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Plant & Animal Cell Test Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the basic structural units of living organisms?

a)

cells

b)

organs

c)

nuclei

d)

tissues

2.

What statement about plant and animal cells is true?

a)

Plant cells have a nucleus and cell wall but animal cells have neither.

b)

Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts but animal cells have neither.

c)

Plant cells have a cell wall and cell membrane; animal cells have a cell wall but not a cell membrane.

d)

Plant cells have chloroplasts and mitochondria; animal cells have chloroplasts but not mitochondria.

3.

What structure is responsible for allowing materials into and out of an animal cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Cell Membrane

4.

In a cell that needs a lot of energy such as a muscle cell, which organelle would there be a lot of?

a)

chromosomes

b)

lysosomes

c)

mitochondria

d)

vacuoles

5.

Features of plant cells that make them different from animal cells are:

a)

a larger nucleus and fewer chromosomes

b)

a rigid cell wall and chloroplasts

c)

more cytoplasm and smaller vacuoles

d)

a changing size and indefinite shape

6.

Where would this cell most likely be found?

a)

root of a fllower

b)

Leaf

c)

Frog

d)

Turtle

7.

A student prepared the following list of characteristics about a cellular organelle:

-Present in animal cells

-Present in plant cells

-Helps make energy available to the cell

Which of the following cellular structures is the student describing?

a)

cell wall

b)

chloroplast

c)

mitochondria

d)

nucleus

8.

What organelle best relates to the head coach of a basketball team?

a)

nucleus

b)

lysome

c)

ribosomes

d)

mitochondria

9.

Which of these organelles in animal cells provide energy for cell activities?

a)

mitochondria

b)

chloroplasts

c)

ribosomes

d)

nucleus

10.

Which of these structures is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?

a)

chloroplasts

b)

mitochondria

c)

cell membrane

d)

nuclear membrane

11.

Maryland white oak trees make their own food. Their cells contain structures that capture energy from the sun. What are these structures

a)

chloroplasts

b)

nuclei

c)

mitochondria

d)

ribosomes

12.

Casey is observing an unknown cell under a microscope. The presence of which structure would help him determine if the cell was from a plant or from an animal?

a)

nucleus

b)

cell wall

c)

ribosomes

d)

cell membrane

13.

What is the main function of a vacuole?

a)

storage of water

b)

synthesis of energy

c)

replication of DNA

d)

Formation of proteins

14.

What part of the cell has a similar function to a school security guard, whose job is to control who enters and leaves the school?

a)

nucleus

b)

golgi body

c)

mitochondria

d)

cell membrane

15.

What is the role of cytoplasm in a living cell?

a)

fight infections

b)

digest proteins

c)

surround and protect organelles

d)

pass on genetic information

16.

How are plant and animal cells similar?

a)

they both have a flagella

b)

they both have a nucleus

c)

they both have an eyespot

d)

they both have chloroplasts

17.

A cell is observed under a microscope and it has a large central vacuole. What type of cell is it?

a)

Animal Cell

b)

Plant Cell

18.

All cells have a cell wall but only plant cells have a cell membrane.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The mitochondria is responsible for photosynthesis.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Chloroplasts contain green chlorophyll and are responsible for photosynthesis.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

To enter of leave a cell, substances must pass through

a)

the Golgo body

b)

a ribosome

c)

the nucleus

d)

the cell membrane

22.

The "powerhouse" of the cell that generates the energy the cell needs is the:

a)

mitochondria

b)

nucleus

c)

cell membrane

d)

golgi body

23.

The jellylike fluid that surrounds organelles in the cell is called:

a)

cell membrane

b)

nucleus

c)

vacuole

d)

cytoplasm

24.

What cell feature is responsbile for storing water?

a)

mitochondria

b)

lysosome

c)

vacuole

d)

lysosome

25.

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

a)

lysosomes and cell wall

b)

cell wall and chloroplasts

c)

cell membrane and nucelus

d)

nucleus and cell wall

26.

A structure within a cell that performs a specific job is called a

a)

organ tissue

b)

organelle

c)

tissue

d)

organ

27.

Which is a membrane bound organelle?

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

vacuole

d)

all of the above

28.

is this frog made of plant cells or animal cells?

a)

Plant Cells

b)

Animal Cells

29.

What's the difference between a prokaryote and an eukaryote?

a)

Prokaryotes have a nucleus.

b)

Prokaryotes have a cell wall.

c)

Eukaryotes do not have a nucleus

d)

Eukaryotes do have a nucleus