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CellsTest
Name: ____________________
Muliple Choice: choose the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1. Which of the following statements is not part of the cell theory?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Animals and plants share the same kinds of cells.
All organisms are made up of one or more cells.
The cell is the basic unit of life.
All cells come from existing cells.
2. What are all organisms made of?
a. plants
b. protists
c. cells
d. eggs
3. __________________ studied cells using a strong, but simple
microscope.
a. Robert Hooke
b. Anton von Leeuwenhoek
c. Theodor Schwann
4. According to the cell theory, what is the basic unit of life?
a. the Sun
b. a tissue
c. a chloroplast
d. a cell
5. A prokaryotic cells does NOT contain
a. a true nucleus
b. DNA
c. mitochondria
d. a cell membrane
6. What is cytoplasm?
a. the nucleus of the cell
b. the jelly-like fluid in the cell
c. the genetic material in a cell
d. the proteins in the cell
7. Which of the following places the levels of organization in order from
SMALLEST to LARGEST?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cells, Organs, Tissues, Organ Systems
Organs, Organ Systems, Tissues, Cells
Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems
Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems, Cells
8. A group of like tissues that work together to perform the same function
is callen a(n)
a. Cell
b. Population
c. Organ
d. Organ system
9. Who is credited for creating the first microscope using several lenses in
a tube?
a. Hooke
b. Schwann
c. Zaccharias Janssen
d. Van Leeuwenhoek
10. What cell organelle helps with cellular reproduction?
a. mitochondria
b. cell wall
c. centrioles
d. ER
11. Which of the following is an example of a prokaryotic cell?
a. Dog
b. Cat
c. Apple
d. Bacteria
12. Who is credited with first using the term “cells”?
a. Robert Hooke
b. Anton von Leeuwenhoek
c. Rudolf Virchow
d. Matthias Schleiden
13. This scientist contributed to the Cell Theory by adding that new cells
must have come from existing cells.
a. Anton von Leeuwenhoek
b. Matthias Schleiden
c. Theodor Schwann
d. Rudolf Virchow
Match each of the items below with the correct statement.
a. cell membrane
d. ribosomes
b. cell wall
e. lysosomes
c. chloroplasts
14. a rigid structure that gives support to a plant cell ______________
15. a barrier that encloses and protects the cell; it acts as a gatekeeper allowing certain things
to enter and exit the cell _________________
16. organelles in which photosynthesis takes place in the plant cell ________________
17. the organelle that creates proteins ______________
18. organelles that contain digestive enzymes that are used to breakdown old cell parts
__________
a. mitochondria
b. nucleus
c. ribosomes
d. vacuole
e. endoplasmic reticulum
19. a large organelle that produces and stores the cell’s DNA; it acts as the control center of the
cell _______________
20. organelles that make proteins ___________________
21. a system of folded membranes that function as the internal transport or delivery system of
the cell __________________
22. organelles that function as the main power source of the cell, breaking down sugar and
producing ATP energy ________________
23. organelle that acts as a storage center for water and nutrients, and is very large in plant
cells _____________________