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LESSON 1 AND 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which part supports the microscope?

a)

base

b)

bottom

c)

stand

d)

foot

2.

The primary optical lenses on a microscope are called ___

a)

condensors

b)

objective lenses

c)

stage clips

d)

ocular lenses

3.

Which part holds the eyepiece in place above the objective lens?

a)

condensor

b)

objective lense

c)

barrel

d)

body tube

4.

The specimen slide is placed on the ___

a)

platform

b)

table

c)

stage

d)

base

5.

This part is used to collect and focus the light from the illuminator on to the specimen:

a)

revolving nosepiece

b)

coarse focus knob

c)

condensor

d)

fine focus knob

6.

These are used to hold the slide in place:

a)

rotating nosepiece

b)

objective lenses

c)

stage clips

d)

adjustment knobs

7.

Identify the microscope part:

a)

revolving nosepiece

b)

coarse focus knob

c)

diaphragm

d)

fine focus knob

8.

Typical objective lenses come in magnifications of ___

a)

6x, 15x, 60x

b)

60x, 150x, 600x

c)

4x, 10x, 40x

d)

40x, 100x, 400x

9.

Who was the scientist to use the early compound microscope to look at cork slices and coined the term ‘cell’ to describe the tissue.

a)

Hans & Zacharias Jansen

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Francis Crick & James Watson

10.

Who was the scientist to state that all plant tissues are composed of cells and that cell is basic building block of all plants.

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Theodore Schwann

11.

Who was the scientist to state that all animal tissues are made of cells, adding to the Cell Theory that the cell is basic unit of ALL life.

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Theodore Schwann

12.

Who was the scientist to describe cells in a drop of pond water; first person to observe bacteria and protozoa and called it "animalcules"?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Anton van Leeuvenhoek

c)

Francisco Redi

d)

Theodore Schwann

13.

Which of the following scientists concluded that all cells come from existing cells?

a)

Rudolf Virchow

b)

Matthais Schleiden

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Theodor Schwann

14.

Which of the following is NOT a cell theory.

a)

All non-living things are made of cells

b)

All cells come from pre-existing cells

c)

Cells are the basic unit of structure and function of all living things

15.

Which scientist did NOT contribute to the cell theory?

a)

Rudolf Virchow

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Matthias Schleiden

16.

What is a tiny structure that carries out a specific function within a cell?

a)

cellulose

b)

cytoplasm

c)

organ

d)

organelle

17.

What structure controls what enters and exits the cell?

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

mitochodria

d)

nucleus

18.

What organelle is a storage area for food and water? Plants have a large, central one.

a)

cell wall

b)

chloroplast

c)

vacuole

d)

nucleus

19.

What is the gel-like fluid that holds a cell's organelles in place called?

a)

organelle

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cellulose

d)

Golgi body

20.

Which organelle is like a factory. It makes proteins.

a)

nucleus

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

ribosomes

d)

chloroplast