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Organelle Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The picture illustrates a
a)
Prokaryotic Plant Cell
b)
Prokaryotic Animal Cell
c)
Eukaryotic Plant Cell
d)
Eukaryotic Animal Cell
2.
Controls what enters/leaves a cell
a)
cell membrane
b)
Nuclear membrane
c)
cell wall
d)
cytoplasm
3.
collect sunlight which it converts to sugars
a)
chloroplasts
b)
cytoplasm
c)
cell wall
d)
mitochondria
4.
break down (digest) worn out cell parts, mostly in animal cells
a)
cytoplasm
b)
lysosomes
c)
mitochondria
d)
vacuoles
5.

What do you call the jellylike substance between the cell membrane, organelles and the nucleus that fills the "empty" space in a cell?

a)

Chromatin

b)

Chromosomes

c)

Microtubles

d)

Cytoplasm

6.

What is the cell's control center that directs all activities of the cell?

a)

Nucleolus

b)

City Hall

c)

Ribosome

d)

Nucleus

7.

What is the largest organelle in the plant cell? It is surrounded by a membrane and functions to hold materials and wastes. It also functions to maintain cell structure and support.

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Central Vacuole

8.

Which organelle is known as the "powerhouse" of the cell because it converts energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions?

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Lysosomes

d)

Vacuoles

9.

Which organelle receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the E.R., package them, and transport them to other parts of the cell?

a)

Golgi Bodies

b)

Vacuoles

c)

Chloroplasts

d)

Ribosomes

10.

What are the small organelles that function as factories that make proteins? They can be attached to the E.R. or they may float in the cytoplasm.

a)

Golgi Bodies

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Cetrioles

11.
The brain or "control center" of the cell. 
a)
Mitochondria
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Nucleus
12.
"Garbage collectors" of the cell that remove waste: 
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Centrioles
c)
Lysosomes
d)
Nucleus
13.
Protective outermost layer of the cell: 
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Nucleus
c)
Chromatin
d)
Microtubules 
14.
Makes protein for the cell: 
a)
Nucleus
b)
Ribosomes
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Cell Membrane
15.
"Post office" of the cell that packages proteins and fats: 
a)
Rough ER
b)
Smooth ER
c)
Golgi Apparatus
d)
Lysosome
16.
The site of photosynthesis
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
17.
A rigid layer that lies outside the cell's  membrane is...
a)
Cytoskeleton
b)
Cilia
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Flagella
18.
Which organelle is only found in a plant cell? 
a)
nucleus
b)
chloroplast
c)
mitochondria
d)
cell membrane
19.

controls the cell; contains DNA and the nucleolus

a)

nucleus

b)

Golgi body

c)

mitochondria

d)

chloroplast

20.

site of protein production

a)

cell wall

b)

Golgi body

c)

ribosome

d)

mitochondria

21.

What do you call the tiny cell structures inside a cell that carry out a specific function within the cell?

a)

Biomolecules

b)

Organelles

c)

Cells

d)

Atoms

22.

What is the cell's control center that directs all activities of the cell?

a)

Nucleolus

b)

City Hall

c)

Ribosome

d)

Nucleus

23.

contains DNA, which has the information on how to make the cell's proteins control center for the cell. Sometimes called the brain of the cell.

a)

Nucleus

b)

Lysosome

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Endoplasmic reticulum

24.
Where is DNA stored in a cell? 
a)
Lysosomes
b)
Golgi Complex
c)
Ribosomes
d)
Nucleus
25.

Which organelle ensures the proper folding of the proteins produced by ribosomes on its surface and makes cell membrane parts?

a)

Golgi apparatus

b)

smooth ER

c)

rough ER

d)

secretory vesicles

26.

Which portion of the endoplasmic reticulum is free of ribosomes?

a)

sad ER

b)

happy ER

c)

rough ER

d)

smooth ER