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Biology Unit Cells

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of cell has a nucleus?

a)

eukaryotic

b)

prokaryotic

2.

Which type of cell is this?

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote

3.

Which cell structure acts like the brain of the cell?

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Nucleus

d)

Mitochondria

4.

Which part of the cell is considered to be "selectively permeable" because it allows certain things to enter or leave the cell?

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Nucleus

c)

Lysosome

d)

Cytoplasm

5.

The first scientist to use the term "cell" after looking at cork under a microscope was --

a)

Schleiden

b)

Schwann

c)

Hooke

d)

Virchow

6.

Which cell organelle helps break down food to release energy?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Nucleus

c)

Vacuole

d)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

7.

Which organelle is much larger in plant cells than animal cells and is used to store food and waste?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Vacuole

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Chloroplasts

8.

Where does photosynthesis occur?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

d)

Mitochondria

9.

Which type of plant cell would have more chloroplasts than others?

a)

Leaf cell

b)

Root cell

c)

Stem cell

d)

Root epidermal cell

10.

What is diffusion?

a)

when water moves from high solute to low solute.

b)

when molecules move from a high concentration to a low.

c)

There is no movement

d)

where molecules move from a low concentration to a high one.

11.
The picture below is an example of _________________.
a)
osmosis
b)
isotonic
c)
diffusion
d)
active transport
12.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
13.

During osmosis

a)

water moves from low solute to high solute concentration.

b)

large or oddly shaped molecules move across a cell membrane

c)

water moves from high solute to low solute concentration

d)

molecules moves across membranes actively

14.

A person would never have pure water put into their veins in a hospital because their cells would...

a)

Shrink

b)

Expand

c)

Dehydrate

d)

Stay the same

15.

A solution containing a higher solute concentration is said to be

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Isotonic

16.
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
17.

The jelly like substance in the cell is called --

a)

cytoplasm

b)

lysosomes

c)

chromosomes

d)

cytokinesis

18.

Which organelle builds proteins, each cell contains thousands, found on ER and floating throughout cell?

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Lysosome

c)

Vacuole

d)

Golgi Body

19.

Which organelle moves materials around in the cell, two types: smooth and rough

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Golgi Apparatus

c)

Vacuole

d)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

20.

Which organelle packages proteins and moves them throughout the cell?

a)

Cell Theory

b)

Golgi Apparatus

c)

Vacuole

d)

Endoplasmic Reticulum