Cells Pretest

1. What is, in plants, the rigid barrier that surrounds the outside of the plasma membrane, is made of cellulose, and provides support and structure to the cell?

Flagellum

Cell wall

Centriole

Nucleolus

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3. What is a double-membrane organelle that captures light energy and converts it to chemical energy through photosynthesis

Nucleolus

Mitochondria

Chloroplast

Ribosome

4. What is the membrane-bound organelle that converts fuel into energy available to the rest of the cell?

Ribosome

Lysosome

Nucleus

Mitochondrion

5. What is a vesicle that uses enzymes to digest excess or worn-out cellular substances?

Mitochondrion

Lysosome

Ribosome

Cell wall

6. What is a simple cell organelle that helps manufacture proteins?

Cell

Ribosome

Lysosome

Mitochondria

7. What is, in eukaryotic cells, the central, membrane-bound organelle that manages cellular functions and contains DNA?

Ribosome

Chloroplast

Ribosome

Nucleus

8. What is a highly folded membrane system in eukaryotic cells that is the site for ribosome attachment?

Endoplasmic reticulum

Golgi apparatus

Lysosome

Cell wall

9. What is the membrane-bound vesicle for temporary storage of materials such as food, enzymes, and wastes?

Vacuole

Golgi apparatus

Cytoskeleton

Ribosome

10. Where are prokaryotic cells found?

In bacteria and archaea

In protists, fungi, plants, animals

None of the above

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Cells Pretest

1. What is, in plants, the rigid barrier that surrounds the outside of the plasma membrane, is made of cellulose, and provides support and structure to the cell?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The basic unit of life is the ___________.

3. What is a double-membrane organelle that captures light energy and converts it to chemical energy through photosynthesis

4. What is the membrane-bound organelle that converts fuel into energy available to the rest of the cell?

5. What is a vesicle that uses enzymes to digest excess or worn-out cellular substances?

6. What is a simple cell organelle that helps manufacture proteins?

7. What is, in eukaryotic cells, the central, membrane-bound organelle that manages cellular functions and contains DNA?

8. What is a highly folded membrane system in eukaryotic cells that is the site for ribosome attachment?

9. What is the membrane-bound vesicle for temporary storage of materials such as food, enzymes, and wastes?

10. Where are prokaryotic cells found?

11. Who discovered the cell?

12. The word "cell" comes from Latin word ________ meaning small room.

13. The prokaryote cell is _________ and smaller than a eukaryote cell.