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Cells / Photosynthesis / cellular Respiration / Bacteria / Cell Membrane

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the REACTANTS (first) of Photosynthesis

a)

O2 + CO2

b)

O2 + Glucose

c)

CO2 + H2O

2.

What anchor plants to the ground and absorb water and nutrients?

a)

Roots

b)

Stem

c)

Leaves

3.

What organelle in the leaves of plants capture light energy from the sun to complete photosynthesis?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleus

4.

What are the openings on the underside of leaves that let carbon dioxide into the leaf and let oxygen out?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Stomata

5.

Which gas is removed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?

a)

hydrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon dioxide

6.

Which of the following go through the process of photosynthesis?

a)

bees

b)

algae

c)

humans

d)

mushrooms

7.

What are the PRODUCTS of photosynthesis?

a)

CO2 / O2

b)

O2 / sunlight

c)

O2 / Glucose

8.

What part of the plant soaks up nutrients from the ground?

a)

leaves

b)

stem

c)

roots

9.

Which part of the plant makes the food?

a)

roots

b)

stem

c)

leaf

10.

This part of the plant acts like an "elevator" carrying nutrients to the plant.

a)

stem

b)

leaves

11.

What gives plants power to make their own food?

a)

the sun

b)

insects

c)

the flower

12.

What organelle in the leaves of plants capture light energy from the sun to complete photosynthesis?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleus

13.

Bacteria is what kind of cell?

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Prokaryotic

14.

What kind of cell is this?

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Prokaryotic

15.

What type of cell has a nucleus?

a)

eukaryotic

b)

prokaryotic

16.

What type of cell does not have a nucleus?

a)

eukaryotic

b)

prokaryotic

17.

Plants and animal cells are examples of ___ cells

a)

prokaryotic cells

b)

eukaryotic cells

18.

Which of the following is a characteristic of both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells?

a)

ribosomes

b)

nucleus

19.

Prokaryotic cells include bacteria.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Has Mitochondria

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote

c)

both

21.

Has cytoplasm

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote

c)

both

22.

Has chloroplast

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote

c)

both

23.
Which type of cell?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
24.

Which structures are found in every living cell?

a)

cell membrane and cytoplasm

b)

chloroplasts and mitochondria

25.

Cell organelles that are responsible for digesting food, worn out organelles and other cellular wastes are called ___________________.

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Vacuoles

c)

Lysosomes

26.

What is one basic function of the vacuoles?

a)

circulating oxygen

b)

producing food

c)

storing water

27.

Chloroplasts in plant cells allow the plant to perform a function. What is the main function?

a)

to absorb light energy and manufacture food

b)

to remove waste materials by active transport

28.

What is the function of a cell wall?

a)

to protect and support the cell

b)

to create energy

c)

to prevent water from passing through it

29.

In what part of the plant cell does the process of photosynthesis take place?

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

chloroplasts

d)

vacuoles

30.

Permeable means

a)

things can pass through

b)

it is permanent

31.

What a cell needs to transport particles by active transport?

a)

Wind

b)

Energy

c)

Nucleus

32.

What are the little dots floating in the cytoplasm?

a)

Flagella

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Chloroplast

33.
A rigid layer that lies outside the cell's  membrane is...
a)
Cytoskeleton
b)
Cell Wall
34.

The frame work of the house that provides structure

a)

Cytoskeleton

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cell membrane

35.

The long "stringy stuff" that contains DNA in the nucleus of a plant or animal cell

a)

Flagella

b)

Gogli Bodies

c)

Chromatin

36.
An autotroph is an organism that can 
a)
produce it's own food
b)
consume other organisms
c)
Hunt for food
37.
The function of the plasma membrane is....
a)
to regulate what enters and leaves the cell.
b)
provide rigid support and protection to the cell.
38.
What does "bilayer" mean?
a)
one layer
b)
two layers
39.
Most of the cell membrane is made of...
a)
Lipids
b)
Proteins
40.
What do the brown structures represent?
a)
Phospholipids
b)
Channel Proteins 
c)
Cyctoskeleton Filaments
41.
What is embedded in the phospholipid bilayer?
a)
proteins
b)
salt
c)
water
42.
Hydrophilic means...
a)
water-loving
b)
water-fearing
43.
What is another term for "selectively permeable"?
a)
permanent
b)
semipermeable
44.
"Water Fearing" 
a)
Hydrophobic
b)
Hydrophilic 
45.
___________ form the two layers of the cell membrane. 
a)
Proteins 
b)
Phospholipids 
46.

Mitochondria produces ____________.

a)

energy

b)

light

c)

food

d)

waste materials

47.

A jelly-like substance in which all of the organelles of a cell are placed.

a)

ribosome

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

cytoplasm

d)

nucleous

48.

___________ produce proteins.

a)

Lysosomes

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Ribosomes

49.

Control center of the cell; contains DNA

a)

mitochondria

b)

cell membrane

c)

nucleus

50.

Produces the energy a cell needs to carry out its functions

a)

mitochondria

b)

ER

c)

Golgi bodies

d)

vacuoles

51.

Receives proteins and materials from the ER, packages them and distributes them

a)

Golgi bodies

b)

ribosomes

c)

cell wall

d)

nucleus

52.
Which organelle is the control center of the cell?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Cell membrane
c)
Vacuole
53.
What is the difference between rough and smooth ER?
a)
There is no difference.
b)
Rough has ribosomes, smooth does not.
54.

A large central vacuole is found in a _____ cell.

a)

animal

b)

plant

55.
The whiplike tail on some bacteria that help them move
a)

Ribosomes

b)

Chloroplast

c)
Flagella
56.

Needed to start cellular respiration is

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

glucose

c)

chlorophyll

57.

What is the correct equation for cellular respiration?

a)

O2 + C6H12O6 -----> CO2 + H2O + Energy

b)

CO2 + H2O ----> O2 + C6H12O6 + Energy

58.
Cellular Respiration's goal is to
a)
make ATP
b)
make glucose
59.

What gas is released into the air during cellular respiration?

a)
oxygen
b)
carbon dioxide
60.

Which of the following organelles is responsible for cellular respiration?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

c)

Ribosome