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Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, and Organelles

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which cell type tends to be smaller?

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote

c)

there is not a size difference

2.

The presence of which of the following characteristics differentiates prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

a)

DNA

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Nucleus

d)

Cytoplasm

3.

Plant and animal cells are examples of

a)

prokaryotic cells

b)

eukaryotic cells

4.

Which of the following is only found in EUKARYOTIC cells?

a)

nucleus

b)

DNA

c)

cell membrane

d)

ribosomes

5.

The smallest unit of a living thing are

a)

atoms

b)

cells

c)

DNA

d)

organelles

6.

What is NOT apart of the Cell Theory?

a)

all cells come from existing cells

b)

all cells have a nucleus

c)

all living things are made of cells

d)

cells are basic unit of structure and function in living things

7.

Which type of cells has a chloroplast?

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Plant Cell

c)

Animal Cell

d)

Bacteria

8.

Prokaryotes do NOT have....

a)

membrane bound organelles

b)

DNA or RNA

c)

Cell membrane

d)

Life

9.
A fossilized cell is discovered, and evidence suggests it reproduced on its own and had DNA, but a membrane did not enclose its DNA. Which type of organism would this most likely be?
a)
prokaryote
b)
eukaryote
c)
plant cell
d)
animal cell
10.
This is a picture of:
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
11.
Which type of cell?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
12.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a Prokaryotic cell?

a)

unicellular

b)

floating DNA

c)

very small

d)

complex

13.

Which best describes the cell pictured?

a)

Animal Cell

b)

Plant Cell

14.

Which best describes the cell pictured?

a)

Animal Cell

b)

Plant Cell

15.

Which term best describes the organelle that the arrow is pointing to?

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Nucleus

d)

Vacuole

16.

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

a)

Theory of gravity

b)

Theory of Relativity

c)

Cell Theory

d)

The Theory of Continental Drift

17.

An amoeba is a unicellular, animal-like protist that lives in ponds and streams. According to the cell theory, where did this cell come from?

a)

another pre-existing amoeba cell

b)

energy from the sun allowed the protist to reproduce

c)

a multicellular organism

d)

the nonliving environment

18.

What tool is used to magnify and look at cells?

a)

metric ruler

b)

centrifuge

c)

microscope

d)

telescope

19.

Which organelle is bean-like and releases energy that has been stored in sugars to carry out the cell's activities?

a)

cell membrane

b)

mitochondria

c)

lysosomes

d)

cell wall

20.

Which organelle is the control center of the cell? It directs the cell and the activities of the cell.

a)

cytoplasm

b)

cell wall

c)

nucleus

d)

mitochondria

21.

Which organelle is found only in plants and is responsible for making the plant food through photosynthesis?

a)

cell wall

b)

Mitochondria

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleus

22.

Which organelle is responsible for storing a cells food, waste and water?

a)

vacuole

b)

cytoplasm

c)

mitochondria

d)

lysosomes

23.

Which organelle is responsible for breaking down worn out cells or worn out cell parts?

a)

cell wall

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

golgi bodies

d)

lysosomes

24.

Which organelle is the jelly like substance that holds the parts of the cell organelles?

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

cytoplasm

d)

lysosomes

25.

Which organelle is responsible for holding the cells material and controlling what goes in and out of the cell?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

cell membrane

c)

cell wall

d)

lysosomes

26.

What is found only in plant cells, protects the cell, and gives it shape?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

cytoplasm

d)

lysosomes

27.

Which organelle is the "power house" of the cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

golgi apparatus

c)

protein

d)

mitochondria

28.

Which of these organelles is NOT found in an ANIMAL cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cell wall

d)

cell membrane

29.

Which organelle is the "brains" of the cell?

a)

mitochondria

b)

nucleus

c)

protein

d)

cytoplasm

30.

If a Eukaryotic cell does not have chloroplast and a cell wall it is most likely

a)

an animal cell

b)

a bacterial cell

c)

a plant or animal cell

d)

a plant cell

31.

Eukaryotic cells: The difference between plants and animal cells is only plants have

a)

mitochondria

b)

a cell membrane

c)

chloroplast and a cell wall

d)

a nucleus

32.

The function of the chloroplast is to

a)

Convert food into energy

b)

convert sunlight into sugar

c)

convert sugar into energy

d)

convert food into sugar

33.

Plants produce their own food through their _______, animals ______ their food for energy.

a)

chloroplast, eat

b)

mitochondria, eat

c)

eat, cytoplasm

d)

eat, produce

34.

Which structures are found ONLY in plants?

a)

Mitochondria, Cell wall

b)

cell wall, cell membrane

c)

nucleus, chloroplast

d)

chloroplast, cell wall

35.

The cell wall is on the _______ of the cell membrane.

a)

outside

b)

inside

36.
Acts as a "storage tank".  Stores food, water, and waste
a)
nucleus
b)
cell wall
c)
vacuole
d)
cytoplasm
37.

What is something that Prokaryotes and Eukaryote both have in common?

a)

small in size

b)

bacteria

c)

have DNA

d)

complex cells

38.

Chloroplasts are the site of photosynthesis and are found only in _____.

a)

the ocean

b)

in green plants

c)

animals

d)

rocks

39.

A cell wall is an inflexible for support and structure and can only be found in ____.

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

birds

d)

humans

40.

Plasma (Cell) Membrane is found in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes and ______.

a)

makes food for the cell

b)

gives sturcture to the cell

c)

controls what enters and exits the cell

d)

helps store material

41.

Cilia are found in Prokaryotes and animal cells and have __________ used for locamotion.

a)

spear shaped tails

b)

trianlge shaped tails

c)

numerous hair-like projections that move back and forth

d)

gills

42.

There are two types of Endoplasmic Reticulum, smooth and rough. They ______.

a)

make energy

b)

protect the cell

c)

carry out chemical reactions and transports materials

d)

make the ribosomes

43.

Golgi Apparatus (Golgi Bodies) are found in Eukaryotes only. They _____.

a)

Sorts, packages, and modifies proteins to be sent in or out of the cell

b)

Excretes stuff in and out using transport membranes called vesicles

c)

a and b

d)

a only

44.

Cytoskeleton are found only in Eukaryotes. They

a)

provide internal support structure

b)

are made of protein fibers

c)

a and b

d)

b only

45.

Lysosomes are found in Eukaryotes only. They ____.

a)

Carries out chemical reactions and transports materials

b)

Excretes stuff in and out using transport membranes called vesicles

c)

Sorts, packages, and modifies proteins to be sent in or out of the cell

d)

Contain enzymes which digest waste materials

46.

Centrioles are found only in animal cells. They ____.

a)

Help with cell division

b)

make the ribosomes

c)

carry out chemical reactions and transports materials

d)

are used for locamotion

47.
Which organelle is a gelatin substance that helps fill out the cell
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Lysosomes
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Cytoplasm
48.
What is the name and function of the organelle displayed above?
a)
Mitochondria: breakdown glucose and produce ATP
b)
Chloroplast: converts solar energy into chemical energy
c)
Vacuole: Stores H2O, salt, food
d)
Nucleus: stores genetic information
49.

this organelle makes ATP.

a)

chloroplast

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosome

d)

nucleolus

50.
What cell part is NOT found in all cells?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Genetic Material
51.
What is the structure labeled #2?
a)
Lysosome
b)
Vesicle
c)
Ribosome
d)
Mitochondria
52.

When full, this organelle makes plants stand upright

a)

lysosome

b)

large, central vacuole

c)

plasma membrane

d)

ribosome

53.

What does the chloroplast make that the mitochondria can use to make energy?

a)

water

b)

sunlight

c)

oxygen

d)

glucose

54.
Which organelle helps cleanup the cell
a)
Lysosome
b)
Cytoplasm
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Nucleus
55.

Which statement is part of the cell theory?

a)

All cells come from existing cells

b)

All cells are prokaryotic or eukaryotic

c)

All cells can make a tissue

d)

All cells grow and develop

56.
Directs all cell activities through the DNA located there.
a)
Lysosomes
b)
Nucleus
c)
ribosomes
d)
Mitochondria
57.
What is the name of the structure shown in the diagram where cellular respiration takes place?
a)
Chloroplast
b)

Mitochondria

c)
Nucleus
d)
Vacuole
58.
I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?
a)
vacuole
b)
ribosome
c)
endoplasmic reticulum
d)
golgi apparatus
59.
What makes the endoplasmic reticulum rough?
a)
Vessicles
b)
Vacuoles
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Chromosomes
60.
Where are proteins made?
a)
Golgi body
b)
Mitoichondrion
c)
Chromosomes
d)
Ribosomes
61.
The site of photosynthesis
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
62.
This is a ____.
a)
Golgi body
b)
plasma membrane
c)
lysosome
d)
cell wall
63.
What is the structure labeled #5?
a)
Vacuole
b)
Chloroplast
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Lysosome
64.
What is the structure labeled #4?
a)
Vacuole
b)
Cell wall
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Cell membrane
65.

Label B

a)

cell membrane

b)

ribosome

c)

lysosome

d)

mitochondria

66.
Using this image, what organelle is C?
a)
Cell Wall
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Large Cell Vacuole
d)
Chloroplast
67.

I make proteins for the cell. What am I?

a)

ribosome

b)

mitochondria

c)

chloroplast

d)

lysosome

68.
Where are ribosomes produced?
a)
Nucleolus
b)
Endoplasmic reticulum
c)
Golgi body
d)
Vessicle
69.

Structures that transport and ship proteins like UPS,

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Lysosomes

c)

Organelles

d)

Golgi Bodies

70.
Name structure #5.
a)
rough ER
b)
nucleus
c)
vesicle
d)
cytoplasm
71.
Name structure #6.
a)
rough ER
b)
Golgi body
c)
Smooth ER
d)
cytoplasm
72.
What is the structure labeled #7?
a)
Rough ER
b)
Smooth ER
c)
Golgi body
d)
Flagella
73.
The ____________ packages and processes material before it exports out of the cell.
a)
Vacuoles
b)
mitochondria
c)
Golgi apparatus 
d)
nucleus 
74.

what is the function of ribosomes

a)

to assemble amino acids to create proteins

b)

to pack proteins

c)

to clean proteins

75.

Which organelle is found inside the nucleus and produces ribosomes

a)

Nucleolus

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Lysosome

d)

Golgi Bodies

76.

What is the function of the Vacuoles

a)

Store food, water and waste

b)

Receive proteins

c)

Assembles amino acids

d)

Found inside the nucleus

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