SCALE 6 Unit 1 Task 4: Cell Structure

What part of the cell is a double-layered membrane that surrounds the cell and regulates what enters and leaves the cell?

• cytoplasm

• endoplasmic reticulum

• cell membrane

• nuclear membrane

What jelly-like substance, composed mainly of water, occupying most of the space between the cell membrane and the nucleus?

• cytoplasm

• endoplasmic reticulum

• cell membrane

• nuclear membrane

What is the network of passageways where chemical compounds are manufactured, processed, and transported called?

• cytoplasm

• endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleus

• nuclear membrane

Which double-layered membrane surrounds and protects the nucleus?

• cytoplasm

• endoplasmic reticulum

• cell membrane

• nuclear membrane

Which organelle is a stack of membranes that collects, modifies, and packages chemical compounds?

• Golgi apparatus

• Mitochondrion

• Ribosome

• Vesicle

Which organelle is a round body in the center of the cell that contains DNA and regulates gene expression?

• Golgi apparatus

• Mitochondrion

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

Which organelle uses oxygen and Glucose to create energy (ATP) that can be used by the cell?

• Golgi apparatus

• Mitochondrion

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

Which organelle is a tiny structure where proteins are synthesized?

• Golgi apparatus

• Mitochondrion

• Ribosome

• Vesicle

Which organelle is a small, sac-like package of nutrients, proteins, or water created by the Golgi apparatus?

• Golgi apparatus

• Mitochondrion

• Ribosome

• Vesicle

Cells are sometimes called ____________________.

• small squishy things.

• the building blocks of life.

• mitochondrion.

• proteins.