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Cell Structure and Function

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Sac within the cytoplasm that is full of fluid; plants have one large; stores food, water, etc.
a)
vacuole
b)
cell wall
c)
lysosome
d)
ribosome
2.
Gives the cell a rigid, box-like shape; outside of the cell membrane; in plants.
a)
cytoplasm
b)
chromatin
c)
cell wall
d)
cell membrane
3.
Consists of a jellylike substance that contains many organelles.
a)
ribosomes
b)
cytoplasm
c)
chloroplasts
d)
cell wall
4.
Which organelle uses energy from sunlight to make sugar?
a)
mitochondria
b)
nucleus
c)
chloroplasts
d)
vacuoles
5.
Which part of the cell is often called "the brain of the cell"?
a)
nuclear membrane
b)
endoplasmic reticulum
c)
nucleus
d)
ribosomes
6.
I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?
a)
cell wall
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane 
d)
cell skin
7.
I make proteins for the cell. What am I?
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
lysosome
8.
You might think of me as the trash collector or recycler is maybe more accurate. What am I?
a)
cytoplasm
b)
lysosme
c)
vacuole
d)
ribosome
9.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
endoplasmic reticulum
d)
golgi apparatus
10.
What is this?
a)
mitochondria
b)
lysosomes
c)
chloroplast
d)
endoplasmic reticulum
11.
In what organelle is the genetic material found inside?
 
a)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Golgi Complex
c)
Nucleolus
d)
Nucleus
12.
What organelle is called the "powerhouse" of a cell?

a)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Nucleus
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Nucleolus
13.
What cell part is NOT found in all cells?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Genetic Material
14.
Complex cell. Can be plant or animal. Contains membrane bound organelles. 
a)
Eukaryotic Cell
b)
Prokaryotic Cell
c)
Bacteria
d)
Blood cell
15.
Main producer of ATP in all eukaryotes
a)
chloroplast
b)
mitochondria
c)
lysosome
d)
smooth er
16.
What can only be found in plant cells?
a)
Cell membrane
b)
Vacuole
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Mitochondrion
17.
All living things are made of...
a)
atoms 
b)
cells 
c)
bacteria 
d)
plants 
18.
The picture illustrates a
a)
Prokaryotic Plant Cell
b)
Prokaryotic Animal Cell
c)
Eukaryotic Plant Cell
d)
Eukaryotic Animal Cell
19.
Where is the DNA found in a prokaryotic cell? 
a)
floating around in the cytoplasm 
b)
in the nucleus 
20.
What type of cell has a nucleus? 
a)
eukaryotic
b)
prokaryotic 
21.
The site of photosynthesis
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
22.
Which is NOT a part of the cell theory?
a)
Cells are the smallest structural and functional unit
b)
Every organism is made up of cells
c)
Cells come from other cells
d)
Cells are made of atoms
23.
Who looked at cork and named the cell?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Robert Brown
d)
Francesco Redi
24.
Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schliden were all responsible for what theory?
a)
The Theory of Gravity
b)
The Theory of Relativity
c)
The Cell Theory
d)
The Theory of Continental Drift
25.
Bacteria is what kind of cell?
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
26.
This scientist concluded that animals and, in fact, all living things are made of cells:
a)
Hooke
b)
Leeunwenhoek
c)
Schleiden
d)
Schwann
27.
This scientist concluded that plants are made of cells:
a)
Virchow
b)
Schwann
c)
Schleiden
d)
Leeunwenhoek
28.
What type of cells are humans made up of?
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
29.
All existing cells are produced by other
a)
living cells
b)
dead cells
c)
atom cells
d)
animal cells
30.
Rudolph Virchow's observations proved that?
a)
all plants are made of cells
b)
all animals are made of cells 
c)
cells come from other cells
31.
Prokaryotes contain membrane-bound organelles. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Eukaryotes have true nucleus? True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Plants, animals, fungi and protists are all examples of _______ cells
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
animal
d)
plant
34.
Bacteria and archaea are examples of what type of cells?
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Plant 
d)
Animal
35.
Plants are made of:
a)
a single cell
b)
prokaryotic cells
c)
multiple cells
d)
all of the above
36.
Animals are made of:
a)
a single cell
b)
prokaryotic cells
c)
multiple cells
d)
all of the above
37.
Sugar is an example of:
a)
a carbohydrate
b)
a lipid
c)
a nucleic acid
d)
an amino acid
38.
The rough endoplasmic reticulum:
a)
is covered in lysosomes
b)
releases energy
c)
is covered in ribosomes
d)
is covered in vacuoles
39.
Where do things go in and out of the cell?
a)
the cell membrane
b)
the cell organelle
c)
the cell chromosomes
d)
the cell nucleus
40.
Why are different cells shaped differently from one another?
a)
size of the cell
b)
number of organelles in the cell
c)
DNA in the cell
d)
the function of the cell( the job the cell does)
41.
Nucleic acids:
a)
contain genetic information
b)
are long chains of amino acid molecules
c)
do not dissolve in water
d)
store energy and provide structural support
42.
Proteins:
a)
do not dissolve in water
b)
contain genetic information
c)
are long chains of amino acid molecules
d)
store energy and provide structural support
43.
Lipids:
a)
are long chains of amino acid molecules
b)
do not dissolve in water
c)
store energy and provide structural support
d)
contain genetic information
44.
Carbohydrates:
a)
contain genetic information
b)
are long chains of amino acid molecules
c)
do not dissolve in water
d)
store energy and provide structural support
45.
Which arrow shows where genetic information would be found in the cell?
a)
E
b)
A
c)
D
d)
H
46.
Which arrow shows the vacuole?
a)
E
b)
C
c)
B
d)
D
47.
Which arrow shows the cell wall?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
48.
Which arrow shows the cell membrane?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
49.
Which arrow shows the mitochondria?
a)
E
b)
F
c)
G
d)
H
50.
Which arrow shows the endoplasmic reticulum?
a)
E
b)
F
c)
H
d)
I