Quiz: Parts of the Cell

1. What part of the cell is responsible for breaking down and digesting things?
ribosomes
lysosomes
endoplasmic reticulum
vacuole

2. Identify the organelle pictured.

organelle
chloroplast
endoplasmic reticulum
golgi apparatus
mitochondria

3. What part of the cell serves as the intracellular highway?
endoplasmic reticulum
golgi apparatus
cell membrane
mitochondria

4. Which of the following would you NOT find in a bacterial cell?
DNA
cell membrane
golgi apparatus
ribosomes

5. Which of the following is found in plant cells, but not animal cells?
cell wall
vacuole
mitochondria
endoplasmic reticulum

 

6. The jellylike interior of the cell is called the:
vacuole
cytoplasm
cytoskeleton
nucleus

7. Identify the organelle.

organelle
golgi apparatus
endoplasmic reticulum
mitochondria
lysosome

8. What part of the cell makes proteins?
ribosomes
mitochondria
lysosomes
vacuole

9. Where are ribosomes usually located in animal and plant cells?
inside the nucleus
near the cell membrane
on the endoplasmic reticulum
inside the vacuole

10. What part of the cell serves to process, package and export proteins?
mitochondria
endoplasmic reticulum
nucleolus
golgi apparatus

 

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