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Cells and Organelles

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Stores food and water for the cell.
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Vacuole
d)
Nucleus
2.
Controls what enters and leaves the cell
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Nucleus
3.
What would happen to the plant cell without the chloroplasts?
a)
There wouldn't be an organelle that performs photosynthesis
b)
There wouldn't be an organelle that serves as the resevoir for water and waste
c)
There wouldn't be an organelle that regulates what comes in and out of the cell
d)
They wouldn't be an organelle that makes necesary proteins
4.
All living things are made up of...
a)
cells
b)
cell tissues
c)
organ
d)
organ systems
5.
All cells come from___________ cells.
a)
pregnant
b)
existing
c)
paternal
d)
pin size
6.
Rocks are not living because
a)
they never move
b)
they aren't needed for humans
c)
they are not made of cells
d)
they don't break down
7.
What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things? 
a)
atom
b)
cell
c)
molecule
d)
human
8.
What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things? 
a)
atom
b)
cell
c)
molecule
d)
human
9.
An organism made of one cell is called
a)
unicellular
b)
multicellular
10.
What is the fluid inside a cell called? 
a)
Endoplasimic Reticulum
b)
Orange Juice
c)
Water
d)
Cytoplasm
11.
This organelle helps plants keep their rigid structure. 
a)
Cell wall
b)
Cell membrane
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Nucleus
12.
Chloroplasts carry out...
a)
Phagocytocis
b)
Phylocytosis
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Respiration
13.
This organelle takes food and turns it into ENERGY for plant and animal cells.
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Lysosome
d)
Ribosome
14.
This is a example of........ 
a)
organ system
b)
cells
c)
organ
d)
tissue
15.
This is a example of ........
a)
cell
b)
organ system
c)
organ
d)
tissue
16.
Which of the following is directly involved in the transportation of materials inside/within the cell?
a)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Vacuole
c)
Lysosome
d)
Mitochondria
17.
Which organelle is only found in a plant cell? 
a)
nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
mitochondria
d)
cell membrane
18.
You might think of me as the trash collector, but recycler is maybe more accurate. What am I?
a)
mitochondria
b)
lysosome
c)
vacuole
d)
ribosome
19.
What is found in both plant and animal cells but is much larger in plant cells?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Vacuole
20.
Where are proteins made?
a)
Golgi body
b)
Mitoichondria
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Ribosomes
21.
I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?
a)
cell wall
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane 
d)
cell skin
22.
What is the gel-like substance inside of cells called?

a)
photoplasm
b)
photosynthesis
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
cytoplasm
23.
 A group of cells that have similar functions? Examples are nervous, epithelial, muscle and connective
a)
cells
b)
tissues
c)
organs
d)
atoms
24.
 A group of cells that have similar functions? Examples are nervous, epithelial, muscle and connective
a)
cells
b)
tissues
c)
organs
d)
atoms
25.
A group of tissues that work together to perform a similar function is called_____. (Examples include the heart, lungs or stomach)
a)
cells
b)
tissues
c)
organs
d)
organ system
26.
The basic unit of structure and function in a living things.
a)
chloroplast
b)
nucleus
c)
cell
d)
cell membrane
27.
These organelles capture energy from sunlight and use it to produce food for the cell.
a)
cell membrane
b)
chloroplasts
c)
cell wall
d)
ribosomes
28.
A gel-like fluid in which many different organelles are found.
a)
cell membrane
b)
nucleus
c)
organelle
d)
cytoplasm
29.
What is the name of this organelle?
a)
Cell membrane
b)
Nucleus
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Cell wall
30.
What is the function of this organelle?
a)
This organelles holds all of the other organelles in place
b)
This organelle gets rid of waste
c)
This organelle packages and sends out proteins
d)
This organelle takes care of
31.
If a cell has a nucleus, then it must be what type of cell? 
a)
animal 
b)
prokaryotic 
c)
eukaryotic 
d)
 plant
32.
All of this type of cell are single celled. 
a)
animal
b)
prokariotic
c)
plant
d)
eukariotic
33.
This organelle helps plants keep their rigid structure. 
a)
Cell wall
b)
Cell membrane
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Nucleus
34.
Plant and animal cells are identical. 
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Plant and animal cells are both eukaryotic cells and have many cell organelles in common.  However, the cells do have a few differences.  Which statement below is true?
a)
Plant and animal cells do not both have a cell membrane.
b)
Plant cells have a rigid outer cell membrane while the membrane of animal cells is thin and permeable.
c)
Animal cells only have a cell membrane while a plant cell only has a cell wall.
d)
Animal cells have a cell membrane and plant cells have a cell membrane and an outer cell wall.
36.
What of the following is a prokaryote?
a)
animal cell
b)
bacteria
c)
virus
d)
plant cell
37.
Which of the following is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?
a)
cell wall
b)
cell membrane
c)
mitochondria
d)
vacuole
38.
Which of the following is NOT part of the Cell Theory?
a)
All living things are made up of 1 or more cells
b)
All cells come from pre-existing cells
c)
Cells are basic unit of structure for living things
d)
All cells have a nucleus
39.
This guy first saw cells of cork through a microscope....and Newton hated his guts. 
a)
Anton nan Leeuwenhoek
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Peter Parker
d)
Mr. Foltz
40.
Who was the first scientist to view bacteria and pond water through a microscope?
a)
Hooke
b)
Leeuwenhoek
c)
Schwann
d)
Mrs. Majewski