Lesson 3: Cell Structure and Function

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Lesson 3: Cell Structure and Function

Direction: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of

your choice on your quiz notebook.
1. Which cell feature is responsible for making
proteins?
A. Lysosomes
B. Ribosomes
C. peroxisomes

2. What is the jelly-like substance that is 55% of the

volume of the cell?
A. Cytoplasm
B. Nucleoplasm
C. Ectoplasm
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3. What cell feature is responsible for powering the

cell?
A. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Golgi bodies
C. Mitochondria
4. Where in the cell does chromatin found?
A. Ribosomes
B. Nucleus
C. nucleolus
5. What are two cell features that plant cells have that
animal cells do not?
A. Lysosomes and cell wall
B. Cell wall and chloroplasts
C. Cell membrane and nucleolus
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6. What cell feature contains digestive enzymes

which break materials down?
A. Lysosomes
B. Ribosomes
C. Vacuoles
7. Which cell feature packages and move things
around the cell?
A. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Chloroplasts
C. Golgi bodies
8. What is the main function of the cell wall?
A. Protect and provide support for the cell
B. Build proteins
C. Convert solar energy to chemical energy
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9. What regulates what enters and leaves the cell?

A. Nucleus
B. Cell membrane
C. ribosomes
10. You will not find a cell wall in which of these
organisms?
A. Animal
B. Plants
C. Bacteria
11. Who used a compound microscope to see thin
walled compartments like honeycombs and named
them cells?
A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
B. Robert Hooke
C. Matthias Schleiden
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12. Which of the following is NOT a principle of the cell

theory?
A. Cells are the basic unit of life.
B. All cells are produced from pre-existing cells.
C. Very few cells are able to reproduce.
13. Looking at a cell under a microscope, you note that
it is a prokaryote? How do you know?
A. The cell lacks cytoplasm.
B. The cell lacks genetic material.
C. The cell lacks a nucleus.
14. Which of the following encloses their DNA in a
nucleus?
A. Prokaryotes
B. Eukaryotes
C. Viruses
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15. Which of the following conclusions could you draw about the
cell shown above?
A. The cell is a eukaryotic because it has a nucleus.
B. The cell is a prokaryotic because it has a nucleus.
C. The cell is a eukaryotic because it does not have a
nucleus.

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16. Which of the following best describes the

relationship between the nucleus and cytoplasm.
A. The cytoplasm is a fluid that fills inside the
nucleus.
B. The cytoplasm is an organelle that is usually
found near the nucleus.
C. The nucleus is an organelle that is
surrounded by the cytoplasm.

17. Which of the following encloses their DNA in a

nucleus?
A. Prokaryotes
B. Eukaryotes
C. Viruses

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18. Which structures are involved in cell movement?

A. Cytoplasm and ribosomes
B. Microtubules and microfilaments
C. Chromosomes
19. Which organelles are involved in energy conversions?
A. Mitochondria and chloroplasts
B. Mitochondria and ribosomes
C. Golgi apparatus and chloroplats

20. The cell membrane contains channels and transporters

that help move materials from one side of the cell to the
other. What are these channels and transporters made
of?
A. Carbohydrates
B. Lipids
C. Proteins
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21. What role(s) does the cytoskeleton play in a living cell?

A. Maintaining cell shape
B. Movement
C. All of the above
22. What organelle serves as a primary “packaging” area
for molecules that will be distributed throughout the
cell?
A. Vacuole
B. Cytoskeleton
C. Golgi bodies

23. The endoplasmic reticulum is an extension of which of

this membrane?
A. Cell membrane
B. Outer nuclear membrane
C. Inner nuclear membrane
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24. Which of the following statements best identifies

these two cells? Cells are not drawn to scale.
A. Cell X is a prokaryotic cell and Cell Y is a
eukaryotic cell.
B. Cell Y is a prokaryotic cell and Cell X is a
eukaryotic cell.
C. Both Cell X and Cell Y are eukaryotic cells.

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25. The diagram above represents a cell found in

eukaryotic organism. The magnified section
represents an organelle found in this cell, labelled X.
What is the function of organelle X?
A. Organelle X is where genetic information is
stored.
B. Organelle X is the site of potosynthesis.
C. Organelle X is where ATP is synthesized.

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Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and

FALSE if otherwise.
26. Prokaryotic cells are usually larger than
eukaryotic cells.
27. All cells have ribosomes, cytoplasm and
plasma membrane.
28. The word “cell” was first used in 1965.
29. Since all living things are made up of cells,
and as viruses are not made up of cells, they
are considered not alive.
30. Mitochondria, the Golgi apparatus and the
endoplasmic reticulum are examples of
organelle.
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FALSE if otherwise.
31. The plasma membrane controls everything that
enters and leaves the cell.
32. The mitochondrion, where the cell’s energy is
made, is often considered to be the cell’s control
center.
33. All eukaryotic cells have chloroplasts.
34. The endosymbiont theory describes how small
prokaryotic cells began to “live inside a larger
cell.
35. The two layers of phospholipids in the plasma
membrane are called a phospholipid bilayer.
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Direction: Label the parts.

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11. Type of Cell:

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15. Type of Cell:

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15 12 16. Type of Cell:
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