Cell Structure & Function

Question 1

What is the function of a nucleus?

Answer 1

Controls cell activities and stores genetic information

Question 2

What is the function of cell membrane?

Answer 2

Controls entry and exit of materials such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose and water

Question 3

What is the function of cytoplasm?

Answer 3

Site of chemical reactions

Question 4

What is the function of ribosomes?

Answer 4

Site of protein synthesis

Question 5

What is the function of mitochondria?

Answer 5

Site of aerobic respiration

Question 6

What is the function of cell walls?

Answer 6

The outer layer which helps protect the cell

Question 7

What is the function of chloroplast?

Answer 7

Site of photosynthesis

Question 8

What is the function of vacuoles?

Answer 8

Membrane bounded sac which stores a solution of water, salts and sugars and helps support the cell

Question 9

What is the function of plasmids?

Answer 9

Small circle of DNA containing extra genes which may help the bacterium survive

Question 10

What is the cell made of in plant cells?

What is it made of in fungal and bacterial cells?

Answer 10

Cellulose

Something else

Question 11

Which structures are found in animal cells?

Answer 11

Membrane, cytoplasm, mitochondria, ribosomes, nucleus

Question 12

What structures are found in plant cells?

Answer 12

Cell wall, membrane, cytoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplast, vacuole, ribosomes, nucleus

Question 13

What structures are found in fungi cells?

Answer 13

Cell wall, membrane, cytoplasm, mitochondria, vacuole, ribosomes, nucleus

Question 14

What structures are in bacteria cells?

Answer 14

Cell wall, membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes and plasmids

Question 15

How do you work out the number of micrometers in a millimetre?

Answer 15

Multiply by 1000

Question 16

How do you work out the number of millimetres in a micrometer?

Answer 16

Divide by 1000