WorksheetsCellular Structure and Organelle Function
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The structure of the plasma membrane is mostly made of
a)
proteins
b)
phospholipids
c)
saccharides
d)
nucleic acids
2.
Which organelle uses condensation reactions to create a protein?
a)
endoplasmic reticulum
b)
nucleus
c)
ribosome
d)
mitochondria
3.
Which organelle is responsible for breaking down waste material and cell parts in a cell?
a)
lysosome
b)
Golgi body
c)
ribosome
d)
mitochondria
4.
In what organelle is the genetic material found inside?
a)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Golgi Complex
c)
Nucleolus
d)
Nucleus
5.
What organelle is called the "powerhouse" of a cell?
a)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Nucleus
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Nucleolus
6.
Using this image, what organelle is C?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Large Cell Vacuole
d)
Chloroplast
7.
What is the function of the mitochondria?
a)
Structure that manufactures ribosomes
b)
Structures that converts nutrients to energy
c)
Stack of membranes that packages chemicals
d)
Structure that contains DNA and directs the cell
8.
What is the function of the vacuole?
a)
Sac that stores water, nutrients, and waste products
b)
Sac filled with digestive chemicals
c)
Jelly-like substance within the plasma membrane
d)
stack of membranes that packages chemicals
9.
I store water in both plant and animal cells. What am I?
a)
cytoplasm
b)
ribosomes
c)
vacuole
d)
lysosomes
10.
I make proteins for the cell. What am I?
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
lysosome
11.
What cell part is NOT found in all cells?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Genetic Material
12.
Complex cell. Can be plant or animal. Contains membrane bound organelles.
a)
Eukaryotic Cell
b)
Prokaryotic Cell
c)
Bacteria
d)
Blood cell
13.
Main producer of ATP in all eukaryotes
a)
chloroplast
b)
mitochondria
c)
lysosome
d)
smooth er
14.
What makes the endoplasmic reticulum rough?
a)
Vessicles
b)
Vacuoles
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Chromosomes
15.
a)
where ribosomes are made
b)
receives proteins from ER and distributes them
c)
assembles amino acids into proteins
16.
What are tiny organelles that convert glucose into ATP?
a)
Ribosomes
b)
Vesicles
c)
Cytoskeleton
d)
Mitochondria
17.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
endoplasmic reticulum
d)
golgi apparatus
18.
A cell is a complex system. Like most systems, a cell contains a boundary that separates things that are inside the system from those that are outside of the system. Which part of the cell functions as a system boundary?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Nucleus
d)
Ribosomes
19.
Because of their function, we would expect muscle cells to have a large number of which cell organelle?
a)
Lysosomes
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Golgi Body
d)
Ribosomes
20.
What is this?
a)
mitochondria
b)
lysosomes
c)
chloroplast
d)
endoplasmic reticulum
21.
Another term for equilibrium is...
a)
Equality
b)
Babycakes
c)
Homeostasis
d)
Balance
22.
What does the "fluid mosaic model" mean about the cell membrane?
a)
It can dissolve into fluid.
b)
The cell is mostly made of mosaic molecules.
c)
It looks like a flexible pattern.
d)
Somebody else should name these things.
23.
A cell will __________________ in a hypotonic solution.
a)
swell and perhaps burst (lyse)
b)
shrink
c)
the size of the cell will not change
d)
the size of the cell will change from large to small and from small to large
24.
Two examples of passive transport are
a)
Earth and Sun
b)
Diffusion and Osmosis
c)
Energy and Wind
d)
None of the above
25.
The picture is an example of _________________.
a)
osmosis
b)
isotonic
c)
diffusion
d)
active transport
26.
The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane without the use of any energy is called
a)
endocytosis
b)
diffusion
c)
active transport
d)
osmosis
27.
A cell will _____________________ in a hypertonic solution.
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
will not change
d)
will explode
28.
When both inside and outside of a cell have the same amount of water it is said that the cell has reached a state of
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion
c)
Equilibrium
29.
What a cell needs to transport particles by active transport?
a)
Sun
b)
Wind
c)
Energy
d)
Channels
30.
A person's tongue cells after finishing eating a salty French fry would...
a)
get smaller
b)
get bigger
c)
remain the same
31.
The picture is an example of...
a)
active tranport
b)
passive transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
32.
The movement of molecules against a concentration gradient
a)
simple diffusion
b)
facilitated diffusion
c)
active transport
d)
osmosis
33.
How does a cell maintain homeostasis?
a)
Regulates what enters and leaves the cell
b)
Flexibility
c)
Protective barrier
d)
Structure and support
34.
Movement of ions (charged particles)
a)
diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
facilitated diffusion
d)
active transport
35.
A student sprays salt water on a lettuce leaf. He then notices the lettuce wilts soon after . Wilting most likely occurs because the lettuce cells…
a)
a. Swell when exposed to salt
b)
a. Absorb the extra salt
c)
a. Release water in the presence of salt
d)
a. Lose oxygen when in contact with salt
36.
The process where a substance in a cell moves from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration without an input of energy is called…
a)
Active transport
b)
A sodium pump
c)
Passive transport
d)
Semipermeability
37.
In active transport, carrier proteins…
a)
Move substances across the cell membrane without the use of ATP
b)
Move from low to high concentration by diffusion
c)
Move small molecules through the cell membrane by osmosis
d)
Move substances from a low concentration to a high concentration through the use of energy
38.
A white blood cell engulfs a bacterium, taking it in and then destroying it. What type of movement has occurred?
a)
endocytosis
b)
osmosis
c)
facilitated diffusion
d)
equilibrium
39.
Requires protein pumps and use of ATP
a)
diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
facilitated diffusion
d)
active transport
40.
Includes exocytosis
a)
diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
facilitated diffusion
d)
active transport
41.
Please identify in the following picture if the solution is:
a)
hypotonic
b)
isotonic
c)
hypertonic
42.
Please identify if the solution described is:
a)
isotonic
b)
hyptertonic
c)
hypotonic
43.
Please identify if the solution described is:
a)
isotonic
b)
hypertonic
c)
hypotonic
44.
What type of transport is shown?
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
diffusion
c)
osmosis
d)
active transport
45.
What type of transport is shown?
a)
diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
facilitated diffusion
d)
active transport
46.
"Water Loving"
a)
Hydrophobic
b)
Hydrophilic
c)
Hydroelectric
d)
Hydroloric
47.
A ______________ is composed of a phosphate and glycerol head and 2 fatty acid chain tails.
a)
phospholipid
b)
Carbohydrate
c)
Cholesterol
d)
Protein
48.
A phospholipid has 2 parts. What are they called?
a)
Hydrophilic Head, Hydrophobic Tail
b)
Hydrophobic Head, Hydrophilic Tail
49.
A protein that forms an ion channel through a membrane is most likely
a)
a peripheral membrane protein
b)
a phospholipid
c)
an enzyme.
d)
a transmembrane protein
50.
Which type of membrane protein would likely be most easily removed in a laboratory experiment?
a)
Integral membrane proteins
b)
Channel proteins
c)
Peripheral membrane proteins
d)
Transmembrane proteins
51.
Which statement about cholesterol molecules is true?
a)
They help hold a membrane together.
b)
They alter the fluidity of the membrane.
c)
They attach to carbohydrates.
d)
They disrupt membrane function.
52.
Which of the following is responsible for getting large or charged (polar) molecules across the cell membrane?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
53.
Hydrophobic region of the cell membrane?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
C
d)
A
54.
Controlling what goes into or out of the cell with the help of energy is called
a)
active transport
b)
endocytosis
c)
passive transport
d)
exocytosis
55.
Which way would the purple molecules move through the semi-permeable membrane?
a)
From the A side to the B-side
b)
From the B side to the A side
c)
none of the purple molecules would move
d)
they would move equally back and forth in a state of dynamic equilibrium
56.
In a hypothetical study, cells are placed in a solution of glucose in which the concentration of glucose is gradually increased. At first, the rate at which glucose enters the cells is found to increase as the concentration of the glucose solution is increased. But when the glucose concentration of the solution is increased above 10 M, the rate no longer increases. Which of the following is the likely mechanism for glucose transport into these cells?
a)
Facilitated diffusion via a carrier protein
b)
Facilitated diffusion via a channel protein
c)
Pinocytosis
d)
Tertiary active transport
57.
Which of the following is the driving force for simple diffusion?
a)
Concentration gradient
b)
ATP hydrolysis
c)
ADP hydrolysis
d)
Phosphorylation
58.
Which of the following is the driving force for facilitated diffusion?
a)
Concentration gradient
b)
ATP hydrolysis
c)
ADP hydrolysis
d)
Phosphorylation
59.
Which statement about diffusion is false?
a)
Diffusion does not require ATP
b)
Simple diffusion depends upon specific carrier proteins
c)
In diffusion, molecules move from areas of greater concentration to areas of lesser concentration
d)
Diffusion continues until the molecular concentrations are in equilibrium
60.
Which of the following functions as a recognition site for interactions between cells?
a)
Phospholipids
b)
Cholesterol
c)
Fatty acids
d)
Glycolipids
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