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Cell Structures Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cellular Respiration occurs within me and I am in BOTH plant and animal cells. I am a....

a)

Nucleus

b)

Golgi Body

c)

Cytoskeleton

d)

Mitochondria

2.
Bacteria is what kind of cell?
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
3.
What kind of cell is this?
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
4.
What am I?
a)
mitochondria
b)
lysosomes
c)
chloroplast
d)
endoplasmic reticulum
5.
The two kinds of cells are Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. How are they different?
a)
Prokaryotes have a nucleus.
b)
Eukaryotes have a nucleus.
c)
Prokaryotes are plant cells.
d)
There is no difference.
6.

All cells come from___________ cells.

a)

pregnant

b)

pre-existing

c)

paternal

d)

pin size

7.

Check all the boxes for each organelle that plant and animal cells both have.

a)

lysosomes

b)

cell membrane

c)

mitochondria

d)

nucleus

e)

cell wall

8.

Which do BOTH prokaryotes and eukaryotes contain?

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosomes

d)

cell wall

9.

Match the following

a)
1.

Plant Cell

b)
2.

Bacteria Cell

c)
3.

Animal Cell

d)

* All cells have

4.

* DNA, Cytoplasm, Ribosomes

e)

* Smaller simple cells no nucleus

5.

* Prokaryote

10.
The brain or "control center" of the cell. 
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Nucleus
11.

What is the function of a chloroplast?

a)

makes proteins for animal cells

b)

allows materials in and out of the cell

c)

provides structure and support

d)

absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis

12.

Identify the structure that is indicated by the arrow in the image.

a)

cell wall

b)

central vacuole

c)

chloroplast

d)

nucleus

13.

Identify the structure that is indicated by the arrow in the image.

a)

cell wall

b)

central vacuole

c)

chloroplast

d)

cell membrane

14.

The arrow is showing the fluid inside the cell that surrounds the cell organelles and gives the cell its shape. What is the arrow pointing to in the cell?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosomes

d)

nucleus

15.

I make proteins for the cell. What am I?

a)

ribosome

b)

cell membrane

c)

nucleus

d)

chloroplast

16.

This organelle breaks down (digest) worn out cell parts

a)

cytoplasm

b)

lysosomes

c)

mitochondria

d)

vacuoles

17.

If a cell is compared to a city, then the Golgi apparatus, acts as the

a)

trash service of the cell as it removes waste from the cell

b)

post office of the cell by packaging and sorting proteins

c)

mayor of the cell as it controls all of the cell's activities

d)

electrical plant of the cell by making usable energy

18.
This cell organelle helps organisms maintain homeostasis by controlling what substances may enter or leave cells.
a)
vacuole
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell wall
19.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek made his own version of the microscope and discovered something very odd when he looked a the gunk on his teeth. What did he discover?

a)

Cells

b)

Bacteria

c)

cavities

d)

influenza

20.

Who named the cell?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Robert Redford

c)

Robert Smith

d)

Robert DeNiro

21.

Which scientist realized that, by studying samples under a microscope, all animals are made up of cells?

a)

Rudolf Virchow

b)

Robert Remak

c)

Theodor Schwann

d)

Isaac Newton