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PLANT VS ANIMAL CELL PRACTICE PROBLEMS

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the fluid that fills most of a cell called?

a)

vacuole

b)

chlorophyll

c)

cytoplasm

d)

nucleus

2.

Which statement is part of cell theory?

a)

unicellular organism are composed of single cell

b)

Cells vary in size and shape

c)

All cells come from existing cells

d)

Cells may be specialized to perform a specific function

3.

Which scientist first used the word cell to describe what he saw with a microscope

a)

van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Hooke

c)

Virchow

d)

Schwann

4.

Which cell structure is found in plant and animal cells and controls what can enter or leave the cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cell membrane

d)

cell wall

5.

A nucleus is present in...

a)

both plant and animals cells

b)

plant cells but not animals cells

c)

animal cells but not plant cells

d)

all cells of prokaryotes

6.

Cell theory states that...

a)

all cells are round

b)

all cells are square

c)

all living things have the same number of cells

d)

all living things are composed of cells

7.

What is the function of the cell wall?

a)

to block liquids from entering the cell

b)

to block liquids from leaving the cell

c)

to enclose and support a plant cell

d)

to enclose and support an animal cell

8.

Energy from the sun is trapped by the...

a)

chlorophyll in plant cells

b)

chlorophyll in animals cells

c)

mitochondria in plant cells

d)

mitochondria in animal cells

9.

What do both plant and animal cells have?

a)

a cell wall

b)

chlorophyll

c)

a cell membrane

d)

chloroplast

10.

Materials move into and out of cells through the ...

a)

endoplasmic reticulum

b)

cell membrane

c)

vacuoles

d)

mitochondria

11.

What is the main function of the nuclues?

a)

to provide the cell's energy

b)

to control cell activities

c)

to help give the cell its shape

d)

to make the cell's proteins

12.

Scientist Hooke, van Leeuwenhoek, Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow contributed to the development of cell theory by...

a)

reading about cells in textbooks

b)

observing cells through microscopes

c)

observing bacteria in petri dishes

d)

observing algae in pond water