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animal and plant cell

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for describing a living thing consisting of just one cell?

a)

eukaryote

b)

multicellular

c)

unicellular

d)

cytoplasm

2.

Who first coined the term "cell" to describe living cells based on his observations?

a)

Leeuwenhoek

b)

Schleiden and Schwann

c)

Hooke

d)

Pasteur

3.

Which is referred to as the "power-house" of a cell?

a)

ribosomes

b)

nucleus

c)

mitocochondria

4.

Which is the control center of the cell?

a)

chromatin

b)

nucleolus

c)

nucleus

d)

chloroplasts

5.

What structure in a plant is the site where photosynthesis takes place?

a)

cell wall

b)

chloroplasts

c)

chlorophyll

d)

lysosomes

6.

Which of the following is the main transport system inside a cell?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

Golgi apparatus

d)

mitochondria

7.

Which is the name for the process where by living things were thought to appear in nonliving things like rags and meat?

a)

animalcules

b)

spontaneous generation

c)

cytoplasm

d)

rough ER

8.

Which two structures can be used to differentiate a plant cell from an animal cell?

a)

nucleus and cell membrane

b)

cytoplasm and mitochondria

c)

cell wall and nuclear membrane

d)

cell wall and chloroplasts

9.

Which describes the process of osmosis?

a)

movement from areas of high concentration to areas of less concentration

b)

the process of water molecules passing through a membrane

c)

ADP changing ATP

d)

ATP changing to ADP

10.

Which process takes place in the grana of chloroplasts?

a)

respiration

b)

light reaction

c)

dark reaction

d)

fermentation

11.

Match the following

a)

small organelle that makes protein

1.

ribosome

b)

a high energy molecule

2.

ATP

c)

a cell wall without a nucleus

3.

prokaryote

12.

What is the purpose of the cell membrane?

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13.

How does the structure of the mitochondrion affect its function?

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14.

How does the cell theory contradict spontaneous generation? Why is this important?

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15.

Describe three processes that occur during cell respiration.

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