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Cell Organelles

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following would be an example of a prokaryote?

a)

skin cell

b)

bacteria

c)

a plant cell

2.

What is a characteristic of a eukaryote?

a)

They have protein coats

b)

The have a membrane around their nucleus

c)

They have no mitochondria

d)

All of the above.

3.
This organelle uses glucose and other nutrients to provide energy for the cell.
a)
ribosomes
b)
nucleus
c)
mitochondria
d)
endoplasmic reticulum
4.
The following organelle is made by the nucleolus and is used to make proteins.
a)
nucleus
b)
golgi apparatus
c)
cell membrane 
d)
ribosomes
5.
This organelle can be either rough or smooth and acts as a pathway within the cell.
a)
endoplasmic reticulum
b)
cytoplasm
c)
ribosomes
d)
nucleus
6.
This molecule is found in the nucleus and contains all of your genetic information.
a)
ATP
b)
DNA
c)
Glucose
d)
bilayer of lipids
7.
This structure is made up of a bilayer of lipids and regulates which molecules can enter and leave the cell.
a)
cytoplasm
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell wall
8.
This term means "cell liquid". This liquid holds all of the organelles in place.
a)
ribosomes
b)
cytoplasm
c)
nucleus
d)
endoplasmic reticulum
9.
Final processing or packaging of proteins occurs here before the proteins are released  from the cell.
a)
endoplasmic reticulum
b)
nucleus
c)
golgi apparatus
d)
cell membrane
10.
Which of the following organelles is not used in the production, transport or packaging of proteins?
a)
ribosomes
b)
endoplasmic reticulum
c)
golgi apparatus
d)
lysosomes
11.
This cell structure is found only in plant cells and is responsible for photosynthesis.
a)
cell wall
b)
vacuoles
c)
chloroplasts
d)
mitochondria
12.
What is produced by the chloroplasts during photosynthesis?
a)
glucose and oxygen
b)
glucose and carbon dioxide
c)
fats and oxygen
d)
fats and carbon dioxide
13.

Plant cells have these but animal cells do not.....

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

nucleus

d)

ribosomes

14.

This cell organelle holds all of your genetic information (the information that codes for all of your proteins).

a)

nucleus

b)

nucleolus

c)

mitochondria

d)

ribosomes

15.

These small structures are the site where proteins are produced in the cell.

a)

nucleus

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

ribosomes

d)

mitochondria

16.

This type of cell has a large central vacuole that holds water and nutrients

a)

animal

b)

plant

17.

This organelle gets rid of wastes or debris in the cell

a)

mitochondria

b)

lysosome

c)

endoplasmic reticulum

d)

Golgi apparatus