Plant and Animal Cells Quiz

a water-filled sac inside a cell that acts as a storage area

• nucleus
• golgi body
• organelle
• vacuole

controls which substances can enter or leave the cell

• cell wall
• cell membrane
• nucleus
• chloroplast

transports materials through the cell

• lysosome
• cytoplasm
• cell membrane
• endoplasmic reticulum

a rigid layer that surrounds the cells of plants

• organelle
• cytoplasm
• cell membrane
• cell wall

the basic unit of structure and function in living things

• vacuole
• nucleus
• cell
• cell wall

a single celled organism that does not have a nucleus or organelles

• organelle
• golgi body
• prokaryote
• vacuole

breaks down food and digests old cell parts

• vacuole
• cytoplasm
• ribosome
• lysosome

a tiny structure that carries out a function within a cell

• cell wall
• golgi body
• vacuole
• organelle

produce most of the energy needed to carry out the cell's functions

• golgi body
• chloroplast
• cell membrane
• mitochondrion

captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food in plant cells

• cell membrane
• chloroplast
• cytoplasm
• golgi body