Quiz 2.1Characteristics of Living ThingsInstructions: Read the question, choose the best response.

1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?A growth and development C response to the environmentB ability to move D ability to reproduce

2. Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why human beings sweat in hot weather?A Living things respond to their environment.B Living things maintain internal balance.C Living things are made up of units called cells.D Living things are based on a universal genetic code.

3. What does the term “homeostasis” mean?A respond to their environment.B maintain a stable internal environment.C made up of units called cells.D based on a universal genetic code.

4. A(n) ______________________ is another name for a living thing. A organism C personB cell D amoeba

5. Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why your legs and arms get longer and stronger as you get older?A Living things respond to their environment.B Living things maintain internal balance.C Living things are made up of units called cells.D Living things grow and develop

6. Before a big soccer game Charlie always eats a big dinner. Which characteristic of life does this fact best describe? A Living things respond to their

environment.C Living things reproduce

B Living things grow and develop D Living things use energy

Know your scientists!Instructions: Read the descriptions below and use the word bank to match each scientist with his contribution to cell research!

Anton van Leeuwenhoek Robert Hooke Matthias SchleidenTheodore Schwann

1. “Good Morning. I was working on plants in the 1830’s and kept discovering cells in every plant I looked at under my microscope! After much research, I concluded that every plant is made of cells!”

Who am I? _______________________________________________

2. “Hello. I am much older than many other scientists. I was working with a very simple microscope when I decided to go out to my pond out back and look at the water through my microscope. When I did that, I found all these little things swimming around! I was amazed that life could be so small!!!”

Who am I? _______________________________________________

3. “Hi. I really like animals and I am not such a plant person like my botanist friends. I like to study animals and look at their parts under my microscope. One I heard that all plants are made of cells, I did some of my own research and concluded that all animals are made up of cells too!”

Who am I? _______________________________________________

4. “Yo. I am the most famous person when it comes to cells! Why? I am the scientist who decided to name cells what they are. In 1665, I first looked at these small things in the cork, they looked like rooms and so I named them ‘cells’.”

Who am I? _______________________________________________

Cell Theory

Instructions: Fill in the missing parts of the cell theory:

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2. Cells are the basic unit of organization of all living things

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Cell Organelles

Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question

1. The cell part that controls most of the cell's activities is the ____.a. nucleus c. cytoplasmb. vacuole d. Centriole

2. Which of the following cell parts have similar or related jobs?a. mitochondria and cell wall c. mitochondria and chloroplastsb. ribosomes and cell membrane d. nucleus and vacuole

3. Which organelles help provide cells with energy?a. mitochondria and chloroplastsb. rough endoplasmic reticulumc. smooth endoplasmic reticulumd. Golgi apparatus and ribosomes

4. Which of the following structures serves as the cell’s outer boundary and regulates what goes in & out of the cell?a. mitochondrionb. cell membranec. chloroplastd. channel proteins

25 questions on the quiz

Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

1. Name one difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

2. T/F- All eukaryotes are multicellular

3. T/F-Prokaryotes have a cell membrane

4. T/F – Eukaryotes are smaller than prokaryotes