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Cell Theory Structure and Function

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a eukaryotic cell, where is the DNA?

a)

in the nucleus

b)

floating freely in the cytoplasm

c)

in the chloroplasts

d)

in the ribosomes

2.

Which activity occurs in the plant cell but not the animal cell?

a)

energy is released after food molecules are broken down in the mitochondria

b)

waste molecules are stored in a vacuole

c)

food is produced using light energy in the cholorplast

d)

material are transported from one part of the cell to another through the ER

3.

Which organelle exists in the eukaryotic cell but not prokaryotic cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

DNA

c)

ribosomes

d)

cell wall

4.

Which of the following are true about the cell theory?

a)

Living cells come only from other living cells.

b)

Cells can only be seen with a copmound light telescope.

c)

Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things.

d)

All living organisms are made of one or more cells.

5.

Of the scientists listed, who first observed living cells under a microscope?

a)

Leeuwenhoek

b)

Schleiden

c)

Schwann

d)

Darwin

6.

Which is the vacuole?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

8

d)

10

7.

The jelly like substance in the cell is called the

a)

chromosomes

b)

cytoplasm

c)

lysosomes

d)

cytokinesis

8.

_______________ are membrane- covered structures that contain al the materials necessary to life.

a)

organs

b)

cells

c)

organisms

d)

tissues

9.

#3, decides what goes in and out of the cell.

a)

cell membrane

b)

nucleus

c)

lysosome

10.

#3, make ribosomes.

a)

nucleus

b)

nucleolus

c)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

d)

Golgi bodies

11.

Which organelles are in plants but not animal cells?

a)

cell wall

b)

chloroplasts

c)

cytoplasm

d)

mitochondria

12.

This cell has a cell membrane and a cell wall.

a)
b)
c)
13.

Which cell organelle helps break down food molecules to release ATP energy?

a)

ribosomes

b)

mitochondria

c)

vacuole

d)

nucleus

14.

Which organelle is reponsible for creating proteins?

a)

F

b)

A

c)

G

d)

H

15.

what is the function of the choloroplasts?

a)

make food (sugar) through photosynthesis

b)

make ribosomes

c)

make ATP energy

d)

controls the cells functions

16.

Which scientists first named the cells?

a)

Hooke

b)

Schwann

c)

Schleiden

17.

Which scientists discovered all animals are made of cell?

a)

Hooke

b)

Schwann

c)

Schlieden