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Organelles

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the cell's outer barrier that regulates what enters and leaves the cell?

a)

cell wall

b)

cytoskeleton

c)

cytosol

d)

cell membrane

2.

What is the outer layer of a plant cell which is made up of cellulose polysaccharides?

a)

cell wall

b)

carbohydrates

c)

cell membrane

d)

cytoskeleton

3.

Which membrane-bound organelle converts energy from the sun into chemical energy during photosynthesis?

a)

ribosomes

b)

cytosol

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleolus

4.

All of the contents within the cell except for the nucleus is also known as the...

a)

cytoskeleton

b)

cytosol

c)

cytoplasm

d)

mitochondria

5.

What is the network of tiny tubes and filaments in the cytoplasm of the cell called?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

cytosol

c)

cytoskeleton

d)

cytosol

6.

What serves as a railroad-like network inside a cell, providing transport, support, and signaling functions?

a)

cytoskeleton

b)

cytosol

c)

lysosome

d)

ribosome

7.

What is the liquid in the cytoplasm which provides physical support for organelles called?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

lysosome

c)

cytosol

d)

vacuole

8.

Which organelle resembles a flattened stack of membranes (kind of looks like pancakes) found next to the ER, near the nucleus?

a)

Golgi apparatus

b)

smooth endoplasmic reticulum

c)

mitochondria

d)

nucleus

9.

Which organelle transports, modifies, sorts, and ships the products made by a cell?

a)

lysosome

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosome

d)

Golgi apparatus

10.

What's the digestive organelle which uses enzymes to break down molecules and cell junk?

a)

mitochondria

b)

ribosome

c)

lysosome

d)

nucleolus

11.

What's the name of the membrane-enclosed organelle with inner folds called christae?

a)

rough ER

b)

mitochondria

c)

nucleus

d)

nucleolus

12.

Which organelle serves as the site of cellular respiration to make energy?

a)

mitochondira

b)

rough ER

c)

smooth ER

d)

Gogli apparatus

13.

The dark region in the nucleus where ribosomes are made.

a)

nucleolus

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosome

d)

vacuole

14.

Which organelle contains the genetic material of a eukaryotic cell, as well as the nucleolus?

a)

nucleus

b)

nucleolus

c)

cytoskeleton

d)

rough ER

15.

What organelle is made up of equal parts protein and RNA?

a)

smooth ER

b)

ribosome

c)

mitochondria

d)

nucleus

16.

Which organelle works to bond amino acids together to make proteins?

a)

ribosome

b)

rough ER

c)

smooth ER

d)

nucleus

17.

Which organelle ensures the proper folding of the proteins produced by ribosomes on its surface and makes cell membrane parts?

a)

Golgi apparatus

b)

smooth ER

c)

rough ER

d)

secretory vesicles

18.

Which portion of the endoplasmic reticulum is free of ribosomes?

a)

sad ER

b)

happy ER

c)

rough ER

d)

smooth ER

19.

Which organelle has a function which varies depending on the cell type; could include synthesis of lipids, storage of Calcium, and detoxification?

a)

smooth ER

b)

rough ER

c)

secretory vesicle

d)

lysosome

20.

Which membrane-bound organelle functions as storage? (tends to be quite large in plants)

a)

vacuole

b)

secretory vesicle

c)

nucleolus

d)

ribosome

21.

Which organelles are tine membrane "packages" filled with cell products in need of transport throughout the cell?

a)

vacuoles

b)

secretory vesicles

c)

ribosomes

d)

Golgi apparatus