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Cell Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The basic unit of structure and function of living things.

(a)  

2.

A thin, flexible barrier that surrounds a cell and controls which substances pass into and out of a cell.

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

microscope

d)

organelle

3.

This sac-like organelle stores water, food and other materials.

(a)  

4.

The tiny cell structure that carries out specific functions within the cell.

(a)  

5.

A widely accepted explanation of the relationship relationship between cells and living things

(a)  

6.

This cell membrane will only allow some substance to pass through.

(a)  

7.

The process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.

a)

exocytosis

b)

endocytosis

c)

osmosis

d)

diffusion

8.

The process by which the cell membrane takes particles into the cell by changing shape and engulfing the particles.

a)

Exocytosis

b)

endocytosis

c)

diffusion

d)

omosis

9.

This oval organelle contains the cell's genetic materials.

(a)  

10.

This rod shape organelle converts food molecules to energy.

(a)  

11.

Captures energy from sunlight and changes it to energy that cells can use in making food.

a)

cytoplasm

b)

endocytosis

c)

diffusion

d)

exocytosis

12.

The process by which the vacuole surrounding particles fuses with the cell membrane forcing the contents out of the cell.

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

endocytosis

d)

exocytosis

13.

The diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane

a)

osmosis

b)

diffusion

c)

endocytosis

d)

exocytosis

14.

What is the only vocabulary word I did not write a definition for?

(a)  

15.

Thick fluid region of the cell located right by the cell membrane.

(a)  

16.

A rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms.

a)

selective permable

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Cell Wall

d)

cell membrane