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Cells and their Organelles

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What organelle is like the brain because it gives directions for the cell's activities?

a)

mitochondria

b)

nucleus

c)

endoplasmic reticulum

d)

Golgi body

2.

Which two organelles are found in plants, but not animals?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

mitochondria

d)

chloroplast

3.

long, thin strands of DNA floating in the nucleus

a)

ribosomes

b)

cytoplasm

c)

chromosome

d)

chromatin

4.

maze-like passageways that help ribosomes make proteins

a)

nucleus

b)

endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

c)

cell membrane

d)

chloroplast

5.

Bacteria is an example of a

a)

prokaryote

b)

eukaryote

6.

Which organelle is responsible for breaking down food to release energy?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

chlorophyll

c)

mitochondria

d)

ribosome

7.

Which organelle breaks down food, waste and old cell parts?

a)

lysosome

b)

chloroplast

c)

chromatin

d)

nucleolus

8.

Which organelle captures energy from the sun and uses it to make food (sugar) for plants, algae, and some bacteria?

a)

nucleus

b)

Gogli body

c)

cytoplasm

d)

chloroplast

9.

Choose all of the organisms that have eukaryotic cells.

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

bacteria

d)

protists

e)

fungi

10.

receives proteins from the ER, packages them, and distributes them to other parts of the cell

a)

Golgi body

b)

mitochondria

c)

cell wall

d)

nucleolus

11.

function like factories that produce proteins for the cell; found floating in the cytoplasm or attached to the endoplasmic reticulum

a)

nucleus

b)

lysosomes

c)

ribosomes

d)

chloroplast

12.

X-shaped structures in the nucleus of a cell made of condensed DNA; control cell activities

a)

chlorophyll

b)

cell membrane

c)

prokaryote

d)

chromosome

13.

a green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria

a)

cytoplasm

b)

chlorophyll

c)

chromatin

d)

nucleus

14.

The basic unit of structure and function in living things is call a (a)   .

15.

Which organelle makes ribosomes?

a)

nucleolus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

mitochondria

d)

cell membrane