Coggins plant and animal cell vocabulary quiz

A thin layer that surrounds the cell and keeps it together, and controls the substances passing into and out of the cell.

• nucleus
• chromosome
• DNA
• cell membrane

A membrane that surrounds the nucleus of a cell and controls the materials passing into and out of it

• cells
• cell wall
• nuclear membrane
• cytoplasm

Bean shaped organelles that break down sugar to produce energy

• mitochondria
• chloroplast
• vacuole
• nucleus

a storage space in a cell enclosed by a membrane

• mitochondria
• chloroplast
• vacuole
• nucleus
• chromosome

the stiff outer layer that protects a plant cell and gives it shape.

• cells
• cell wall
• nuclear membrane
• cytoplasm

the basic building block of all living things (All living things are made up of _________________.)

• cell membrane
• cells
• cell wall
• nuclear membrane

A watery, jellylike substance that fills a cell and contains the other cell parts

• cytoplasm
• mitochondria
• chloroplast
• vacuole
• nucleus

A complex chemical that contains information about every part of an organism.

• DNA
• mitochondria
• chloroplast
• vacuole
• nucleus

A kind of organelle in plant cells that contains chlorophyll, which enables the plant to make its own food.

• mitochondria
• chloroplast
• vacuole
• nucleus

A structure in the cell that provides instructions for all the activities and traits of the cell and the organism

• vacuole
• nucleus
• chromosome