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Basic Cell Organelles

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which answer best describes what the cell membrane is made of?

a)

Phospholipids

b)

Proteins

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Glycogen

2.

What is the function of the golgi? The "warehouse" of the cell.

a)

package, sort, and store proteins

b)

synthesize proteins

c)

intracellular digestion

d)

ATP production

3.
A cell stores food, water or waste products in
a)

chloroplast

b)

nuclei

c)

ribosomes

d)

vesicle

4.

What organelle determines what comes into and out of the cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

mitochondria

c)

ribosome

d)

cell membrane

5.

Which of these do plant cells have that animal cells do NOT have?

a)

cell wall

b)

large central vacuole

c)

chloroplasts

d)

all of these

6.
What structure is in plant cells but not animal cells?
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Mitochondria
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Vacuole
7.

Contains digestive enzymes to break down waste for reuse. The "recycling center" of the cell.

a)

Smooth ER

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Lysosome

d)

FLagella

8.

All cells have

a)

Free ribosomes

b)

Bound ribosomes

c)

DNA

d)

cell wall

9.

Where DNA and chromosomes are stored in a eukaryotic cell. The "library" of the cell.

a)

Nucleus

b)

Rough ER

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Mitochondria

10.

Which organelle hugs the nucleus and has ribosomes attached to it?

a)

Rough ER

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Smooth ER

11.

Organelle in plants uses light energy to make glucose in a process called photosynthesis.

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Cell Membrane

12.

This organelle generates ATP energy for the cell

a)

mitochondria

b)

Golgi apparatus

c)

nucleus

d)

ribosomes

13.

Which organelle is the site of protein synthesis and contains RNA? The "factory" of the cell.

a)

nucleus

b)

plasma (cell) membrane

c)

mitochondria

d)

ribosomes

14.

Which of the following is the function of smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

a)

Protein synthesis

b)

Macromolecule digestion

c)

Lipid synthesis and storage

d)

Ribosome production

15.
Supports cells structure & drives cell movement.  Composed of microfilaments, microtubules, & centrioles.
a)
endoplasmic reticulum
b)
golgi apparatus
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
vacuole
16.

The head of a phospholipid is attracted to water, and is referred to as:

a)

Hydroscopic

b)

Hydrogenated

c)

hydrophobic

d)

Hydrophilic

17.

Reorder the following as they occur in the protein pathway.

a)

Modified protein goes to vesicle for transport

b)

Proteins are sorted and stored in the golgi

c)

Proteins are moved to cell organelle or membrane by a vesicle

d)

Protein is secreted out of cell or into an organelle through exocytosis

1)
2)
3)
4)
18.

Which organelle(s) are believed to have been their own independent organism/cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

d)

Chloroplast

19.

Cells have all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Genetics material

b)

Cell Membranes

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Mitochondria

20.

Place the following in sequence. The creation and release of a protein through the end-membrane system

a)

RER

b)

first vesicle

c)

Golgi

d)

2nd vesicle

e)

plasma membrane

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)