Cells Post-Test Review Questions

To maintain life, cells need to maintain a stable inner environment. Which of these is an example of remaining internally stable?

• using water and drying up

• producing and using energy

• building and repairing structures

• taking in energy and removing waste product

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Which job is performed by the cell wall of a plant?

• maintaining shape

• controlling functions

• breaking down materials

• passing on genetic material

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Mark looks at an unknown cell under a microscope. What structure could he observe to help him identify whether the cell came from a plant?

• nucleus

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

Mariella is studying a new type of organism that she has found.  She observes that the cells of the organism have ribosomes, mitochondria, and lysosomes.  She also observes that the cells do not have a cell wall.  What type of organisms is Mariella  most likely to have found?

• a plant

• a fungus

• an animal

• a prokaryote

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Students are using the Linnean system to classify forms of transportation at their school. They divide them all into two large groups—forms with wheels and forms with feet. They then divide the wheel group into two more groups—forms with engines and forms with no engines. The students continue to create groups that are more specific until they find the most specific level for each.

Which of these is most similar to the first step in the process the students followed?

• placing organisms from a class into their appropriate orders

• placing organisms from a genus into their appropriate species

• placing organisms from a phylum into their appropriate classes

• placing organisms from a domain into their appropriate kingdoms

Which of the following is true when comparing societal laws to scientific laws?

• Scientific laws are valid all over the world, while societal laws differ from region to region.

• Both scientific laws and societal laws are accepted after qualified professionals vote on them.

• Both scientific laws and societal laws are accompanied by severe legal consequences for breaking the laws.

• Societal laws are based on numerous experiments, while scientific laws are accepted only by the votes of well-known scientists.

The scientific name for a gray wolf is Canis lupus. Which pair of terms is the two divisions in the classification system that this name indicates?

• class and order

• family and genus

• genus and species

• kingdom and phylum

A scientist lists the characteristics of an organism that he is observing.

• *It is multicellular.

• *It has cell walls made of cellulose.

• *It makes its own food.

In which of these kingdoms should the organism be classified?

• Animalia

• Archaea

• Fungi

• Plantae

What is the difference between a domain and a kingdom?

• There are more domains than there are kingdoms.

• A domain is a more broad level of organization than a kingdom.

• Domains came long before kingdoms were used in classification.

• Kingdoms contain only animals, but domains include all living things.