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S10 Cells

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Cell" comes from the Latin word cella meaning

a)

small

b)

chamber

c)

science

d)

one

2.

Who gave the name "cell"?

a)

Zacharias Janssen

b)

Schwann

c)

Schleiden

d)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

e)

Robert Hooke

3.

The (a)   is the smallest unit of living things.

4.

ALL living things are made of _________.

a)

Cookies

b)

Cells

c)

Nuclei

d)

Air

5.

Ms. Ramia (and bebé)

a)

alive

b)

not alive

c)

not sure

d)

possibly vampires

6.

A living thing is called an (a)  

7.

Which of the following TWO are multicellular?

a)

b)

c)

d)

8.
How many cells do you have in your body?
a)
hundreds
b)
thousands
c)
millions
d)
trillions
9.

The tiny parts inside of cells that have special jobs are called (a)   .

10.

Animals cells and plant cells are exactly the same.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which model is a Animal Cell?

a)

b)

12.

Which model is a Plant Cell?

a)

b)

13.

Nucleus

a)

4

b)

5

c)

9

d)

10

14.

Chloroplast

a)

4

b)

5

c)

9

d)

10

15.

Central vacuole

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

16.

Cell wall

a)

1

b)

2

c)

No cell wall pictured

17.

Cytoplasm

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

Mitochondria

a)

1

b)

2

c)

7

d)

8

e)

10

19.

Endoplasmic Reticulum (E.R.)

a)

1

b)

4

c)

7

d)

10

20.

Ribosomes

a)

1

b)

2

c)

6

d)

8

21.

Cell Membrane

a)

1

b)

2

c)

8

d)

No cell membrane pictured

22.

Which organelle makes energy for plant and animal cells?

a)
mitochondria
b)

chloroplast

c)

lysosomes

d)

centrioles

23.

Which organelle acts as the control centre for plant and animal cells?

a)

nucleus

b)

cell membrane

c)

chloroplast

d)

mitochondria

24.

Which organelle controls what moves in and out of cells?

a)

nucleus

b)

cell membrane

c)

chloroplast

d)

mitochondria

25.

Which organelle uses sunlight energy to make food for plant cells?

a)

nucleus

b)

cell membrane

c)

chloroplast

d)

mitochondria

26.

Which organelle stores water in plant cells?

a)

mitochondria

b)

lysosomes

c)

centrioles

d)

large central vacuole

27.

This gives support and a boxy shape to plant cells:

a)

nucleus

b)

cell wall

c)

chloroplast

d)

large central vacuole

28.
Amino acids link together to form proteins. In which organelle would this process occur?
a)
Lysosome
b)
Ribosome
c)
Centriole
d)
Mitochondria
29.
In what organelle is the genetic material found inside?
 
a)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
b)
Golgi Complex
c)
Nucleolus
d)
Nucleus
30.

What is the function of the lysosome?

a)
Sac that stores water, nutrients, and waste products
b)
Sac filled with digestive chemicals
c)
Jelly-like substance within the plasma membrane
d)

cell division

31.

What is the function of the centrioles?

a)
Sac that stores water, nutrients, and waste products
b)
Sac filled with digestive chemicals
c)
Jelly-like substance within the plasma membrane
d)

cell division

32.

What is the function of the cytoplasm?

a)
Sac that stores water, nutrients, and waste products
b)
Sac filled with digestive chemicals
c)
Jelly-like substance within the plasma membrane
d)

cell division

33.
What is the function of the vacuole?
a)
Sac that stores water, nutrients, and waste products
b)
Sac filled with digestive chemicals
c)
Jelly-like substance within the plasma membrane
d)

cell division

34.

If you were some bad guy trying to sneak into an animal cell, who would be there to stop you?

(a)  

35.

I provide energy for the cell in the form of ATP. In muscle cells there are a lot of me, in liver cells not as much. What am I?

(a)  

36.

ATP is released by the mitochondria. What does ATP stand for?

(a)  

37.

I am the transport system of the cell. What am I?

(a)  

38.

What is made in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER)?

(a)  

39.

What is made in the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER)?

(a)  

40.

I am the "Canada Post" of the cell, repackaging items from the endoplasmic reticulum for transport. What am I?

(a)  

41.

Parts the Golgi apparatus pinch off and form membrane sacs. What are these?

(a)  

42.

I am organelle only in plants which is the site of an important process by which energy from the Sun is converted into chemical energy. What am I?

(a)  

43.

Chloroplasts allow plants to convert energy from the Sun into useable chemical energy. What is the name of this process?

(a)  

44.

The green pigment inside of this organelle:

(a)  

45.

True or False: Cells require oxygen to survive?

a)

True

b)

False

46.

All plant and animal cells contain chromosomes with DNA.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Which of the following are NOT found in animal cells?

a)
chloroplasts and cell wall
b)
cell wall and cell membrane
c)
mitochondria and nucleus
48.

Check mark all that apply. How can you tell the difference between a Plant Cell and an Animal Cell? (Hint there's more than one right answer)

a)

Plants Cells have Mitochondria and Animal Cells do not

b)

Plant cells have a Cell Wall and Animals cells do not

c)

Animal cells have many, small Vacuoles. Plant cells have one large Vacuole.

d)

Animal cells do not have Chloroplast, but Plant cells do.

e)

Plant cells have a square shape and Animal cells have a circle shape.

49.

These cells are most likely from...

a)

A purple people eater

b)

A purple plant

c)

A purple bacteria

d)

A human

50.

These cells are most likely from a...

a)

Bacteria

b)

Animal

c)

Plant

d)

Human