Organisms Assessment

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• All living organisms are made up of cells

• Most living organisms are made up of cells

• A few living organisms are made up of cells

• Living organisms are not made up of cells

Mathias Scleiden was a scientist who concluded that...

• everything on earth is made of cells

• all animals are made of cells

• all plants are made of cells

• nothing is made of cells

Which scientist determined that all animals are made of cells?

• Rudolph Virchow

• Theodor Schwann

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Which is NOT a characteristic of life?

• Organisms reproduce

• Organisms grow

• Organisms breathe oxygen

• Organisms have a limited life span

Which organelle is the control center of the cell?

• mitochondrion

• nucleus

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

True or False: Cells perform a special, unique function within an organism

• True

• False

True or False: Everything that exists on earth is made of one or more cells.

• True

• False

Which of the following is non-living?

• fossil

• children

• fish

• cactus

What do humans and plants have in common?

• they are both living organisms

• some plants travel

• they both have fur

• some humans are vegetables

This "idea" states that all living things are composed of cells and that all cells come from the division of other cells.

• "Cells" by Mr. Thorson

• "Micrographia" by Robert Hooke

• The Cell Theory

• The Life Theory