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Unit Assessment: Cells
Check your understanding with this assessment.
1) A multicellular organism, like a horse, carries on ____ life functions
as the cells that make it up.
A) none of the same
B) many similar
C) exactly the same
D) a small number of the
2) Organs in large organisms are like ____ in cells.
A) cytoplasm
B) organelles
C) DNA
D) minerals
3) The nucleus of a cell is like the ____ of a large animal.
A) stomach B) lungs
C) brain
D) liver
4) Which part of a plant cell provides rigid support for the plant?
A) cell wall
B) chloroplasts
C) ribosomes
D) cell membrane
5) Which of the following is likely to be found in an elodea plant cell
but not in a human skin cell?
A) chloroplast
B) mitochondria
C) cell membrane
D) cytoplasm
6) Waste products, like carbon dioxide, leave cells through the:
A) ribosomes
B) nucleus
C) cell membrane
D) mitochondria
7) Respiration takes place in which cell organelles?7) Respiration takes place in which cell organelles?
A) mitochondria
B) chloroplasts
C) vacuoles
D) ribosomes
8) Cells obtain energy from glucose through the process of:
A) respiration
B) photosynthesis
C) osmosis
D) protein synthesis
9) By the process of photosynthesis, plants are able to make ____ from
water and carbon dioxide.
A) proteins B) minerals
C) DNA
D) glucose
10) Excretion is the process of:
A) breaking down glucose.
C) obtaining oxygen.
B) synthesizing proteins.
D) getting rid of wastes.
11) What is the difference between a cell and an atom?
A) cells make up everything, atoms do not
B) cells make up all living things, atoms make up dead things
C) cells make up all living things, atoms make up all matter
D) cells make up non living things, atoms make up living things
12) In which kingdom are algae classified?
A) Protista B) Fungi
C) Plantae D) Animalia
13) Cells are the building blocks of:
A) living things
B) matter
C) energy
D) rocks
14) Cell theory states that all ____ are made of cells.
A) atoms
B) molecules
C) non-living things D) living things
15) According to cell theory, all cells come from:
A) water
B) soil
C) chemical reactions
D) pre-existing cells
16) All animal and plant cells are surrounded by a thin:
A) nucleus
B) vacuole
C) cell membrane D) cell wall
17) Which of the following structures is most likely to be found in both
a spinach cell and a muscle cell??
A) nucleus
B) chloroplast
C) large, water-filled vacuole
D) cell wall
18) Which of the following is in order from simplest to most complex?
A) organ, tissue, cell, organ system
B) organ system, organ, tissue, cell
C) cell, tissue, organ, organ system
D) cell, organ, organ system, tissue
19) In multicellular organisms, most cells:
A) are identical.
B) are specialized.
C) do not have nuclei.
D) are free-moving.
20) A group of similar cells that all work together to perform a specific
function is a:
A) vacuole
B) tissue
C) prokaryote
D) chloroplast