Cell Vocabulary Test

This is the brain of the cell. It controls the cell's activities.

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• cell wall

• vacuole

This is the jelly-like substance that holds and protects the cell's organelles.

• vacuole

• cell membrane

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

This is a large sac tat holds food, water, and waste.

• vacuole

• ribosomes

• cell wall

• nucleus

These structures are known as the powerhouse of the cell because they release energy.

• chloroplasts

• mitochondria

• ribosomes

• nucleus

This green structure is found only in plant cells and uses energy from the sun to make food.

• chloroplasts

• ribosomes

• cytoplasm

• mitochondria

This structure packages and moves proteins through the cell.

• endoplasmic reticulum

• golgi apparatus

• ribosomes

• nucleus

This is the outer layer of an animal cell, and it controls the movement in and out of the cell.

• cell wall

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

There are two types of this structure: a smooth and a rough one.

• ribosomes

• cytoplasm

• endoplasmic reticulum

• golgi apparatus

These organelles build or synthesize proteins for the cell.

• ribosomes

• chloroplast

• vacuole

• nucleus

This is the outer layer of a plant cell. It supports the cell.

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• vacuole