Cells and the Cell Theory Test
Name:_______________
Class:_________
Date:_______________
1. All of the following are true regarding cells except?
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7. Which instrument was used in the 18th and 19th centuries and
helped scientists develop the cell theory?
All cells have genetic material
All cells have cell walls
All cells have plasma membranes
All cells can divide to form new cells
2. The diagram below represents levels of organization in living
things.
1)
2)
3)
4)
electron microscope
light microscope
microdissecting apparatus
ultracentrifuge
8. Which is the correct sequence of historical developments
leading to our present knowledge of cells?
1) electron microscope --> cell theory -->compound
light microscope
2) compound light microscope --> cell theory -->electron
microscope
3) cell theory --> electron microscope --> compound light
microscope
4) electron microscope --> compound light
microscope -->cell theory
9. Which statement best describes the organelles in a cell?
1) All organelles are involved directly with communication
between cells.
2) Organelles must work together and their activities must
be coordinated.
3) Organelles function only when there is a disruption in
homeostasis.
4) Each organelle must function independently of the others
in order to maintain homeostasis.
Which term would best represent X?
1) human
3) stomach
2) tissue
4) chloroplast
10.Which cell structures are correctly paired with their functions?
3. Which statement is not a part of the cell theory?
1)
2)
3)
4)
1) The mitochondria produce enzymes, and ribosomes
transport them.
2) The ribosomes make proteins, and the nucleus stores
genetic information.
3) The cell membrane make enzymes, and cytoplasm
transports them.
4) The vacuole stores genetic information, and chloroplasts
make proteins.
Cells are the basic unit of structure of living things.
Cells are the basic unit of function of living things.
Cell parts such as chloroplasts are self-duplicating.
Cells come from preexisting cells.
4. The invention of the compound light microscope enabled
scientists to observe cells, helping them to
1)
2)
3)
4)
determine the number of atoms in a molecule
discover a basic similarity among organisms
study the behavior of chordates
develop techniques for growing plants in a laboratory
11. The cell represented below produces oxygen.
5. It was once thought that decaying meat turned into maggots
(fly larvae). Careful experimentation by scientists
demonstrated that maggots actually come from fly eggs and
not meat. These experiments illustrate that new individuals
result only from
1)
2)
3)
4)
genetic engineering
reproduction and development
nutrition and replication
metabolic homeostasis
Which structure allows the passage of this oxygen to the
environment?
6. Which structures carry out life functions within cells?
1) tissues
3) organelles
2) organ systems
4) organs
1) A
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2) B
3) C
4) D
12. In the diagram below, which letter indicates the part of the
cell that carries out a function most similar to a function of
the human excretory system?
15. What has to be properly functioning in a unicellular organism
for homeostasis to be maintained?
1) organelles
3) guard cells
2) insulin
4) antibodies
16. Which letter in the diagram below indicates an organelle that
functions primarily in the synthesis of long chains of amino
acids?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
13. The diagram below represents a cell of a green plant.
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
17. Which structures are found in every living cell?
1)
2)
3)
4)
a plasma membrane and cytoplasm
chloroplasts and mitochondria
a cell wall and nucleus
centrioles and chromosomes
18. Which structures in the diagram below enable the observer
to identify it as a plant cell?
Solar energy is used to produce energy-rich compounds in
structure
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
1) A and B
3) A and C
14. The diagram below represents a plant cell.
2) B and C
4) B and D
19. A liver cell can make enzymes that a heart cell can not make
because liver cells
1)
2)
3)
4)
Which process takes place in structure A?
1) cellular respiration
3) digestion of fats
2) photosynthesis
4) protein synthesis
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digest large, complex molecules
contain more DNA than heart cells
use different genes than the heart cells use
remove carbon &oxide from blood
20. The diagram below represents an incomplete sequence of levels of organization.
organelles
tissues
organs
organ systems
organism
This sequence can be completed correctly by inserting
1)
2)
3)
4)
"cells"
between organelles and tissues
"proteins"
between tissues and organs
"populations"
between organs and organ systems
"molecules"
between organ systems and organisms
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