WorksheetsCh. 2 Cell Structure and Function
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which substances are macromolecules?
a)
sugars
b)
proteins
c)
nucleotides
2.
Which substance is most common in cells?
a)
fat
b)
water
c)
amino acid
3.
Which substance is a lipid?
a)
RNA
b)
sugar
c)
cholesterol
4.
What does the cell theory state?
a)
that cells come from other cells
b)
that cells come only from animals
c)
that cells cannot be created or destroyed
5.
Which function describes what a vacuole does?
a)
releases energy from food
b)
stores food, water, and wastes
c)
packages proteins into vesicles
6.
Which function describes what a mitochondrion does?
a)
releases energy from food during a chemical reaction
b)
makes food using sunlight
c)
stores food, water, and wastes
7.
Which object is an example of a prokaryotic cell?
a)
a plant cell
b)
a bacterium
c)
an animal cell
8.
Which function diffuses water molecules?
a)
osmosis
b)
endocytosis
c)
passive transport
9.
Which function moves substances from a lower concentration to a higher concentration?
a)
osmosis
b)
diffusion
c)
active transport
10.
What happens as a cell gets bigger?
a)
It's volume decreases.
b)
It's surface area increases.
c)
It's need for nutrients decreases.
11.
Where in the cell does glycolysis occur?
a)
nucleus
b)
cytoplasm
c)
chloroplast
12.
Which item is produced by lactic-acid fermentation?
a)
yeast
b)
plants
c)
cheese
13.
What does the part of cellular respiration that happens in the mitochondria require?
a)
water
b)
oxygen
c)
lactic acid
14.
Which process do plants use to make food by using light?
a)
glycolysis
b)
respiration
c)
photosynthesis
15.
What directs all of the cell's activity?
a)
nucleus
b)
organelles
c)
proteins
16.
Cell structures with specific functions are called
a)
carbohydrates
b)
organelles
c)
proteins
17.
What is the name of the fluid inside a cell?
a)
cytoplasm
b)
nucleic acid
c)
carbohydrates
18.
What happens when a cell takes in a substance by surrounding it with it's cell membrane?
a)
active transport
b)
endocytosis
c)
exocytosis
19.
What happens when a cell takes in a substance by releasing them from vesicles into the area outside of the cell?
a)
passive transport
b)
endocytosis
c)
exocytosis
20.
One sugar molecule, two sugar molecules, or long chains of sugar molecules make up _________________.
a)
passive transport
b)
carbohydrates
c)
exocytosis
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