Cell Structures

Which organelles contain digestive enzymes that break down food molecules and clean the cell of old cell parts?

• lysosomes

• vacuoles

• ribosomes

• peroxisomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Which structure is a series of passageways that act as the transportation system of the cell?

• Golgi complex

• rough ER

• mitochondria

• cytoskeleton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle packages proteins for export out of the cell?

• vacuole

• centriole

• Golgi complex

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which structure is made of cellulose and provides extra protection and support for a plant cell?

• peroxisome

• nucleolus

• cell membrane

• cell wall

Which structure is very large in a plant cell and helps the plant to stand upright by making the cell wall turgid or rigid?

• vacuole

• lysosome

• cell membrane

• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

DNA is located on these structures.

• centrioles

• chromosomes

• chloroplasts

• ribosomes

Which of the following organelles makes protein for the cell?

• chloroplast

• nuclear membrane

• ribosomes

• nucleolus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which of the following plays a role in cell reproduction?

• centriole

• peroxisome

• lysosome

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which organelle holds materials and transports them around the cell?

• lysosome

• peroxisome

• vesicle

• mitochondrion

Which cell structure is made of microtubules that give support to the cytosol and helps the cell to move?

• smooth ER

• rough ER

• cytoskeleton

• nucleolus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2