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CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following is a major principle upon which cell theory is based?

a)

All cells form by free-cell formation.

b)

All cells have DNA

c)

All organisms are made of cells

d)

All cells are eukaryotic

2.

Identify the type of cell shown in Figure

a)

prokaryotic

b)

eukaryotic

c)

bacterial

d)

animal

3.

Which organelle is the storehouse for most of a cell’s genetic information?

a)

mitochondrion

b)

centriole

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleus

4.

Which phrase best describes rough ER?

a)

studded with ribosomes

b)

protected by vesicles

c)

connected to the Golgi apparatus

d)

stored in the central vacuole

5.

Which organelles supply energy to the cell?

a)

ribosomes

b)

mitochondria

c)

centrosomes

d)

vacuoles

6.

Which organelles contain enzymes that break down old cell parts?

a)

centrosomes

b)

lysosomes

c)

vacuoles

d)

chloroplasts

7.

Which organelles are unique to plant cells?

a)

ribosomes

b)

vacuoles

c)

chloroplasts

d)

centrosomes

8.

Which process occurs inside the chloroplasts?

a)

detoxification

b)

ribosome assembly

c)

photosynthesis

d)

protein synthesis

9.

Which type of receptor is shown in the diagram in Figure

a)

cytoplasmic

b)

membrane

c)

extracellular

d)

intracellular

10.

A protein that detects a signal molecule and performs an action in response is called a

a)

receptor

b)

ligand

c)

vesicle

d)

proton

11.

A solution that is hypotonic to a cell has

a)

more solutes than the cell

b)

fewer solutes than the cell.

c)

the same concentration of solutes as the cell.

d)

too many solutes.

12.

Transport proteins play a role in both

a)

passive and active transport

b)

exocytosis and endocytosis

c)

diffusion and vesicle transport

d)

phagocytosis and passive transport

13.

Which process requires no energy from the cell?

a)

exocytosis

b)

endocytosis

c)

active transport

d)

facilitated diffusion

14.

Which organelles are involved in the process called endocytosis?

a)

ribosomes

b)

vesicles

c)

centrioles

d)

chloroplasts

15.

Which process is occurring when a vesicle fuses with the cell membrane and releases its contents outside the cell?

a)

endocytosis

b)

phagocytosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

osmosis