Cell Structure and Function Quiz

What is the basic unit of structure and function in living things?

• Systems

• Organs

• Cells

• Tissues

What is a body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together?

• Organ

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

• Cell membrane

What is a group of organs that work together to perform a major function?

• Organ system

• Cell wall

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Golgi apparatus

What is a thin, flexible barrier that surrounds a cell and controls which substances pass into and out of a cell?

• Cell membrane

• Ribosome

• Cytoplasm

• Vacuole

Which organelle captures energy from sunlight and changes it to an energy form that cells can use in making food?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

• Lysosome

What is a widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things?

• Cell theory

• Microscope

• Vacuole

• Cell wall

What is an instrument that makes small objects look larger?

• Tissues

• Microscope

• Organs

• Systems

What is a small grain-shaped organelle in the cytoplasm of a cell that produces proteins?

• Lysosome

• Golgi apparatus

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Ribosome

Where is the thick fluid region of a cell located inside the cell membrane (in prokaryotes) or between the cell membrane and nucleus (in eukaryotes)?

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

What organelle forms a maze of passageways in which proteins and other materials are carried from one part of the cell to another?

• Cell membrane

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Golgi apparatus

• Vacuole