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CAX KS3 CELLS

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the smallest unit that can carry on all functions of life?
a)
cells 
b)
elements
c)
atoms
d)
organelles
2.
Which statement would help determine if a cell is a plant or animal cell?
a)
If the cell has a cell wall, it can be an animal cell.
b)
If the cell has a nucleus, then it can only be an animal cell. 
c)
If the cell has a cell wall, it can be a plant cell.
d)
If the cell has a nucleus, then it can only be a plant cell.
3.

What do animal and plant cells have in common?

a)

Both have central vacuoles,cytoplasm and nucleus.

b)

Both have chloroplasts,cytoplasm and nucleus.

c)

Both have cell membranes, cytoplasm and nucleus.

d)

Both have cell walls, cytoplasm and nucleus.

4.

Which organism is made up of cells that have both a cell membrane and a cell wall?

a)

mouse

b)

human

c)

maple tree

d)

zebra

5.
What structures distinguish a plant cell from an animal cell?
a)
Plant cells have cell walls and ribosomes.
b)
Plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts.
c)
Plant cells have chloroplasts and ribosomes.
d)
Plant cells have chloroplasts and mitochondria.
6.

The thick liquid that is inside the cell, and where the reactions occur is:

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Cell wall

c)

Organelles

d)

Cytoplasm

7.

What is the name of the green subtance that capture light in plant cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Chlorophyll

c)

Membrane

d)

Organelles

8.

A group of cells forms...

a)

Multicellular organism

b)

Organs

c)

Systems

d)

Tissues

9.

The main differences between a plant cell and an animal cell are:

a)

Plant cells have cell walls and nucleus.

b)

Plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts with chlorophyll.

c)

Plant cells have organelles and cell wall.

d)

Plant cells have nucleus, cell walls and chlorophyll.

10.

A very easy one... check the true statement. look at the picture and put in order

a)

Cell, tissue, organ, organ system,organism

b)

Cell, organ, system, organism, organ system

c)

Cell, tissue, organism, organ, system

d)

Cell, tissue, organism, system, organ

11.

True or false... Cells that perform different functions form a tissue.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Letter B is which organelle?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Vacuole

d)

Mitochondria

13.

What does the cell membrane control?

a)

What comes in and out of the cell.

b)

What leaves the cell.

c)

What is inside the cell.

d)

What is outside the cell.

14.
This organelle protects/holds the DNA
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Chloroplasts
c)
Nucleolus
d)
Nucleus
15.

The function of this organelle is to store things like water, pigment (color protein), poisons in plants etc...... Large ones are found in plants.

a)

Lysosome

b)

Golgi Body

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Vacuole

16.
This organelle traps sunlight and uses that energy to convert it to food.
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Chloroplasts
c)
Lysosomes
d)
Chlorophyll
17.

Controls all the cell's activities.

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplasts

c)

vacuole

d)

nucleus

18.
What is the name of the genetic material that is inside the nucleus?
a)
ER
b)
ATP
c)
YOLO
d)
DNA
19.

Photosynthesis is the ability of the chloroplast to convert _______ energy to food.

a)

gas

b)

soil

c)

heat

d)

light

20.
A rigid layer that lies outside the cell's  membrane is...(plant cells, bacterial cell, some protists, and fungal cells)
a)
Cytoskeleton
b)
Cilia
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Flagella
21.

A plant cell is being shown. What is structure #2?

a)

mitochondrion

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosome

d)

chloroplast

22.

A plant cell is being shown. What is the structure labeled 1?

a)

nucleus

b)

vacuole

c)

E.R.

d)

mitochondria

23.

All living things carry out life processes (MRSGREN). Which one means getting rid of waste?

a)

respiration

b)

excretion

c)

nutrition

d)

sensitivity

e)

growth

24.

All living things carry out life processes (MRSGREN). Which one means releasing energy from food using oxygen?

a)

respiration

b)

excretion

c)

nutrition

d)

sensitivity

e)

growth

25.

All living things carry out life processes (MRSGREN). Which one means relates to photosynthesis in plants?

a)

respiration

b)

excretion

c)

nutrition

d)

sensitivity

e)

growth