Science Quiz 10/7

Question 1

What is the function of the nucleus?

Answer 1

It’s the control center or the brain of the cell, it stores the DNA of the cell in it, and it controls cell growth and activities

Question 2

What types of cells have a nucleus?

Answer 2

Eukaryotic cells

Question 3

What is the function of a cell wall?

Answer 3

The cell wall is made of cellulose and gives support and shape to all plant cells. The structure is strong and rigid which allows the cell to be supported as turgor pressure increases.

Question 4

What two parts are found in plant cells but not animal cells?

Answer 4

Chloroplasts and cell wall.

Question 5

Which organelle is found in an animal cell but not a plant cell?

Answer 5

Lysosome

Question 6

What is the function of ribosomes?

Answer 6

It makes the protein for the cell

Question 7

What is the basic unit or building block of life?

Answer 7

Cells

Question 8

What is the smallest unit of matter?

Answer 8

Atoms

Question 9

A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific job.

Answer 9

Tissue

Question 10

What is an organism?

Answer 10

Anything that can independently carry out life processes

Question 11

A group of organs that work together to perform body functions

Answer 11

Organ System

Question 12

Large ecosystems with similar climates, animals, and vegetation.

Answer 12

Biome

Question 13

Contains multiple populations of different species living in a common area.

Answer 13

Community

Question 14

What is an individual?

Answer 14

One organism of a single species in an area

Question 15

A community of biotic species and abiotic parts of an environment. For example: birds, trees, elephant, sun, rock, water

Answer 15

Ecosystem

Question 16

Large neighboring biomes that interact across a planet. The term translates to “ball of sphere”. For example: the Earth

Answer 16

Biosphere

Question 17

A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific job.

Answer 17

Tissue

Question 18

What are organs?

Answer 18

A combination of two or more tissues that work together to perform a specific function in the body.

Question 19

List the levels of organization from cells to biosphere: (HINT: order matters and there are 11 to list)

Answer 19

Cells, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism, Individual, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere

Question 20

What does biotic mean?

Answer 20

Living

Question 21

What does abiotic mean?

Answer 21

Non-Living

Question 22

List all three parts of the cell theory:

Answer 22

Cells are the most basic units of life, all cells come from preexisting cells, and all living organisms are made up of one or more cells

Question 23

The turning of all or part of a plant (and other organisms) in response to the direction of light.

Answer 23

Phototropism

Question 24

The turning of all or part of a plant (and other organisms) in response to the sensation or downward pull of gravity.

Answer 24

Geotropism/Gravitropism

Question 25

What is thigmotropism?

Answer 25

The turning of all or part of a plant (and other organisms) in response to touch

Question 26

Define turgor pressure

Answer 26

The amount of pressure the vacuole puts on the cell membrane and cell wall

Question 27

Which type of cell(s) contain the organelle called a vacuole?

Answer 27

Plant and animal cells

Question 28

Which type of cell is larger, more complex, and generally rounder in shape? Eukaryotic or prokaryotic

Answer 28

Eukaryotic

Question 29

What is the function of a vacuole?

Answer 29

To store food, water, and waste

Question 30

What is the function of chloroplast?

Answer 30

To store chlorophyll, which absorbs and traps energy from the sun. This process is called photosynthesis

Question 31

What is cytoplasm

Answer 31

Cytoplasm is the gel-like fluid that fills the inside of ALL types of cells. It is the fluid that all parts of cells float in.

Question 32

Which type of cells contain ribosomes? Plant, Animal, Prokaryotic?

Answer 32

Ribosomes are in all types of cells.

Question 33

What part of the cell surrounds the entire cell (like an outer skin) and controls what comes in and out of the cell?

Answer 33

The cell membrane

Question 34

What is the mitochondria

Answer 34

Mitochondria is the “power house” organelle of cells. It converts food into energy (ATP).