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Biology Unit 2 Overall Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
All living organisms are made up of ____.
a)
Cells
b)
Bacteria
c)
Organs
d)
Tissue
2.

Which of the following is a term used to describe all the chemical reactions that take place in a living thing?

a)
respiration
b)
mutations
c)
homeostasis
d)
metabolism
3.

A plant growing towards a light source is an example of which of the following?

a)

attracting a mate

b)

destroying infectious germs

c)

responding to a stimuli

d)

obtaining moisture from the air

4.
Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why your legs and arms get longer and stronger as you get older? 
a)
living things respond to their environment
b)
living things maintain internal balance
c)
living things are made of cells
d)
living things grow and develop
5.
What was Schleiden convinced of? 
a)
All plants are made of cells
b)
All animals are made of cells
c)
All cells form spontaneously
d)
None of the above
6.
Who noted that animals are made of cells and concluded that all living things are made of cells and cell products? 
a)
Rudolf Virchow
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Theodor Schwann
d)
Robert Hooke
7.
Who discovered that cells come from preexisting cells and whose research lead to the major principles of cell theory?
a)
Matthias Schleiden
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Zacharias Janssen
d)
Rudolf Virchow
8.
What tool do you use to view the cells?
a)
metric ruler
b)
centrifuge
c)
microscope
d)
telescope
9.

Which organelle contains genetic material?

a)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

b)

Golgi Complex

c)

Nucleolus

d)

Nucleus

10.
What organelle is called the "powerhouse" of a cell?

a)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Nucleus
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Nucleolus
11.
What can only be found in plant cells?
a)
Cell membrane
b)
Vacuole
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Mitochondrion
12.
Complex cell. Can be plant or animal. Contains membrane bound organelles. 
a)
Eukaryotic Cell
b)
Prokaryotic Cell
c)
Bacteria
d)
Blood cell
13.
What is another term for "selectively permeable"?
a)
porous
b)
completely permeable
c)
permanent
d)
semipermeable
14.
What does "bilayer" mean?
a)
one layer
b)
two layers
c)
laminated
d)
bilateral
15.
What happens to a plant cell that is placed into a hypotonic solution?
a)
It shrinks
b)
Plasmolysis
c)
It swells
d)
Cytolysis
16.
A cell with a 5% salt solution is placed into a beaker with a 10% salt solution.  This solution is considered to be _____ to the cell.
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
None of the Above
17.
This picture represents which type of cellular transport?
a)
passive transport
b)
endocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
18.
This picture represents what type of cell transport?
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
osmosis
d)
passive transport
19.
The picture is an example of...
a)
active transport
b)
passive transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
20.
What is one major difference between passive and active transport?
a)
Passive transport uses energy; active transport does not.
b)
Both types of transport use energy.
c)
Active transport uses energy; passive transport does not.
d)
No difference. They are both the same.