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Cells Middle School

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 4hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What organelle controls the cell?

a)

Lysosome

b)

Nucleus

c)

Nucleolus

d)

Chromosomes

2.

What is the job of mitochondria in a cell ?

a)

make ribosomes

b)

control the cell

c)

produce energy

d)

make protien

3.

What is the job of chloroplasts in the cell ?

a)

produce protein

b)

take sunlight and turn it into energy

c)

surround and protect the cell

d)

clean up the cell's cytoplasm

4.

What is the job of Endoplasmic Reticulum ?

a)

Make energy

b)

make protein

c)

to stay inside the nucleus

d)

a passageway for protein to travel

5.
This type of cell needs a cell wall and chloroplasts
a)
Plant cell
b)
Animal Cell
c)
Bacteria
6.

The powerhouse of the cell is the...It converts energy from food into energy the cell can use

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Golgi body

c)

Nucleus

d)

Ribosomes

7.

Where are proteins made?

a)

Golgi body

b)

Mitoichondrion

c)

Chromosomes

d)

Ribosomes

8.
This organelle is in both plants and animals. It is a barrier between the cell and the environment.  It controls what goes in and out of a cell.
a)
cell wall
b)
cell membrane
c)
cell organelles
d)
mitochondria
9.
This cell part is in ALL cells. It is the gel-like substance that provides cell shape.
a)
Chloroplasts
b)
Chromosomes
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Mitochondria
10.
Plants perform photosynthesis through this organelle.  It captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food for the cell.
a)
Chlorophyll
b)
Chloroplasts
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Golgi Apparatus
11.
This structure is only in plant cells. It is outside of the cell membrane and adds more support/structure to the plant.
a)
Cell membrane
b)
Cell Nucleus
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
12.
Tiny cell structures that carry out specific functions within the cell.
a)
membranes
b)
nucleus
c)
organelles
d)
animalicules
13.
This structure controls what can enter and leave a cell.
a)
Nucleus
b)
Cytoplasm
c)
Cell Membrane
d)
Golgi Body
14.
This structure is a storage area for the cell. Plants usually have one large one.
a)
Lysosome
b)
Vacuole
c)
Ribosome
d)
Golgi Body
15.
What shape are most plant cells?
a)
round / irregular
b)
rectangular
16.
What shape are most animal cells?
a)
round / irregular
b)
rectangular
17.
Which organelle belongs in plant cells only?
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Mitochondrion
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Nucleus
18.
Which organelle belongs in plant cells only?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Mitochondrion
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Nucleus
19.
Which organelle belongs in plant cells only?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Mitochondrion
c)
Large Central Vacuole
d)
Cell Membrane
20.
Which organelle belongs in both plant and animal cells?
a)
Cytoplasm
b)
Chloroplast
c)
Large Central Vacuole
d)
Cell Wall
21.

Which organelle belongs in both plant and animal cells?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Large Central Vacuole

d)

Cell Wall

22.
Which organelle belongs in both plant and animal cells?
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Large Central Vacuole
d)
Cell Membrane
23.
Which organelle belongs in both plant and animal cells?
a)
Chloroplast
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Large Central Vacuole
d)

Nucleus

24.

Which organelle belongs in animal cells only?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Many Small Vacuole

d)

Nucleus

25.
The ___________ is the basic unit of life
a)
organ
b)
cell
c)
atom
d)
tissue
26.

What is this tiny organelle?

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Vesicles

c)

Cytoskeleton

d)

Mitochondria

27.
A rigid layer that lies outside the cell's  membrane is...
a)
Cytoskeleton
b)
Cilia
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Flagella
28.
Directs all cell activities "Brain or Control Center of cell"
a)
Lysosomes
b)
Nucleus
c)
ribosomes
d)
Mitochondria
29.
"Storage tanks" Can hold food, water or waste for the cell
a)
Ribosomes
b)
Vacuole
c)
Chloroplast
d)
Nucleolus
30.
Plant cells and animal cells...
a)
have nothing in common.
b)
are exactly the same.
c)
are a little bit alike and a little bit different.
d)
are both big.
31.
animals have chloroplasts
a)
false
b)
true
32.
Letter L represents what cell part?
a)
nucleus
b)
nucleolus
c)
nuclear membrane
d)
cytoplasm
33.
Letter A represents what cell part?
a)
nucleus
b)
nucleolus
c)
nuclear membrane
d)
cytoplasm
34.

Letter D/E represent the......

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

cytoplasm

d)

endoplasmic reticulum

35.

Letter J represents which cell organelle?

a)

cell wall

b)

cell membrane

c)

cytoplasm

d)

mitochondria

36.

Letter A represents the ...

a)

nucleolus

b)

cell membrane

c)

cytoplasm

d)

mitochondria

37.

What type of cell is pictured above?

a)

Plant Cell

b)

Animal Cell

38.

What type of cell is pictured above?

a)

Plant Cell

b)

Animal Cell

39.
I store water in both plant and animal cells. What am I?
a)
cytoplasm
b)
ribosomes
c)
vacuole
d)
lysosomes
40.
The Cell Membrane is which number in the picture?
a)
7
b)
8
c)
9
d)
10
41.
What type of cell is this?
a)
prokaryote
b)
animal
c)
bacteria
d)
plant
42.

Identify the cell part: Letter I

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Vacoule

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Chloroplast

43.

What cell part is letter H

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Vacuole

c)

Nucleus

d)

Cytoplasm

44.

What cell part if letter T

a)

Nuclear membrane

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Cell Wall

45.

What cell part is B?

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Cell membrane

c)

Nucleus

d)

Nuclear membrane

46.

What cell part is N?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Vacoule

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

DNA