Cell Organelles Quiz

What is the main function of the nucleus in a cell?

• It produces energy for the cell

• It controls all cell activities and contains DNA

• It stores water and nutrients

• It makes proteins

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What do ribosomes do for the cell?

• Store food and water

• Break down waste and old cell parts

• Make proteins for the cell to use

• Control what enters and leaves the cell

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Which statement best describes the difference between the cell wall and the cell membrane?

• Only animal cells have cell walls

• The cell membrane protects and gives shape, while the cell wall controls what goes in and out

• The cell wall gives structure and support; the membrane controls what enters and leaves

• Both are found only in plant cells

What does the mitochondria do for the cell?

• Make proteins

• Store DNA

• Convert food into energy for the cell

• Transport materials inside the cell

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What is stored inside the vacuole of a plant cell?

• DNA and genetic information

• Water, food, and waste

• Energy and proteins

• Oxygen and carbon dioxide

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What is the main function of the chloroplast?

• To absorb sunlight and make food for the plant

• To break down old cell parts

• To control cell activities

• To make proteins

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What do lysosomes do?

• Store sunlight

• Break down waste and old cell parts

• Help make proteins

• Store water and nutrients

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What does the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) do?

• Transports materials around the cell

• Stores energy

• Makes DNA

• Absorbs sunlight

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What does the golgi body do for the cell?

• Breaks down waste

• Packages and ships materials to other parts of the cell

• Produces proteins

• Controls what enters and leaves the cell

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Which of the following is NOT a difference between plant and animal cells?

• Plant cells have a cell wall and animal cells do not

• Plant cells have chloroplasts and mitochondria whereas animal cells only have mitochondria

• Animal cells have chloroplasts and mitochondria

• Animal cells have no vacuole where plant cells do

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