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Cells & their organelles

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organelle would you expect to find in a plant cell but not animal cells?

a)

ribosome

b)

mitochondria

c)

chloroplast

d)

vacuole

e)

smooth ER

2.

Looking at a cell under a microscope, you note that it is a prokaryote. How did you know?

a)

lacks a cytoplasm

b)

lacks genetic materail

c)

cell cytoplasm

d)

lacks a nucleus

3.

What is a function of the cell membrane?

a)

regulates what moves in and out of the cell

b)

keeps the cell wall in place

c)

breaks down lipids from food

d)

stores water and waste

4.

If you wanted to find DNA, where would you look?

a)

In the cytoplasm

b)

In the endoplasmic reticulum

c)

In the nucleus

d)

In the mitochondria

5.

What organelle produces energy for the cell?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Nucleus

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Golgi Body

6.

What are these ribosomes attached to?

a)

Endoplasmic reticulum

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Golgi body

d)

Cytoplasm

7.

Digests old organelles and waste materials

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Microtubules

d)

Lysosomes

8.

What is the STRUCTURE of the cytoplasm?

a)

Jello-like and fluid

b)

To hold organelles in place

9.
Stores food and water for the cell.
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Vacuole
d)
Nucleus
10.

The major function of ribosomes is to

a)

Make fats

b)

Make protein

c)

Digest old organelles

d)

Make sugars

11.

Which structure would be found in a tree cell but NOT on your cell?

a)

cell wall

b)

nucleus

c)

mitochondria

d)

vacuoles

12.
Plant and animal cells are identical. 
a)
True
b)
False
13.

Which organelle belongs in both plant and animal cells?

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Cell Wall

14.

The nucleus is also known as what?

a)

control center

b)

storage tank

c)

closet

d)

powerhouse

15.

Vacuoles are also known as what

a)

Storage tank/closet

b)

Shelf

c)

Brain

d)

Control center

16.

What does the vacuole store?

a)

food, water, waste

b)

everything

c)

energy

d)

nothing

17.

What is the function of the cell wall?

a)

provide support and structure to the cell

b)

control the cell

c)

energy production for the cell

d)

contain genetic information for the cell

18.

stacked flattened membranes that sort and package cellular substances

a)

cell membrane

b)

Golgi bodies

c)

nuclear membrane

d)

nucleolus

e)

cytoplasm

19.

contains chlorophyll, aides in photosynthesis

a)

vacuole

b)

cell wall

c)

chloroplasts

d)

vesicles

e)

nucleus

20.
Which of the following is the smallest unit of life that can carry out all life functions?
a)
the mitochondria
b)
the vacuoles
c)
the nucleus
d)
the cell