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CELL THEORY, CELL ORGANELLES, AND CELL MEMBRANE QUIZ

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Refer to the picture. Identify the cell structure.

a)

mitochondria

b)

nucleus

c)

golgi apparatus

d)

chloroplast

2.

Refer to the picture. Identify the cell structure.

a)

centriole

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosome

d)

endoplasmic reticulum

3.

Refer to the picture. Identify the cell structure.

a)

centriole

b)

nucleus

c)

golgi apparatus

d)

endoplasmic reticulum

4.

Refer to the picture. Identify the cell structure.

a)

centriole

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosome

d)

endoplasmic reticulum

5.

Refer to the picture. Identify the cell structure.

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosome

d)

endoplasmic reticulum

6.

Refer to the picture. Identify the cell structure.

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosome

d)

endoplasmic reticulum

7.

What is the purpose of the cell membrane?

a)

create proteins

b)

package proteins

c)

serves as cell's boundary from environment

d)

provide energy for the cell

8.

Which structure helps to support and protect the cell?

a)

mitochondria

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosome

d)

cell wall

9.

Which number identifies the part that allows materials to pass into the cell?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

10.

Lipid tails

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

I

11.

What are the two parts of a phospholipid?

a)

head

b)

enzyme

c)

tail

d)

hormone

12.
Another name for plasma membrane is....
a)
cell wall
b)
Nuclear membrane
c)
Cell membrane
d)
plasma membrane
13.

What are the round, red pieces?

a)

Phosphate head

b)

Protein

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Fatty acid tails

14.

What is the name of the jelly-like substance that is inside the cell?

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Nucleolus

c)

Cytokineses

d)

Flagella

15.

Which cell feature is responsible for making proteins?

a)

Lysosomes

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Cell Wall

16.

What are two features plant cells have that animal cells do not have?

a)

lysosomes and cell wall

b)

cell wall and chloroplasts

c)

cell membrane and nucleolus

d)

plasma membrane and vacuoles

17.

What cell features contain digestive enzymes which break down things in animal cells?

a)

Lysosomes

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Vacuoles

d)

Mitochondria

18.

Which cell feature transports ribosomes?

a)

Endoplasmic Recticulum

b)

Cytoplasma

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Chloroplasts

19.

Which cell feature packages and moves things around the cell? (FedEX)

a)

Nucleolus

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Golgi Bodies

d)

Vacuoles

20.

Which number identifies the part that allows materials to pass into the cell?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

21.

Named tiny structures in cork as “Cells”

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

22.

He is the "Father of Microbiology"

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

23.

His most famous achievement was that he used a single lens microscope to examine what seemed to be “everything.”

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

24.

This early cell theory scientist looked in a microscope and discovered "animalcules" in the gunk from his teeth and pond water.

a)

Schleiden

b)

Leeowenhoek

c)

Hooke

d)

Virchow

e)

Schwann

25.

Which instrument is credited for helping scientists develop cell theory?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

Who discovered and named cells while looking at cork?

a)

Captain Hook

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Matthais Schleiden

d)

Rudolf Virchow

27.

What was Schleiden convinced of?

a)

All plants are made of cells

b)

All animals are made of cells

c)

All cells are prokaryotic

d)

None of the above

28.

Who noted that all animals are made of cells and helped write the first two parts of cell theory?

a)

Rudolf Virchow

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Theodor Schwann

d)

Robert Hooke

29.

Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schliden were all responsible for what theory?

a)

The Theory of Gravity

b)

The Theory of Relativity

c)

The Cell Theory

d)

The Theory of Continental Drift

30.
Where can you find ribosomes? 
a)
only in prokaryotic cells
b)
only in plant cells
c)
only in eukaryotic cells
d)
in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
31.
In a plant cell, in which two organelles can ribosomes be found?
a)
mitochondria and chloroplasts
b)
mitochondria and lysosomes
c)
chloroplasts and vacuoles 
d)
chloroplasts and lysosomes
32.
A ribosome can be best described as...
a)
a protein factory
b)
a trash collector
c)
the powerhouse of the cell
d)
the brain of the cell
33.
To convert the energy of glucose into  the  usable form of ATP is a function of _________.
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Cytoplasm
c)
Nucleus
d)
Mitochondria
34.
Consists of a jellylike substance that contains many organelles.
a)
ribosomes
b)
cytoplasm
c)
chloroplasts
d)
cell wall
35.
Is a small structure that does a certain job in a cell.
a)
organelle
b)
cell membrane
c)
cytoplasm
d)
organism
36.
I make proteins for the cell. What am I?
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
lysosome
37.

What is this cell structure?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Ribosome

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Nucleus

e)

Vacuole

38.

Cell wall can be found in plants and animals

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Which organelle helps maintain homeostasis?

a)

endoplasmic reticulum

b)

nucleus

c)

cell membrane

d)

mitochondria

40.

Cell walls are _______, while cell membranes are _______.

a)

rigid, flexible

b)

flexible, rigid

c)

semi-permeable, solid

d)

rigid, rigid

41.

These make up the cell/plasma membrane; have hydrophobic heads and hydrophilic tails.

a)

phospholipids

b)

receptor

c)

ligands

d)

selectively permeable

42.
A phospholipid has 2 parts. What are they called? 
a)
Hydrophilic Head, Hydrophobic Tail 
b)
Hydrophobic Head, Hydrophilic Tail 
43.

An organelle that transports and packages large molecules like complex carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.

Sometimes called golgi body or golgi complex.

a)

Ribosome

b)

Golgi Reticulum

c)

Endoplasmic Apparatus

d)

Golgi Apparatus

44.
A ribosome can be best described as...
a)
a protein factory
b)
a trash collector
c)
the powerhouse of the cell
d)
the brain of the cell
45.

What are the functions of the nucleolus?

a)

makes ribosomal subunits

b)

it sends subunits out to the rest of the cells where they form into complete ribosomes.

c)

Its functions aren´t much.

d)

Also, When the nucleolus forms ribosomes, the ribosomes makes proteins.

46.

What is the nucleolus?

a)

The nucleolus is the largest structure in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.

b)

The nucleolus is the surface of the skin?

47.
Which of the following structure can be found in a plant cell but NOT an animal cell?
a)
vacuole
b)
nucleus
c)
chloroplast
d)
mitochondria
48.
Which of the following structure can be found in a plant cell but NOT an animal cell?
a)
vacuole
b)
nucleus
c)
chloroplast
d)
mitochondria
49.
Which organelle belongs in both plant and animal cells?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Chloroplast
c)
Large Central Vacuole
d)
Cell Wall
50.
Which organelle belongs in plant cells only?
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Mitochondrion
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Nucleus
51.
This organelle is in both plants and animals. It is a barrier between the cell and the environment.  It controls what goes in and out of a cell.
a)
cell wall
b)
cell membrane
c)
cell organelles
d)
mitochondria
52.
What shape are most plant cells?
a)
round / irregular
b)
rectangular
53.
What is the difference between a plant and animal cell?
a)
Animal cells are eukaryotic and plant cell are not
b)
Plant cells are eukaryotic and animal cells are not
c)
plant cells have a larger vacuole, chloroplast, and a cell wall
d)
animal cells have a larger vacuole, chloroplast, and a cell wall
54.
Which one of the following organelles is not found in a an animal cell?
a)
cell membrane
b)
nucleus
c)
chloroplast
d)
endoplasmic reticulum
55.

One difference between a plant and animal cell is that

a)

Only animal cells have a nucleus.

b)

Only animal cells have chloroplasts.

c)

Only plant cells have cell walls.

d)

Only plant cells have vacuoles.

56.

Which organelle is the command center for eukaryotic (plant and animal) cells?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Nucleus

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Lysosome

57.
What am I?
a)
mitochondria
b)
lysosomes
c)
chloroplast
d)
endoplasmic reticulum
58.

PICK PLANT ANIMAL OR BOTH

Has a Cell Wall

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Both

59.

PICK PLANT ANIMAL, OR BOTH

Has a smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Both

60.

PICK PLANT, ANIMAL, OR BOTH

Has Cytoplasm

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Both

61.

PICK PLANT ANIMAL, OR BOTH

Makes own energy via photsosynthesis

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Both

62.

PICK PLANT ANIMAL, OR BOTH

contains Lysosomes

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Both

63.

PICK PLANT, ANIMAL, OR BOTH

Has smooth, and rough endoplasmic reticulum

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Both

64.

PICK PLANT ANIMAL, OR BOTH

Has Eukaryotic cells

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Both Planta and Animal

65.

Which structure in a cell membrane is Hydrophilic?

a)

Lipid Tails

b)

Phosphate head

66.

Which structure in a cell membrane is HyroPHOBIC?

a)

Lipid Tails

b)

Phosphate head

c)

Transport protein

67.

TRUE OR FALSE

The plasma membrane is constructed mainly of phospholipids which consist of fatty acids and alchol.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

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