Name:
Date:
Ms. Pitt, Period
BETTING GAME - KEY
Statement
True or
False?
Bet
Total
10 points
1.
Life emerged on Earth approximately 2 billion years ago.
F, 3.5
2.
Atoms are the basic unit of life.
F, cells
3.
Humans are multicellular organisms composed of over a trillion cells.
T
4.
Humans did not know that cells existed until the invention of the
microscope.
T
5.
Cells were discovered in the early 1500s.
F, mid 1600’s
6.
Electron microscopes are 1000 times more powerful than light microscopes.
T
7.
The first cells on Earth were eukaryotic.
F, prokaryotic
8.
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek named the cells based on their appearance. He
thought they appeared to be tiny chambers like the tiny rooms in his
monastery.
The cell theory states that all living things are made of cells and that they
can arise from spontaneous generation.
9.
F, Hooke
F, come from preexisting cells
10. All cells contain DNA contained in a nucleus in their center that controls
the cell’s workings.
F, Eukaryotic
11. The two major divisions of cells are prokaryotic and eukaryotic.
T
12. Prokaryotic cells can live solitary lives, as single-celled organisms, or they
can form large multi-cellular organisms.
F, Eukaryotic
13. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are similar in that they both contain DNA
and are surrounded by membranes.
T
14. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are different in that prokaryotic cells are
more complex, bigger and contain organelles.
F, Eukaryotic
15. Eukaryotic cells can be further divided into plant, animal and fungus.
F, just plant and animal
16. While plant cells have chloroplasts and cell walls animal cells do not.
T
17. Eukaryotic cells are able to specialize because of their high level of internal
complexity.
T
18. To specialize and to differentiate are basically the same thing.
T
19. In multicellular organisms similar cells can come together to form tissues
and different tissues can come together to form organ systems.
F, organs
Total