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Mr. Reeves Cell Structures and Functions

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Every living organism is made up of one or more cells
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Which of the following are NOT found in animal cells
a)
chloroplasts and cytoplasm
b)
chloroplasts and cell wall
c)
cell wall and cell membrane
d)
mitochondria and nucleus
3.
The nucleus is like the ____________ of the cell.
a)
foot
b)
hand
c)
stomach
d)
brain
4.

Which of the following converts food into energy for the cell?

a)

vacuole

b)

mitochondria

c)

cytoplasm

d)

cell membrane

5.
What do vacuoles do? 
a)
They actually do not have an important role
b)
They protect the cell
c)
They are the brain of the cell
d)
storage area for cells; water storage in plants 
6.
Which structures are found in every living cell?
a)
cell membrane and cytoplasm
b)
chloroplasts and mitochondria
c)
a cell wall and nucleus
d)
chloroplasts and cell wall
7.
Which cell structure is found in plant and animals cells and controls what can come into or leave a cell?
a)
cell membrane
b)
cytoplasm
c)
nucleus
d)
vacuole
8.
In what part of the plant cell does the process of photosynthesis take place?
a)
nucleus
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplasts
d)
vacuoles
9.
Cells with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles are called ____________________.
a)
prokaryotes
b)
eukaryotes
c)
bacteria
d)
protists
10.
_ are organelles responsible for digesting certain materials within the cell.
a)
vacuoles
b)
chloroplasts
c)
lysosomes
d)
cell membrane
11.
Jelly-like material that makes up most of the cell
a)
cytoskeleton
b)
cytoplasm
c)
cyclops
d)
cytoliquid
12.

_________ ships and packages materials

a)

Golgi apparatus

b)
Mitochondria
c)
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
d)
Smooth endoplasmic reticulim
13.

Rough endoplasmic reticulum

a)

does not have ribosomes on the membrane and transports proteins for the cell.

b)

does not have ribosomes and makes energy for the cell.

c)

does not have ribosomes and makes proteins for the cell.

d)

has ribosomes on the membrane and transports proteins for the cell.

14.

Check the three major differences between a plant cell and an animal cell.

a)

cell wall

b)

mitochondria

c)

large central vacuole

d)

chloroplasts

15.

Prokaryotic cells are _________

a)

Unicellular

b)

Multicellular

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

16.

Found inside the nucleus. This substance is the blue print for creating new proteins.

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Chromatin

c)

Vacuoles

d)

Glucose

17.
What type of cell has a nucleus? 
a)
eukaryotic
b)
prokaryotic 
18.

PROKARYOTIC cells do NOT have

a)

membrane bound organelles

b)

cell membrane

c)

DNA

d)

ribosomes

19.
Which is NOT part of the Cell Theory
a)
New cells are produced from existing cells
b)
All living things are composed of cells
c)
Only eukaryotic cells have a nucleus
d)
Cells are the basic unit of structure & function in living things
20.

(Check all that apply) What are the 3 parts to the cell theory?

a)

All organisms are composed of one or more cells.

b)

The cell is the basic unit of structure.

c)

All cells come from preexisting cells.

d)

There are only plant and animal cells.

21.

Ridged outer layer of a plant cell

a)

chloroplast

b)

cell membrane

c)

chlorophyll

d)

cell wall

22.

Bacteria are this type of cell

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

23.

Which type of cells have a cell membrane?

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

bacteria

d)

all of them

24.

What can the "Lysosomes" in cells be compared to?

a)

Power Plant

b)

Brain

c)

Trash Man

d)

Highway System

25.

What characteristic does the cell membrane have that describes it's ability to let some things in and keep other things out of the cell?

a)

selectively permeable

b)

impermeable

c)

controlling

d)

fluid

26.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water