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Plant and Animal Cell Quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The plant cell has a smaller vacuole than the animal cell.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

All living things are made of cells.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Plant cells have chloroplast. This is where the plant uses photosynthesis to make its own food.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Animal cells have chloroplast so that they can make their own food.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The plant cell and the animal cell are exactly alike.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Only some plants have cells.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The nucleus is like the brain of the cell.

a)

True

b)

False

8.
The first person to see cells, he was looking at cork and noted that he saw "a great many boxes
a)
Robert Hooke 
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek 
c)
Theodore Schwann 
9.
It is called the "powerhouse" of a cell.

a)
nucleus
b)
mitochondrion
c)
lysososme
d)
ribosome
10.
The part of the cell often called "the brain of the cell".
a)
Cytoplasm     
b)
Cell wall
c)
Nucleus 
d)
Ribosomes
11.
it uses sunlight to create food, photosynthesis (only found in plant cells),
a)
smooth ER
b)
golgi body
c)
cell wall
d)
chloroplasts
12.
It is the processing, packages and secretes proteins; proteins are transported in vesicles  .
a)
Ribosomes
b)
Lysosomes
c)
Golgi apparatus
d)
Mitochondria
13.
It is the storage area for water and other substances.
a)
vacuole
b)
lysosome
c)
ribosome
d)
rough ER
14.
It is located outside the cell membrane of plants and some bacteria which serves as support.
a)
cell wall 
b)
choloroplast
c)
smooth ER 
d)
rough ER
15.
It is the  jelly-like fluid interior of the cell
a)
cytoplasm
b)
nucleus
c)
endoplasmic reticulum
d)
golgi bodies
16.
These are  "little organs" that carry out cell functions.
a)
lysosomes
b)
organelles
c)
golgi bodies
d)
mitochondria
17.
What tool do you use to view the cells?
a)
metric ruler
b)
pipette
c)
centrifuge
d)
microscope
18.
What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things? 
a)
atom
b)
molecule
c)
cell
d)
tissue
19.
An organism made of one cell is called________.
a)
eukaryotes
b)
prokaryotes
20.
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
21.
What is the function of the cell nucleus found in both plant and animal cells?
a)
to produce energy
b)
to remove waste products
c)
to allow molecules to enter the cell
22.

What is the function of the mitochondria?

a)

To make food for the cell

b)

To give the cell its structure

c)

To convert energy from food molecules into energy the cell can use

d)

To separate and protect the nucleus from the cytoplasm

23.

What 2 organelles do plant cells have that animal cells do not?

a)

cell wall

chloroplasts

b)

cell wall

vacoule

c)

Cell membrane

chloroplasts

d)

Mitochondria

Cytoplasm

24.

For what purpose does the cell membrane allow certain types of matter to pass into the cell?

a)

To provide the cell with energy it needs

b)

To provide the cell with food it needs

c)

To provide the cell with materials it needs

d)

To provide the cell with sunlight it needs