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Unit 4: Organelles / Cells Check understanding Quiz

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main function of the Mitochondria?

a)

The "powerhouse" of the cell, makes energy for the cell to use.

b)

I don't know

c)

Stores food for the cell

d)

Contains the DNA

2.

What type of cell are humans?

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

3.

Do WE have eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells?

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Prokaryotic

4.

What is the main function of vacuoles?

a)

Stores food and other nutrients

b)

Makes ATP

c)

Makes proteins

d)

Contains DNA

5.

What is the main function of the nucleus?

a)

Contains the DNA information for the cell

b)

Stores food for the cell

c)

Protects the cell

d)

Makes proteins

6.

What organelle controls what goes IN AND OUT of the cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

d)

Mitochondria

7.

What is the name of the jelly-like fluid inside of the cell that holds the organelles ?

a)

Lysosome

b)

Fluid

c)

Water

d)

Cytoplasm

8.

Which scientist discovered and named cells after “small rooms”?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Matthias Schleiden

d)

Theodor Schwann

9.

What is the name of the genetic material that is inside the nucleus?

a)
ER
b)
SER
c)
DNA
d)
ATP
10.

The following is an picture is of a...

a)

bacterial cell

b)

plant cell

c)

animal cell

11.

The number 1 labels the...

a)

Endoplasmic reticulum

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Golgi body

d)

Lysosome

12.

Identify the nucleus

a)
1
b)
2
c)
Both 1 & 2
d)
None of the above
13.

A strong layer that lies outside the plant cell's  membrane is...

a)
Cytoskeleton
b)
Cilia
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Flagella
14.

Controls what goes in and out a cell

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Cytoplasm

15.

Which organelle turns sunlight into energy (sugar)? ( in PLANT cells only)

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Nucleus

c)

Chloroplasts

d)

Vacuoles

16.

jello-like material, fills the space between cell organelles, is where many chemical reactions occur

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Chlorophyll

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Cell Membrane

17.

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

18.

What type of cell is shown?

a)

Prokaryotic (Bacteria)

b)

Eukaryotic (Plant or Animal)

19.

Makes proteins, building more cell parts

a)

Endoplasmic reticulum

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Ribosome

20.

Break down molecules and dead organelles, works like a “garbage disposal” and is only present in ANIMAL CELLS

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Vacuole

c)

Lysosome

d)

Ribosome

21.

“Powerhouse” of the cell, breaks food down into energy for the cell

a)

Vacuole

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Nucleus

d)

Mitochondria

22.

Stores food and water like a refrigerator for the cell

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Vacuole

c)

Lysosome

d)

Cytoplasm

23.

Which is true about the cell theory?

a)

All organisms are composed of cells

b)

Cells are living and are the basic units of organization in all organisms

c)

All cells come from other cells

d)

All of these answers are correct

24.

Cells are organized into tissues, which are organized into organs, which are organized into organ systems, which are organized to create the whole organism

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What scientist developed the hypothesis that cells only come from other cells?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Rudolf Virchow

26.

Cytoplasm is important to a cell because it

a)

holds organelles in place.

b)

stores water for the cell to use when needed.

c)

provides structure and protection.

d)

controls the cell's activities.

27.

Organelles are

a)

small piano-like instruments used to play music

b)

large structures in the body

c)

Tiny structures in cells

d)

Tiny appliances in a doll house

28.

The cell membrane is only found in animal cells.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The vacuole does what for a cell?

a)

Stores water and nutrients

b)

keeps organelles in place

c)

provides protection

d)

provides energy

30.

The plant cell is lucky to have a cell wall because it....

a)

controls the cell's activities

b)

releases energy for the cell

c)

provides support and protection for the cell.

d)

stores water for the cell to use when needed.

31.

All organisms are made of_______________?

a)
blood
b)
chemicals
c)
cells
d)
nitrogen
32.
This is a _________________ cell.
a)
skin cell
b)
virus
c)
eukaryotic
d)
prokaryotic
33.

Which is NOT true of a vacuole?

a)
Stores water.
b)
Is larger in a plant cell compared to an animal cell.
c)
Provides support.
d)
Stores the DNA.
34.

This organelle performs photosynthesis and is only found in plant cells.

a)
chlorophyll
b)
lysosome
c)
chloroplast
d)
mitochondria
35.
Has membrane bound organelles
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
c)
both
36.

Has cell membrane

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote

c)

both

37.
Has cytoplasm
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
c)
both
38.
Bacteria
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
c)
both
39.
multicellular
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
c)
both
40.
Which type of cell?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
41.
Which type of cell?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
42.
Which type of cell?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
43.
Where is the DNA found in a prokaryotic cell? 
a)
floating around in the cytoplasm 
b)
in the nucleus 
44.
What type of cell has a nucleus? 
a)
eukaryotic
b)
prokaryotic 
45.
What type of cell does not have a nucleus?
a)
eukaryotic 
b)
prokaryotic 
46.
Prokaryotes have contains membrane-bound organelles. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False