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Unit 3: The Cell

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The jelly-like substance / space inside the cell is called the

a)

Golgi body

b)

nucleus

c)

cell membrane

d)

cytoplasm

2.

The cytoplasm is the site of many important chemical reactions.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Cell membranes are selectively permeable. Selectively permeable means...

a)

All materials are allowed to enter the cell, but not leave the cell.

b)

No materials are allowed to enter or leave the cell.

c)

Only specific materials are allowed to enter or leave the cell.

d)

All materials are allowed to leave the cell, but not to enter the cell.

4.

Which organelle controls the cell's metabolism?

a)

Golgi body

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosomes

d)

lysosomes

5.

Which organelle contains the cell's genetic information (DNA)?

a)

nucleus

b)

ER

c)

ribosomes

d)

nucleolus

6.

Which organelle is located within the nucleus?

a)

Golgi Body

b)

nucleolus

c)

vacuole

d)

mitochondria

7.

Which organelle makes the parts for ribosomes?

a)

ER

b)

chloroplasts

c)

nucleolus

d)

lysosomes

8.

This organelle is responsible for storage of materials.

a)

ER

b)

vacuole

c)

mitochondria

d)

Golgi body

9.

This organelle is the site of protein synthesis.

a)

ribosomes

b)

mitochondria

c)

chloroplast

d)

ER

10.

This organelle is composed of connected tubes and sacs throughout the cytoplasm

a)

mitochondria

b)

ER

c)

centriole

d)

vacuole

11.

This organelle is responsible for finishing proteins, making cell membranes, and moving materials around the cell.

a)

lysosome

b)

nucleolus

c)

mitochondria

d)

ER

12.

This organelle consists of stacks of flattened membranes.

a)

mitochondria

b)

Golgi body

c)

vacuole

d)

nucleus

13.

This organelle is responsible for sorting, packaging, and labeling materials for transport.

a)

Golgi body

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosomes

d)

nucleus

14.

This organelle contains digestive enzymes to break down materials.

a)

chloroplast

b)

nucleolus

c)

lysosome

d)

ER

15.

This organelle is the site of aerobic respiration.

a)

mitochondria

b)

nucleus

c)

chloroplast

d)

ER

16.

This organelle is called the power house of the cell.

a)

chloroplast

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosome

d)

mitochondria

17.

This organelle is the site of photosynthesis.

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplast

c)

lysosome

d)

vacuole

18.

All of the following are found only in plant cells and not animal cells except

a)

cell wall

b)

chloroplast

c)

centrioles

d)

central vacuole

19.

On which organelle can ribosomes be attached?

a)

ER

b)

vacuole

c)

lysosome

d)

cilia

20.

The smallest unit of life is

a)

a cell

b)

an organelle

c)

an organ

d)

an organism