WorksheetsPlant and Animal Cells
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following statements concerning cell membranes is true?
a)
Water passes freely through a cell membrane.
b)
A substance that is soluble in lipids will be repelled by a cell membrane
c)
The size of a substance will not affect whether it passes through a cell membrane
d)
Cell membranes allow all substances to pass through freely
2.
The diagram represents an experiment carried out in a school laboratory. A semi permeable membrane separates two solutions. The membrane is only permeable to substances small enough to fit through the pores.
Which of the following statements is true?
Which of the following statements is true?
a)
Osmosis will favour the movement of water molecules from side B to side A.
b)
There will be no net movement of water molecules
c)
Sucrose molecules will readily diffuse from side A to side B
d)
There will be no change in the volume of solution on either side of the membrane
3.
This question refers to the diagram representing a cell in a salt solution.
Which one of the following statements is correct?
Which one of the following statements is correct?
a)
This cell will gain water while there is no net movement of salt
b)
This cell will lose both salt and water to the external environment
c)
Salt will move into the cell and water will move out of the cell
d)
Water and salt will move into the cell’s cytoplasm
4.
Liver cells are considered to be among the most active cells in the body. Therefore, it is most likely that they will contain large numbers of
a)
nuclei
b)
mitochondria
c)
vesicles
d)
golgi bodies
5.
The process in which a substance in solution moves from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration is called
a)
diffusion
b)
absorption
c)
filtration.
d)
osmosis
6.
Amino acids are a type of water soluble molecule. How do they pass through the cell membrane?
a)
Diffuse across the membrane
b)
Enter via a vesicle
c)
Pass between the small pores between the phospholipid molecules
d)
Transferred by carrier proteins
7.
The production of proteins occurs in the
a)
endoplasmic reticulum
b)
mitochondria
c)
ribosomes.
d)
nucleus.
8.
The most likely means by which a white blood cell would remove foreign material is
a)
osmosis.
b)
exocytosis
c)
active transport
d)
phagocytosis
9.
What would happen if a (human) cell was placed in a solution that has a higher concentration of solute than its cytoplasm?
a)
The volume of the cell increases
b)
(a) More solute diffuses out of the cell.
c)
More water leaves the cell than enters the cell
d)
The concentration of the solute in the cell decreases
10.
A student who was investigating skin cells noticed that 40 x magnification was not powerful enough. The field of view was 2000 µm. Calculate the new field of view if the student changed the power to 100 x magnification
a)
2000 µm
b)
4000 µm
c)
200 µm
d)
800 µm
11.
The cell organelle that packages proteins inside the cell before they are sent to their destination is the
a)
golgi apparatus
b)
centriole
c)
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
d)
ribosome
12.
Apart from being magnified, which of the letters shown below would appear unchanged when viewed under a light microscope?
a)
The letter T
b)
The letter M
c)
The letter A
d)
The letter H
13.
Which of the following statements about the relationship between the red blood cell, capillary wall and muscle cell tissue is CORRECT?
a)
Both oxygen and carbon dioxide would move between A and B by osmosis through the semi-permeable cell membranes.
b)
Both oxygen and carbon dioxide would move between A and B by diffusion
c)
Carbon dioxide would move from B to A by active transport and oxygen would move from B to A by diffusion.
d)
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide would move from A to B by facilitated diffusion when exercising
14.
Organelle X produces proteins. The proteins move through organelle Y towards organelle Z where are they packaged. Identify X, Y and Z.
a)
X=Ribosome, Y=Mitochondrion, Z=Lysosome
b)
X=Ribosome, Y=Rough Endoplamsic reticulum, Z=Golgi body
c)
X=Nucleolus, Y=Cell membrane, Z=Golgi body
d)
X=Chromosome, Y=Nucleus, Z= Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
15.
The diagram below illustrates part of a cell membrane
The region labelled Y is:
The region labelled Y is:
a)
polar
b)
hydrophilic
c)
hydrophobic
d)
hydrostatic
16.
Ridged outer layer of a plant cell.
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Cell Wall
c)
ER
d)
Ribosomes
17.
Stores food, water, wastes, and other materials.
a)
Vacuoles
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Chloroplasts
d)
Golgi Bodies
18.
The cell structure that converts the sun's energy into food (sugar) is the?
a)
mitochondrion
b)
chloroplast
c)
cell wall
d)
cell membrane
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