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Living Environment Cell and Cell Processes

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What invention has helped scientists learn more about cells and cell theory?

a)

calculator

b)

microscope

c)

ruler

d)

scale

2.

What is the unit of structure and function in living things?

a)

organs

b)

brain

c)

cells

d)

elements

3.

What do all cells arise from?

a)

other cells

b)

thin air

c)

lab creations

4.

True or false: Cells carry out their activities in organelles

a)

True

b)

False

5.

How many micrometers are in a millimeter?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

500

d)

1,000

6.

What are organelles?

a)

organs that aren't fully formed

b)

organs that are smaller than they should be

c)

organ-like structures in a cell

d)

they are made out of cells

7.

What organelle directs the activity of the cell and contains hereditary materials?

a)

nucleus

b)

ribosomes

c)

endoplasmic reticulum

d)

cell membrane

8.

True or false: The nucleus is not self duplicating.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What organelle surrounds the nucleus to control what enters and leaves it?

a)

golgi bodies

b)

cell membrane

c)

nucleolus

d)

nuclear membrane

10.

What is the name of cells that have a nucleus surrounded by a membrane?

a)

prokaryotes

b)

eukaryotes

11.

What do you call cells that don't have a nucleus bound by a nuclear membrane?

a)

prokaryotes

b)

eukaryotes

12.

What organelle is inside the nucleus that is involved with the synthesis of RNA?

a)

nucleolus

b)

golgi bodies

c)

ribosomes

d)

endoplasmic reticulum

13.

What are the organelles that make protein in a cell?

a)

cell wall

b)

ribosomes

c)

cell membrane

d)

nucleus

14.

Which organelle consists of cytoplasmic channels from the cell membrane to the nuclear membrane?

a)

mitochondria

b)

ribosomes

c)

nucleolus

d)

endoplasmic reticulum

15.

What is the fluid like material that goes between the cell wall and the nucleus?

a)

nuclear membrane

b)

mitochondria

c)

cytoplasm

d)

golgi bodies

16.

What are the membrane bound organelles that contain materials for the cell?

a)

vacuoles

b)

nucleus

c)

cytoplasm

d)

cell wall

17.

Which organelle contains digestive enzymes?

a)

nucleolus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

mitochondria

d)

lysosome

18.

What organelles carry out cellular respiration and create ATP?

a)

lysosomes

b)

ribosomes

c)

mitochondria

d)

golgi bodies

19.

Which organelle is in charge of packaging secretions?

a)

ribosomes

b)

lysosomes

c)

cytoplasm

d)

golgi bodies

20.

What is secretion?

a)

useful material produced and released by an organism or organisms cells

b)

material that a cell keeps inside of it to use later

c)

the organelles inside of a cell

d)

a cell's way of creating energy

21.

Which organelle regulates what can enter or leave the cell?

a)

nuclear membrane

b)

cell membrane

c)

cytoplasm

d)

lysosomes

22.

What are the molecules on the surface of the cell membrane that attach to other molecules based on their shape called?

a)

proteins

b)

membrane molecules

c)

receptors

23.

What does the phospholipid bilayer do?

a)

It makes ATP, which the cell can use for energy

b)

It creates DNA

c)

It attaches cells to other cells

d)

It separates the inside and outside of the cell

24.

What allows transport of materials based on molecule size?

a)

proteins

b)

RNA

c)

DNA

d)

cytoplasm

25.

What is an organelle only found in animal cells that helps with cell division?

a)

nucleus

b)

ribosomes

c)

centriole

d)

lysosome

26.

What is an organelle only found in plants that supports the cell?

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

endoplasmic reticulum

d)

nuclear membrane

27.

What are the organelles found only in plants that carry out photosynthesis?

a)

nucleolus

b)

ribosomes

c)

lyosomes

d)

chloroplasts