Skills Worksheet



Mr. Simon

Chp 7.1 Remediation

Section: Introduction to Cells

Read each question, and write your answer in the space provided.

1. How and when did scientists discover cells?

2. What is the cell theory? Who formulated it and when?

3. How do cells vary in shape?

4. Why is it an advantage for cells to be small?

In the space provided, write the letter of the description that best matches

each term.

5. cell membrane

6. cytoplasm   

7. DNA

8. ribosome

9. organelles

10. nucleus

Chp 7.1 continued

Read each question, and write your answer in the space provided.

11. What are prokaryotes, what are they like, and when did they arise?

12. How do eukaryotes differ from prokaryotes? When did eukaryotes arise?

Write p if the cell feature is found in prokaryotes. Write e if the cell feature is

found in eukaryotes. Write b if the cell feature is found in both prokaryotes

and eukaryotes.

13. cell membrane

14. cytoplasm

15. capsule

16. DNA

17. ribosomes

18. organelles

19. nucleus

Mr. Simon

Chp 7.2 Remediation

Section: Inside the Eukaryotic Cell

Read each question, and write your answer in the space provided.

1. What is the cytoskeleton, and what is its function?

2. What are three types of cytoskeleton fibers, and what does each do?

3. What is the main function of the nucleus, and why is this essential for the health of the cell?

4. What is the nucleolus, where is it, and what is its function?

5. What are the two types of ribosomes, and what does each do?

6. Describe the endoplasmic reticulum, and tell what the two different kinds of endoplasmic reticulum do.

Chp 7.2 continued

7. How does the Golgi apparatus continue the function of the rough ER?

8. What are two functions of lysosomes?

9. What do contractile vacuoles in plants do?

10. What do contractile vacuoles in protists do?

11. What is ATP?

12. What are chloroplasts, how are they structured, and in what kinds of cells are they found?

13. What function do mitochondria perform? Why do some cells contain many mitochondria?

Mr. Simon

Chp 7.3 Remediation

Section: From Cell to Organism

Read each question, and write your answer in the space provided.

1. What are four ways that prokaryotes differ from eukaryotes?

2. What are some ways that prokaryotes can vary?

3. What are two different structures some prokaryotes have? Describe each, and tell its function.

4. How do plant cells differ from animal cells?

5. Define tissue, and give an example of a plant tissue and an animal tissue.

Chp 7.3 continued

6. Define organ, and give an example of an organ in plants and an organ in animals.

7. Distinguish between organs and organ systems. Give an example of an organ system in plants and an organ system in animals.

8. Define multicellular organism.

9. What is a colonial organism? Give an example.

10. What makes multicellular organisms very different from colonial organisms?

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a. cell fluid and structures

b. cell structure where proteins are made

c. cell structures that carry out specific functions

d. genetic information

e. membrane-bound structure that houses a cell’s DNA

f. the outer boundary of a cell

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