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NWEA Prep 1 (Life Science)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This organelle is semi-permeable. It allows materials to come into the cell, but it also allows materials to leave the cell. It is in all cells.

a)
Nuclear membrane
b)
Vacuole
c)
Cell Membrane
d)
Cell Wall
2.

This organelle is a gelatin-like substance and "fills out" the cell. In this material, all the organelles are suspended. It's like the "gunk" in the cell.

a)
Chloroplast
b)
Lysosomes
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Cytoplasm
3.

This organelle ensures that the cell has energy to power cellular functions.

a)
Chloroplast
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Lysosomes
d)
Nucleus
4.

This organelle stores waste and assists with the clean-up of the cell.

a)
Lysosome
b)
Cytoplasm
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Nucleus
5.

DNA can be found within the ______ of Eukaryotic cells.

a)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

b)

Golgi Complex

c)

Nucleus

d)

Cytoplasm

6.

The ____________ stores water and fibers in plant and animal cells, but it is much larger in plant cells.

a)
cytoplasm
b)
ribosomes
c)
vacuole
d)
lysosomes
7.

Cells are either prokaryotic or eukaryotic. What is the difference between the two?

a)
Prokaryotes have a nucleus.
b)
Eukaryotes have a nucleus.
c)
Prokaryotes are plant cells.
d)
There is no difference.
8.
What can only be found in plant cells?
a)
Cell membrane
b)
Vacuole
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Mitochondrion
9.

The smallest unit of all organisms is the _________.

a)

mitochondria

b)

cell

c)

nucleus

d)

vacuoles

10.

This organelle packages and ships the proteins that are made.

a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
endoplasmic reticulum
d)

Golgi apparatus

11.

The endoplasmic reticulum is considered "rough" because it has _________ attached to it.

a)
Vessicles
b)
Vacuoles
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Chromosomes
12.
What tool do you use to view the cells?
a)
metric ruler
b)
centrifuge
c)
microscope
d)
telescope
13.

This cell has genetic material, but it does not have an actual nucleus.

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

14.

This organelle transports proteins, but it has no ribosomes attached to it.

a)

smooth ER

b)

nucleus

c)

nuclear membrane

d)

rough ER

15.

In a plant cell, photosynthesis takes place in this organelle.

a)

cytoplasm

b)

nucleus

c)

DNA

d)

chloroplast