage clips

b)

Base

c)

Arm

d)

Revolving nosepiece