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Cell Structure & Function (Ms. Shanon)

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called _____.

a)

Eukaryotes

b)

Multicellular

c)

Unicellular

d)

Prokaryotes

2.

An organism made of only one cell is called _____ .

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Mutlicellular

c)

Monocellular

d)

Unicellular

3.

What is the basic unit of all living things?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Organelle

c)

Organ

d)

Cell

4.

Name the outermost layer of a plant cell that protects and supports it.

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Cytoplasm

5.

What surrounds the cytoplasm of all cells and controls what goes in and out of the cell?

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Cellophane

d)

Cellulose

6.

What is the jelly-like fluid in cells that surrounds and protects organelles?

a)

Blood

b)

Plasma

c)

Chlorine

d)

Cytoplasm

7.

Which organelle converts energy in food into a form that cells can use?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Nucleus

d)

Nucleolus

8.

Which organelle makes proteins from amino acids?

a)

Lipids

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Nucleic Acids

9.

Which plant organelle converts light energy into food?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Vacuoles

c)

Chloroplasts

d)

Nucleus

10.

What organelle is used as storage? Hint: plants have a large one that filled with water.

a)

Vacuole

b)

Cell

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Ribosome

11.

Which of the following are components of cell theory?

a)

Cells must contain DNA

b)

All living things are made of cells

c)

Cells only come from other cells

d)

Cells are the basic unit of life

12.

What technology was used to develop cell theory?

a)

Microwaves

b)

Telescopes

c)

Antibiotics

d)

Microscopes

13.

Where does photosynthesis occur?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Glucose

c)

Nucleus

d)

Mitochondria

14.

Name the structure at which the arrow is pointing.

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Nucleus

15.

Name the part of the cell at which the arrow is pointing.

(a)  

16.

Which is the cell structure at which the arrow is pointing.

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Nucleus

d)

Mitochondria

17.

Name the cell organelle at which the arrow is pointing.

(a)  

18.

Which is the organelle the arrow is pointing at?

a)

Vacuole

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Nucleus

19.

Which is the organelle the arrow is pointing at?

a)

Vacuole

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Cell Membrane

20.

Name the organelle at which the arrow is pointing.

(a)  

21.

Which scientist built a microscope, which he used to view cork oak tree bark, and name what he saw "cells?"

a)

Matthias Shleiden

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Theodor Schwann

d)

Rudolf Virchow

22.

Which theory states that all living things are made of one or more cells, the cell is the smallest unit of life, and all new cells come from pre-existing cells?

a)

theory of relativity

b)

the mass theory

c)

the cell theory

d)

the escape theory

23.

What does a plant cell have that an animal cell does not?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

cytoplasm

d)

DNA

24.

In this type of cell the DNA floats freely in the cytoplasm...

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Prokaryotic

25.

The largest organelle inside most eukaryotic cells is the

a)

chloroplast

b)

lysosome

c)

nucleus

d)

mitochondria

26.

The saclike structures that store food, water, and waste materials are

a)

lysosomes

b)

ribosomes

c)

chloroplasts

d)

vacuoles

27.

A group of tissues that perform a similar function is called_____. (Examples include the heart, lungs or stomach)

a)

cells

b)

tissues

c)

organs

d)

organ system

28.

When many organ systems work together it can form...

a)

organ

b)

cells

c)

organ system

d)

organism

29.

The small structures inside cells (with specific functions) that work together to keep the cell alive are

a)

organism

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

organelles

30.

All cells contain

a)

a nucleus

b)

cell walls

c)

chlorpolasts

d)

cytoplasm

31.

What is the function of the mitochondria?

a)

To carry out photosynthesis

b)

To provide energy for the cell

c)

to protect the cell

d)

to digest food

32.

Which organelle is considered to be the "garbage collector/recycling center" of the cell?

a)

Rough ER

b)

vacuole

c)

lysosome

d)

nucleus

33.

How are mitochondria and chloroplasts similar?

a)

They are both energy converting organelles.

b)

They both make glucose.

c)

Chloroplasts and mitochondria both make and store ATP.

d)

Chloroplasts and mitochondria are both found in animal cells.

34.

If the mitochondria in a cell stop functioning correctly, what effect does this have on the whole cell?

a)

The cell would not have enough energy to function.

b)

The cell would organize itself into tissues more quickly.

c)

The nucleus would take over the functions of the mitochondria.

d)

Cellular division would increase.

35.

Organelles that PACKAGE cellular materials and transports them within the cell or out of the cell.

a)

Golgi complex

b)

Endoplasmic reticulum

c)

Large central vacuole

d)

Lysosomes

36.

The structures NOT present in an animal cell are:

A. Cell membrane

B. Chloroplast

C. Cell wall

D. Mitochondria

a)

A and B

b)

B and C

c)

A and D

d)

B and D

37.

Choose the correct statement(s):

(i) Ribosomes are located on the chromosomes.

(ii) Cell is located in the nucleus.

(iii) Chloroplasts are located in the nucleolus.

(iv) Cell membrane encloses cytoplasm.

a)

(i), (ii) and (iii)

b)

(i) and (ii)

c)

(iii) and (iv)

d)

Only (iv)

38.

Using a microscope, Hansika observes a cell that has a cell wall but no distinct nucleus. The cell that she observes is

a)

a plant cell

b)

a nerve cell

c)

an animal cell

d)

a bacterial cell

39.

Here is an image of the mitochondria. Mitochondria numbers can differ between cell types based on the function of the cell. Which of these cells would contain the highest number of mitochondria?

a)

skin cell

b)

lung cell

c)

muscle cell

d)

red blood cell

40.

Plant and animal cells have a lot in common. Compare and contrast the two cells. Select the features that you find in BOTH types of cells.

a)

membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm

b)

membrane, chloroplasts, nucleus

c)

cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus

d)

cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplasts

41.

Why don't animal cells need chloroplasts?

a)

Animals do not make their own food.

b)

Animal cells make their own chlorophyll.

c)

Animal cells collect sunlight another way.

d)

Animals use photosynthesis to make their own food.

42.

What is the job of the nucleolus?

a)

transports materials

b)

destroys old cell parts

c)

makes ribosomes

d)

packages proteins

43.

What makes the rough endoplasmic reticulum appear rough?

a)

lysosomes

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosomes

d)

proteins

44.

Which cell structure makes proteins?

a)

lysosomes

b)

vacuoles

c)

centrioles

d)

ribosomes

45.

Plant cells and animal cells

a)

are both prokaryotic

b)

are both eukaryotic

c)

do not have a nucleus

d)

do not have DNA

46.

Controls materials entering and leaving the cell

a)

cell wall

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cell membrane

d)

chloroplasts

47.

Two parts of the cell that provide energy

a)

chloroplasts and nucleus

b)

cell wall and vacuole

c)

chloroplasts and cytoplasm

d)

mitochondria, and chloroplasts

48.

Fill in the blank: Atom, Molecule, Organelles, Cells, (a)   , organ, organ system, organism.

49.

Helps to transport proteins that are made on it's ribosomes

a)

Smooth ER

b)

Rough ER

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Mitochondria

50.

Protein fibers that help the cell and organelles move

a)

Cytoskeleton

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Cell Membrane

51.

Which scientist concluded that all plants are made of cells.

a)

Schleiden

b)

Schwann

c)

Virchow

d)

Hooke

52.

Which scientist concluded all animals are made of cells?

a)

Schleiden

b)

Schwann

c)

Virchow

d)

Hooke

53.

Who wrote "All cells come from cells"?

a)

Ms. Shanon

b)

Mr. Bostrom

c)

Mrs. White

d)

Virchow