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WorksheetsCell Structure and Function
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins
Jackson, Ethan, and William are working in a hospital lab, examining how medicines affect human cells. They notice that a certain structure around the cell controls which substances can enter or leave, helping the cell stay healthy. What is this structure called?
vacuole
cell wall
cell membrane
lysosome
Nora is learning about how different parts of a cell work. She wants to know which part controls the cell's activities and contains the cell's DNA. Which part is it?
mitochondria
cell membrane
nucleus
golgi body
David is learning about how cells get their energy. He discovers that one part of the cell breaks down glucose to release ATP energy, earning it the nickname "powerhouse" of the cell. Which part of the cell is David learning about?
nucleus
lysosomes
mitochondria
vacuole
Ava is learning about cell organelles in her biology class. She wonders which part of the cell acts like a storage room, keeping water, food, and waste. What is the cell organelle that stores water, food and waste called?
The cytoplasm
The lysosomes
The vacuole
The mitochondria
Isla is learning about plant cells in her science class. Her teacher asks her, "What is the main function of chloroplasts in plant cells?"
To control what enters and leaves the cell.
To break down glucose (food) to release energy for the cell.
To control all activities of the cell.
To produce glucose (food) for the cell using the sun's energy.
Noah is studying for his biology test and comes across the Cell Theory. Which statement that Noah finds in his notes is NOT part of the Cell Theory?
Only animals are made of cells.
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living things.
All living things are made of cells.
New cells come from existing cells.
Maya is reading about the history of biology and comes across the discovery of cells. She wonders which early scientist first discovered and named cells as "Cells." Who was it?
Robert Brown
Theodore Schwann
Matthias Schleiden
Robert Hooke
Charlotte is studying different types of living things in her biology class. She learns that some organisms are made up of many cells working together. What are these organisms called?
Prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
Unicellular
Multicellular
Benjamin is looking at different types of organisms under a microscope in his biology class. He wants to know which of the following types of organisms are Prokaryotes. Which should he choose?
Animals
Plants
Fungi
Bacteria
Unicellular organisms are
Always Prokaryotic
Always Eukaryotic
Made of many cells
Made of one cell
Mason, Henry, and Scarlett are working on a science project about plants. They notice that the plants they are studying have a rigid structure. They discuss which organelle might be responsible for this. What do you think they concluded?
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Chloroplast
Nucleus
Using this image, what organelle is H? (Hint: Big purple organelle)
Vacuole
Flagella
Rough ER
Nucleus
Using this image, what organelle is G?
Cell Wall
Mitochondria
Central Vacuole
Chloroplast
Using this image, what organelle is E? (has DNA inside)
Scarlett is studying for her biology test and comes across a question: What is the difference between rough and smooth ER?
There is no difference.
Plants have rough ER, animals have smooth ER.
What type of injuries the Doctors treat.
Rough has ribosomes, smooth does not.
Benjamin is learning about how living things are organized. He wants to know the correct order of organization in the human body, starting from the smallest part to the largest. What is the correct order?
tissues-cells-organs-organ systems-organism
cell-tissue-organs-organ systems-organism
organism-cells-tissues-organ systems-organism
tissues-cells-organs-organ sytems-organism
While working on a science project, Luna wonders which invention from the 17th century made it possible for scientists to develop modern cell theory. Which invention should she research?
x-rays
computers
the light microscope
the scanning electron microscope
Evelyn is reading a biology textbook and comes across the statement, "All animals are made of cells." She wonders who discovered this fact. Who was it?
Matthias Schleiden
Theodor Schwann
Robert Hooke
Rudolf Virchow
Abigail is curious about what all plants are made of. She reads in her science book that all plants are made of cells. This was discovered by....
Matthias Schleiden
Rudolf Virchow
Robert Hooke
Aristotle
Which cell type contains membrane-bound organelles that do different jobs?
prokaryotic cells
eukaryotic cells
both
neither
I am the organelle that is involved in protein and lipid production.
endoplasmic reticulum
ribosome
nucleus
microtubules
Abigail works in a factory where her job is to modify and package products for delivery throughout the company. Which part of a cell does Abigail's job most closely resemble?
ribosome
Golgi complex
endoplasmic reticulum
nucleus
I am the membrane bound sac that transports proteins and other materials throughout the cell.
vesicle
vacuole
ribosome
endoplasmic reticulum
Emma visits her doctor and is diagnosed with strep throat, which is caused by a bacteria. What type of cells are irritating Emma's throat?
plant cells
eukaryotic cells
prokaryotic cells
animal cells
Abigail is reading a science book and comes across a section about the cell nucleus. She wonders, "What is the name of the genetic material that is inside the nucleus?"
ER
ATP
YOLO
DNA
Charlotte is learning about how the human body gets rid of waste at the cellular level. She wonders which organelle in a cell is responsible for eliminating waste.
Nucleus
ER
Vacuole
Lysosome
What is the function of the lysosomes?
To make proteins for the cell
To store water and other materials
To convert food and oxygen into energy
To use enzymes to digest old or worn out cell parts or cell invaders.
Aiden is studying different parts of a plant in his science class. He learns that there is a cell structure found in the leaves, but NOT in the roots. Which cell structure is Aiden learning about?
Lysosomes
Chloroplasts
Vacuole
Mitochondria
Charlotte is working in a recycling center where she sorts out materials that can be broken down and reused. She comes across a special container filled with substances that can break down plastics, food scraps, and other waste into their basic building blocks, and also helps recycle broken or unused equipment. What is this container most similar to in a cell?
ER
Lysosome
Vacuole
Mitochondria
Which scientist concluded cells can only come from other cells by cell division?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Rudolph Virchow
Theodor Schwann
Charlotte is learning about cells in her science class. Her teacher explains that there is an organelle found in both plant and animal cells that converts sugars into ATP energy, and is often called the powerhouse of the cell. Which organelle is Charlotte's teacher talking about?
Mitochondria
Cell Wall
Cell Membrane
Vacuole
Imagine Priya adds a spoonful of sugar to one side of a cup of water. Diffusion is the movement of sugar molecules from
an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration.
an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
an area of equilibrium to an area of high concentration.
all of the above
When the concentration of solute molecules on both sides of a membrane is the same, the molecules will
move across the membrane to the outside of the cell.
stop moving across the membrane.
move across the membrane in both directions equally.
move across the membrane to the inside of the cell.
Rohan is studying how substances move in and out of cells. He learns that some methods require the cell to use ATP energy. Which means of particle transport requires input of ATP energy from the cell?
diffusion
osmosis
facilitated diffusion
active transport
Hannah places a raisin in a cup of water and notices that the raisin swells as water moves into it through its skin. The movement of water across the raisin's selectively permeable skin is called
endocytosis
osmosis.
facilitated diffusion.
active transport.
Charlotte places an animal cell in a dish filled with fresh water. The cell bursts because the osmotic pressure causes
water to move into the cell.
water to move out of the cell.
solutes to move into the cell.
solutes to move out of the cell.
Abigail noticed that when she put a drop of food coloring in a glass of water, the color spread throughout the water without her stirring or adding anything. This spreading of color is an example of passive transport because it occurs WITHOUT
cause.
ATP energy.
a concentration gradient.
a cell wall.
Jackson is conducting an experiment with red blood cells. He places the cells into a HYPERTONIC solution, which has a _____ concentration of solute than the interior of the cell. As a result, the cells will ______ when placed into this solution.
lower; shrink
lower; swell
higher; shrink
higher; swell
Aria places a raisin into a hypotonic solution. The solution has a ______ concentration of solute than the raisin's cells, and the raisin's cells will _____ when placed into the hypotonic solution.
lower; swell
lower; shrink
higher; swell
higher; shrink
The picture is an example of _________________.
isotonic
simple diffusion
osmosis
active transport
What do the Cilia that are pictured do?
filter materials that want to enter the cell
filter materials that want to exit the cell
trap harmful bacteria trying to infect the cell
aid in movement of the cell
What is the long tail like structure portion of this cell?
Cilia
Cell membrane
Flagella
Microvilli
The purpose of the cytoskeleton of the cell is.....
to provide structure and support to the cell
to act as a highway system for vessicles in their travel through a cell.
to aid in movement of cels.
all of the above
What type of cells are totipotent, and can differentiate into any type of body cell?
Nerve cells
Cardiac cells
blood cells
stem cells
Why are nerve and bone cells different structurally and functionally?
They have different DNA
They activate and express different genes
They have different instructions from nucleus
They are CRAZY!!! :-)
Once a stem cell differentiates or specializes, it cannot be reversed.
True
False
