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"Cells" Module

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(1) Who were the first two scientists to propose the cell theory?

(a) Hooke and Curie

(b) Schleiden and Schwann

(c) Thomson and Rutherford

(d) Virchow and Rutherford

(2) What is the smallest structural unit of living things?

(a) a chromosome

(b) a membrane

(c) the cell

(d) the ribosome

(3) Scientists that study cells are called

(a) anthropologists.

(b) biologists.

(c) cytologists.

(d) toxicologists.

(4) What features are common to all cells?

(a) a plasma membrane, RNA, and genetic material

(b) cytoplasm, a plasma membrane, and genetic material

(c) DNA and cytoplasm

(d) DNA and RNA

(5) What is one major aspect that may differ between different types of cells?

(a) the ability to reproduce

(b) the presence or absence of ribosomes

(c) the presence or absence of the nucleus

(d) the presence or absence of the plasma membrane

(6) What are prokaryotic cells?

(a) cells that contain a membrane

(b) cells that contain a nucleus

(c) cells that lack a membrane

(d) cells that lack a nucleus

(7) Under what category do animal cells fall?

(a) bacteria

(b) eukaryotic cells

(c) prokaryotic cells

(d) single cells

(8) What is one major difference between animal and plant cells?

(a) the amount of water

(b) the cell membrane

(c) the cell wall

(d) the color

(9) Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells differ in that prokaryotic cells do not have

(a) a nucleus.

(b) a plasma membrane.

(c) a ribosome.

(d) genetic material.

(10) The structure of a cell is independent from its function.

(a) true

(b) false

(11) The presence of the plasma membrane allows a cell to

(a) determine its function.

(b) determine which activities it will perform.

(c) eliminate waste without contamination.

(d) reproduce quickly and efficiently.


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