Cell Organelles Quiz

Which organelle is known as the 'control center' of the cell?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Golgi Apparatus

Which organelle is responsible for producing energy in the cell?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Lysosomes

Which organelle is involved in protein synthesis?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Golgi Apparatus

Which organelle is responsible for packaging and modifying proteins?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Golgi Apparatus

Which organelle is responsible for breaking down cellular waste and debris?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Lysosomes

The side effect of a new medication is a deficiency in lipid synthesis. This means that the medication is disrupting which cell organelle?

• Rough ER

• Golgi Body

• Smooth ER

• Lysosome

If the nuclear membrane lost its permeability to RNA, which critical function would become impossible?

• DNA replication

• Protein Synthesis

• Detoxification of the cell

• Translation

Two beakers contain solution A and solution B, respectively. You measure the pH of each solution and find that A has a pH of 5, while B has a pH of 6. If you measured the amount of H+ ions in the solutions, how would they differ?

• A would have double the H+

• B would have double the H+

• A would have 10 times the H+

• B would have 10 times the H+

List one of the TWO properties responsible for plants moving water and nutrients through their roots and stem

A protein is responsible for catalyzing the formation of a polymer by attaching two monomers. What process is most likely used?

• Hydrolysis

• Polymer Synthesis

• Dehydration Synthesis

• Protein Attachment