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Cells review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the smallest unit of life that can carry out all life functions?

a)

the mitochondria

b)

the vacuoles

c)

the nucleus

d)

the cell

2.
Which structures are found in every living cell?
a)
cell membrane and cytoplasm
b)
chloroplasts and mitochondria
c)
a cell wall and nucleus
d)
chloroplasts and cell wall
3.
Which cell structure is found in plant and animals cells and controls what can come into or leave a cell?
a)
cell membrane
b)
cytoplasm
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuole
4.
What is the function of the cell nucleus found in both plant and animal cells?
a)
to produce energy
b)
to control cell activity
c)
to remove waste products
d)
to allow molecules to enter the cell
5.
Cell organelles that are responsible for digesting food, worn out organelles and other cellular wastes are called ___________________.
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Vacuoles
c)
Lysosomes
d)
Chlororplasts
6.
What is one basic function of the vacuoles?
a)
circulating oxygen
b)
producing food
c)
controlling cell processes
d)
storing water
7.
All cells need energy to function.  Which cell organelle is responsible for producing energy in the cell?
a)
chloroplasts
b)
mitochondria
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuoles
8.
What is the function of a cell wall?
a)
to protect and support the cell
b)
to perform different functions in each cell
c)
to prevent water from passing through it
d)
to prevent oxygen from entering the cell
9.
In what part of the plant cell does the process of photosynthesis take place?
a)
nucleus
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplasts
d)
vacuoles
10.
_ are organelles responsible for digesting certain materials within the cell.
a)
vacuoles
b)
chloroplasts
c)
lysosomes
d)
cell membrane
11.
He discovered that all plants are made of cells:
a)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
b)
Theordor Schwann
c)
Robert Hooke
d)
Mattias Schleiden
12.
Who was the first  person to see cells under the microscope and give them their name?
a)
Mattias Schleiden
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Theordor Schwann
d)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
13.
Chloroplasts are organelles that convert light energy to sugars.  These organelles are found only in plants.  Which organelles are found only in animals?
a)
Golgi apparatus
b)
lysosomes
c)
mitochondria
d)
ribosomes
14.
The basic unit of structure and function in a living things.
a)
chloroplast
b)
nucleus
c)
cell
d)
cell membrane
15.
Which organelle is only found in a plant cell? 
a)
nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
mitochondria
d)
cell membrane
16.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
mitochondrion
d)
golgi apparatus
17.
Which part of the cell is often called "the brain of the cell"?
a)
nuclear membrane
b)
endoplasmic reticulum
c)
nucleus
d)
mitochondria
18.
What is found in both plant and animal cells but is much larger in plant cells?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Vacuole
19.
Where are proteins made?
a)
Golgi body
b)
Mitoichondria
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Ribosomes
20.
In a plant cell, a stiff wall surrounds the membrane, giving the cell a rigid, boxlike shape.
a)
cell membrane
b)
cell
c)
ribosome
d)
cell wall
21.
A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within a cell.
a)
organelle
b)
cell
c)
nucleus
d)
ribosomes
22.
Plants perform photosynthesis through this organelle.  It captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food for the cell.
a)
Chlorophyll
b)
Chloroplasts
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Golgi Apparatus
23.
The process by which the nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells
a)
mitosis
b)
cancer
c)
spindle
d)
centromere
24.
Structure (c) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
25.
Name the phase:
a)
Anaphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Prophase
26.
Nuclear membrane forms around chromosomes and begins to separate.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Telophase
27.
Human cells have ____ chromosomes
a)
43
b)
44
c)
45
d)
46
28.
Select the correct order
a)
phophase, telophase, anaphase, metaphase
b)
metaphase, prophase, anaphase, telophase
c)
metaphase, prophase, telophase, anaphase
d)
prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
29.
What stage of mitosis is shown in the picture?
a)
Interphase
b)
Prophase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Telophase
30.
What stage of mitosis is shown in the picture?
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Prophase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Anaphase
31.
What stage of mitosis is shown in the picture?
a)
Anaphase
b)
Interphase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Telophase
32.
What stage of mitosis is shown in the picture?
a)
Anaphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Prophase
d)
Metaphase
33.
What stage of mitosis is shown in the picture?
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Telophase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Prophase
34.
What stage of mitosis is shown in the picture?
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase