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Cell Structures and Functions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the main difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
a)
Prokaryotic cells have a nucleus and Eukaryotic cells do not
b)
Prokaryotic cells are unicellular and Eukaryotic cells are multicellular.
c)
Prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus, Eukaryotic cells do have a nucleus.
d)
Prokaryotic cells are plant cells and Eukaryotic cells are animal cells.
2.
What is the function of the cell membrane?
a)
To protect and support the cell
b)
To perform different functions in each cell
c)
To control what enters and leaves the cell
d)
To form a hard outer covering for the cell
3.
What is the function of the lysosomes?
a)
To make proteins for the cell
b)
To store water and other materials
c)
To convert food and oxygen into energy
d)
To use enzymes to digest old or worn out cell parts
4.
The Endoplasmic Reticulum 
a)
Is the transportion system of the cell
b)
Controls all activities of the cell
c)
Makes energy for the cell
d)
Controls what enters and leaves the cell
5.
What is the name of the organelle in the leaves of plants that absorbs the Sun's energy?
a)
roots
b)
chlorophyll
c)
chloroplast
d)
stomata
6.
What is the correct order of organization
a)
tissues-cells-organs-organ systems-organism
b)
cell-tissue-organs-organ systems-organism
c)
organism-cells-tissues-organ systems-organism
d)
tissues-cells-organs-organ sytems-organism
7.

These cells are small and flat

a)

Cuboidal

b)

Columnar

c)

Squamous

d)

Pseudostratified

8.

Which of the following is NOT a function of epithelial tissues?

a)

covering exposed surfaces

b)

lining internal passageways

c)

producing glandular secretions

d)

contracting to produce movement

9.

Q2. Plant tissue that helps in increasing the lenght of the shoot and root.

a)

Intercalary meristem

b)

Apical meristem

c)

lateral meristem

d)

permanent tissues

10.

Q9. Plant tissue that helps in the conduction of food from leaves to all parts of the plant

a)

Xylem

b)

phloem

c)

xylem and phloem

d)

None

11.
Which of the following is not one of the four tissue types? 
a)
Blood
b)
Connective
c)
Epithelial
d)
Nervous 
12.

This tissue is found in between other tissues everywhere in the body. Which tissue is this?

a)

connective

b)

muscle

c)

epithelial

d)

nervous

13.

This tissue makes the organ system that controls the body's movements, sends and carries signals to and from the different parts of the body, and has a role in controlling bodily functions. Which tissue is this?

a)

connective

b)

muscle

c)

epithelial

d)

nervous

14.

Tissues are

a)

Group of cells that perform similar functions

b)

Groups of organelles that perform similar functions

c)

Groups of organs.

d)

Important for the survival of living organisms

15.

What is the function of cholesterol in a plasma membrane?

a)

To make the membrane flexible

b)

To control the effect of temperature changes

c)

To attract water molecules

d)

To allow nutrients and other essential molecules into the cell

16.

What does "hydrophobic" mean?

a)

water loving, associates with water

b)

water fearing, does not associate with water

c)

a world war II submarine

d)

an example would be solutes like sugar or salt

17.

What is Osmosis?

a)

equal concentration

b)

diffusion of water through a selectively-permeable membrane

c)

movement of sugar through a membrane

d)

non-polar tail

18.
In a nerve cell, ATP energy is used to pump sodium (Na) out of the cell and potassium (K) into the cell. This is an example of...
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Simple Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Osmosis
19.
Food is moved into the cell by ________________________.
a)
endocytosis
b)
diffusion
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
20.
When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution water
a)
moves from the inside of the cell to the solution
b)
moves from the solution to the inside of the cell
c)
moves equally in and out of the cell
d)
none of these