Organelles

Question 1

Which organelles are found in both plant and animal cells?

Answer 1

NUCLEUS MITOCHONDRIA CELL MEMBRANE

Question 2

Directs all cell activities through the DNA located there.

Answer 2

Nucleus

Question 3

You might think of me as the trash collector, but recycler is maybe more accurate. What am I?

Answer 3

lysosome

Question 4

What is the name of the genetic material that is inside the nucleus?

Answer 4

DNA

Question 5

What is found in both plant and animal cells but is much larger in plant cells?

Answer 5

Vacuole

Question 6

This organelle takes food and turns it into ENERGY for plant and animal cells.

Answer 6

Mitochondria

Question 7

The site of photosynthesis

Answer 7

chloroplast

Question 8

I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?

Answer 8

Cell membrane

Question 9

A rigid layer that lies outside the cell’s membrane is.

Answer 9

Cell Wall

Question 10

What organelle is called the “powerhouse” of a cell?

Answer 10

Mitochondria

Question 11

What is the gel-like substance inside of cells called?

Answer 11

cytoplasm

Question 12

Identify the structure at the end of the arrow.

Answer 12

Nucleus

Question 13

Identify the structures at the bottom of the arrows.

Answer 13

Mitochondria

Question 14

Sac within the cytoplasm that is full of fluid; plants have a single large one; stores food, water, etc.

Answer 14

vacuole

Question 15

Consists of a jellylike substance that contains many organelles.

Answer 15

cytoplasm

Question 16

Which organelle uses energy from sunlight to make sugar?

Answer 16

chloroplasts

Question 17

Which part of the cell is often called “the brain of the cell”?

Answer 17

nucleus

Question 18

I make proteins for the cell. What am I?

Answer 18

ribosome

Question 19

I am only found in a plant cell. What am I?

Answer 19

chloroplast

Question 20

Which number on the diagram represents the cell membrane?

Answer 20

11

Question 21

Which number on the diagram represents the cytoplasm?

Answer 21

12

Question 22

Which number on the diagram represents the mitochondria?

Answer 22

2

Question 23

Which number on the diagram represents the ribosomes?

Answer 23

7

Question 24

Which number on the diagram represents the cell wall?

Answer 24

16

Question 25

Which number on the diagram represents the chloroplasts?

Answer 25

19

Question 26

Which number on the diagram represents the cell membrane?

Answer 26

17

Question 27

The structure that surrounds the cell and regulates which molecules can enter or leave the cell is called the

Answer 27

cell membrane

Question 28

This structure in plants uses light energy from the sun to form sugars during the process of photosynthesis

Answer 28

chloroplast

Question 29

Which of the following statements is a difference between plant and animal cells?

Answer 29

Plants have chloroplasts and a large vacuole, animals have no chloroplasts and small vacuoles.

Question 30

What does a vacuole do?

Answer 30

Stores food, water and waste for the cell.