wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Cell Organelles

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which organelle is only found in a plant cell? 
a)
nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
mitochondria
d)
cell membrane
2.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
mitochondrion
d)
golgi apparatus
3.
You might think of me as the trash collector, but recycler is maybe more accurate. What am I?
a)
mitochondria
b)
lysosome
c)
vacuole
d)
ribosome
4.
Where are proteins made?
a)
Golgi body
b)
Mitoichondria
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Ribosomes
5.
This organelle takes food and turns it into ENERGY for plant and animal cells.
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Lysosome
d)
Ribosome
6.
The site of photosynthesis
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
7.
I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?
a)
cell wall
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane 
d)
cell skin
8.
What are tiny organelles that convert glucose into ATP?
a)
Ribosomes
b)
Vesicles
c)
Cytoskeleton
d)
Mitochondria
9.
A rigid layer that lies outside the cell's  membrane is...
a)
Cytoskeleton
b)
Cilia
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Flagella
10.
What is the gel-like substance inside of cells called?

a)
photoplasm
b)
photosynthesis
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
cytoplasm
11.

Which of the following describes the function of the nucleolus?

a)

Command Center for the Cell

b)

Produce initial parts of ribosomes

c)

To hold chromosomes

d)

To make DNA

12.

Tiny holes that allow substances to enter and exit the nucleus:

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Flagellum

d)

Nuclear Pores

13.

What is the name of the membrane that surrounds the permanent vacuole in a plant cell?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Tonoplast

c)

Cell membrane

d)

Cristae

14.

The inside of a mitochondria is known as the...

a)

Cristae

b)

Intermembrane Space

c)

Stroma

d)

Matrix

15.

Fluid filled sacs that are stacked in grana inside the chloroplast are called...

a)

Alkaloids

b)

Cristae

c)

Thylakoids

d)

Chlorophyll

16.

The inside of a chloroplast contains...

a)

Stacks of thylakoids in the matrix

b)

Grana in the stroma

c)

Cristae in the matrix

d)

Ribosomes suspended in cytoplasm

17.

The theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts were once single-celled organisms is known as...

a)

Exosymbiosis paradox

b)

Endosymbiotic theory

c)

Exosymbiotic theory

d)

Endoplasmic postulate

18.

Microtubules are formed from the protein tubulin, it's two forms are...

a)

Alpha and Beta

b)

Alpha and Omega

c)

Beta and Omega

d)

Delta and Gamma

19.

Identify the region of the cell, highlighted in the picture, which contains two hollow cylindrical organelles at right angles to one another.

a)

Vacuole

b)

Centrosome

c)

Centriole

d)

Variegated region

20.

Which answer correctly identifies cell organelles which are clearly visible when using a standard compound light microscope?

a)

Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Cell membrane.

b)

Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Mitchondria, Endoplasmic reticulum.

c)

Cell membrane, Cytoplasm, Mitochondria, Ribosomes.

d)

ER, Golgi body, Lysosomes.