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Cells and Living Things

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A _______ is the basic unit of living things.
a)
vacuole
b)
nutrient
c)
cell
2.

A scientist found some weird slime near a pond. What would he need to do to determine if some part of the slime were a living thing?

a)

Look with a microscope for the presence of cells

b)

Put the slime in the pond and see what happens

c)

Collect some slime and see if anything grows from it

3.

Plants & animals have some things in common. Like all living things, one of the things they have in common is

a)

They all communicate with each other

b)

They all consume some other organism for energy

c)

They all are made of one or more cells

4.

What type of cells are you made of?

a)

Eukaryotic cells

b)

Prokaryotic cells

c)

Fungi cells

5.

Which is true?

a)

Prokaryotic cells are larger than eukaryotic cells

b)

Eukaryotic cells are larger than prokaryotic cells

c)

Cells are mostly the same size

6.

How can you tell if a cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

a)

Take its temperature

b)

Use a telescope to look at it from far away

c)

Use a microscope to look for a nucleus in the cell

7.

What type of cell is this?

a)

prokaryotic

b)

eukaryotic

8.

What type of cell is this?

a)

Prokaryotic cell

b)

Eukaryotic cell

9.

What tool does a scientist use to study small details?

a)

microscope

b)

telescope

c)

syringe

10.

Which type of cell is pictured?

a)

Plant Cell

b)

Animal Cell

11.

Everything is classified as either

a)

slippery and dry

b)

living and nonliving

c)

yummy and gross

12.

To distinguish between living and nonliving things, all living things

a)

respond to their environment, grow, need nutrients and air, reproduce, and need space

b)

are known by their movement and need for nutrients

c)

can sit still for a long period of time

13.

An example of a living thing is

a)

a rock

b)

a desk

c)

a plant

14.

An example of a nonliving thing is

a)

a leaf

b)

a rock

c)

a wooden door

15.

I can test an object to see if it is living by asking

a)

does it move when thrown, is it heavy, is it slippery?

b)

did it grow, can it reproduce, does it need nutrients, and is it made up of cells?

c)

is it made up of elements, does it eat?

16.

What scientist proposed that all cells come from preexisting cells

a)

Theodor Schwann

b)

Rudolf Virchow

c)

Matthias Schleiden

17.

What did Hooke first examine?

a)

Pond water

b)

Plant cells

c)

Cork

18.
Rocks are not living because
a)
they never move
b)
they aren't needed for humans
c)
they are not made of cells
19.

Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schleiden were all responsible for what theory?

a)
The Theory of Gravity
b)
The Theory of Relativity
c)
The Cell Theory
20.

The Cell Theory states...

a)

atoms create all matter

b)

the cell is the backbone of all matter

c)

cells are the basic unit of structure and organization of organisms