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Cell Structure Trivia Quiz

This quiz is on the basic functions of the things inside of a cell. Please note that this quiz is written on a 7th grade level, so it will just cover the basics. Have Fun! This quiz is dedicated to my new pal... thewho13rd

A multiple-choice quiz by NoQuestion. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
NoQuestion

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
238,742

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
3556

Last 3 plays: LeeDaMan (8/10), Guest 99 (4/10), Guest 2 (8/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. What is a vacuole in a cell? Hint

Cells don't have vacuoles.

Place to store food, water, wastes, and other materials.

The doors and protection of a cell.

The place the proteins are made.

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Question 2 of 10

2. This is the 'freeway' or 'walkway' of a cell that the Golgi Bodies 'drive' on. Hint

Ribosome

Mitochondria

Cell Membrane

Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Question 3 of 10

3. You can find (a) ______ and (a) ______ only in a plant cell. Hint

Cytoplasm & Lysosomes

Mitochondria & Ribosomes

Cell wall & Chloroplasts

Vacuoles & Nucleus

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Question 4 of 10

4. What do lysosomes do? Hint

They are where cells release their waste products.

They are the "brain" of the cell.

They are where oxygen enters the cell.

They "clean up" the cells.

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Question 5 of 10

5. In plant cells, _______ makes up the cell wall. Hint

cellulose

cell goo

chloroplasts

nucleic acid

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where do you find most of a cell's DNA? Hint

In the cell membrane.

In the nucleus.

In the mitochondria.

In the cytoplasm.

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Question 7 of 10

7. The ________ is "brain" of the cell. Hint

Nucleus

Ribosomes

Fitomolecular Tonga

Mitochondria

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Question 8 of 10

8. The cell membrane is _____________. Hint

permeable to everything

red and blue

selectively permeable

not permeable at all

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Question 9 of 10

9. The organelle is a part of a cell that __________________. Hint

exists only in animal cells

has a specific function

does not exist

transports all of the wastes out of a cell and lets only sugars enter

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the "powerhouse" of a cell? Hint

Mitochondria

Nucleus

Ribosomes

Cellulose

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is a vacuole in a cell?

Answer: Place to store food, water, wastes, and other materials.

Plant cells have larger vacuoles than animal cells, although they both do the same thing. Vacuoles are like the storage for the cells.

2. This is the 'freeway' or 'walkway' of a cell that the Golgi Bodies 'drive' on.

Answer: Endoplasmic Reticulum

The Golgi Body takes the materials sent from the endoplasmic reticulum and transports them to other parts of the cells.

3. You can find (a) ______ and (a) ______ only in a plant cell.

Answer: Cell wall & Chloroplasts

Mitochondria & ribosomes, vacuoles & nucleus, and cytoplasm & lysosomes are in both plant and animal cells. Cell wall & chloroplasts however, are only in plant cells.

4. What do lysosomes do?

Answer: They "clean up" the cells.

Lysomsomes (like Lysol!), clean up the cell. Wastes are collected and transported out of the cell with the help of lysosomes.

5. In plant cells, _______ makes up the cell wall.

Answer: cellulose

The cell wall is made up of cellulose; a stiff compound that makes the cell wall rigid and strong. People cannot digest cellulose itself.

6. Where do you find most of a cell's DNA?

Answer: In the nucleus.

DNA, short for deoxyribonucleic acid, contains the blueprint for life. DNA is made up of two strands that wind around each other to form a structure called a double helix.

7. The ________ is "brain" of the cell.

Answer: Nucleus

The nucleus stores the information the cell needs for life. It controls the cell and tells each organelle what to do.

8. The cell membrane is _____________.

Answer: selectively permeable

'Selectively permeable' means that the cell membrane won't allow everything into a cell, or all of it. If water wanted to enter a cell, not all of the water would be let in at once, although eventually all of the water would enter and the cell would pop.

9. The organelle is a part of a cell that __________________.

Answer: has a specific function

The organelle is anything that carries out a specific function, not many roles, like the choice "transports all of the wastes out of a cell and lets only sugars enter".

10. What is the "powerhouse" of a cell?

Answer: Mitochondria

The mitochondria break down sugars and make energy; not to be confused with the ribosomes that make protein. If you chose nucleus, close, but the nucleus uses energy. Cellulose is stored in plant cell walls that protect the cell.

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