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WorksheetsCells and Living Things
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
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?
Look with a microscope for the presence of cells
Put the slime in the pond and see what happens
Collect some slime and see if anything grows from it
Plants & animals have some things in common. Like all living things, one of the things they have in common is
They all communicate with each other
They all consume some other organism for energy
They all are made of one or more cells
What type of cells are you made of?
Eukaryotic cells
Prokaryotic cells
Fungi cells
Which is true?
Prokaryotic cells are larger than eukaryotic cells
Eukaryotic cells are larger than prokaryotic cells
Cells are mostly the same size
How can you tell if a cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
Take its temperature
Use a telescope to look at it from far away
Use a microscope to look for a nucleus in the cell
What type of cell is this?
prokaryotic
eukaryotic
What type of cell is this?
Prokaryotic cell
Eukaryotic cell
What tool does a scientist use to study small details?
microscope
telescope
syringe
Which type of cell is pictured?
Plant Cell
Animal Cell
Everything is classified as either
slippery and dry
living and nonliving
yummy and gross
To distinguish between living and nonliving things, all living things
respond to their environment, grow, need nutrients and air, reproduce, and need space
are known by their movement and need for nutrients
can sit still for a long period of time
An example of a living thing is
a rock
a desk
a plant
An example of a nonliving thing is
a leaf
a rock
a wooden door
I can test an object to see if it is living by asking
does it move when thrown, is it heavy, is it slippery?
did it grow, can it reproduce, does it need nutrients, and is it made up of cells?
is it made up of elements, does it eat?
What scientist proposed that all cells come from preexisting cells
Theodor Schwann
Rudolf Virchow
Matthias Schleiden
What did Hooke first examine?
Pond water
Plant cells
Cork
Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schleiden were all responsible for what theory?
The Cell Theory states...
atoms create all matter
the cell is the backbone of all matter
cells are the basic unit of structure and organization of organisms
