Plant and Animal Cells

Multiple Choice

What is an organelle?

• An organelle is a specialized structure within a cell that performs a specific function.
• An organelle is a chemical compound found in the cytoplasm.
• An organelle is a small organism that lives inside a cell.
• An organelle is a type of virus that infects cells.

Open Ended

What is one organelle that plant cells have but animal cells do not?

Open Ended

Why do you think plants need a cell wall, but animals do not?

Multiple Choice

What organelle is the powerhouse of the cell?

• Chloroplast
• Nucleus
• Ribosome
• Mitochondria

Multiple Choice

What organelle is the command center that contains the DNA?

• ribosome
• endoplasmic reticulum
• mitochondria
• nucleus

Multiple Choice

Which organelle is responsible for maintaining homeostasis? (keeping things balanced)

• Cell membrane
• Ribosomes
• Mitochondria
• Nucleus

Multiple Choice

Which organelle supports, protects, and connects all other organelles?

• Cytoplasm

• Mitochondria
• Ribosomes
• Golgi apparatus