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LS7 - 2 Cells and Their Structures

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Each phospholipid molecule in the cell membrane has two heads and a tail.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Hydrophobic molecules are “water fearing.”

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Hydrophilic molecules “like” the interior of the cell membrane.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Water makes up about two thirds of a cell’s weight.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The cytoskeleton holds organelles in place inside the cytoplasm.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Ribosomes are made of folded membranes.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The large central vacuole of a plant cell is where photosynthesis occurs.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which statement about the cell membrane is false?

a)

It encloses the cytoplasm

b)

It protects and supports the cell

c)

It keeps all external substances out of the cell

d)

none of these

9.

The tails of phospholipid molecules in the cell membrane

a)

are on the outside of the membrane

b)

“love” water

c)

are hydrophobic

d)

two of these

10.

Functions of cytoplasm include

a)

suspending cell organelles

b)

helping the cell keep its shape

c)

providing a site for biochemical reactions

d)

all of these

11.

Which type of organelle is not surrounded by a membrane?

a)

mitochondrion

b)

ribosome

c)

centriole

d)

Golgi apparatus

12.

Organelles used for storage include

a)

vesicles

b)

vacuoles

c)

leucoplasts

d)

all of these

13.

The nuclear envelope contains

a)

pores

b)

ribosomes

c)

SER

d)

ATP

14.

All of the following are found in plant cells except

a)

chromoplasts

b)

cell walls

c)

centrioles

d)

RER

15.

threadlike filaments and tubules that crisscross the cytoplasm

a)

lysosome

b)

cytoskeleton

c)

centriole

d)

plastid

16.

organelle that helps organize DNA in the nucleus so it divides correctly during cell division

a)

lysosome

b)

vesicle

c)

cytoskeleton

d)

centriole

17.

organelle that helps make and transport proteins and lipids

a)

endoplasmic reticulum

b)

Golgi apparatus

c)

vesicle

d)

lysosome

18.

sac-like organelle used for storage, transport, or biochemical reactions

a)

vesicle

b)

lysosome

c)

endoplasmic reticulum

d)

Golgi apparatus

19.

large organelle that sends proteins and lipids where they need to go

a)

Golgi apparatus

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

plastid

d)

vesicle

20.

type of organelle found only in plant cells

a)

lysosome

b)

vesicle

c)

plastid

d)

centriole

21.

organelle that recycles unneeded molecules

a)

lysosome

b)

vesicle

c)

centriole

d)

plastid

22.

The watery, gel-like substance that makes up cytoplasm is called (??).

a)

cytosol

b)

cytoskeleton

c)

cytogelatin

d)

cytowhatchamacallit

23.

The largest organelle in a eukaryotic cell is the (??).

a)

nucleus

b)

nucelous

c)

endoplasmic reticulum

d)

Golgi apparatus

24.

The function of the nucleolus is to form (??).

a)

ribosomes

b)

plastids

c)

chromosomes

d)

nucleic acids

25.

Mitochondria use energy in glucose to make (??).

a)

ATP

b)

ADP

c)

DNA

d)

RNA

26.

Rough ER is rough because it is studded with (??).

a)

plastids

b)

vesicles

c)

ribosomes

d)

lysosomes

27.

The type of plastid where photosynthesis occurs is called a(n) (??).

a)

chloroplast

b)

caroplast

c)

lysoplast

d)

retroplast

28.

The membrane enclosing the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell is called the nuclear (??).

a)

envelope

b)

pore

c)

case

d)

wall