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Cell and Virus Quiz
Multiple Choice (circle the letter of the correct answer)
1. A bacterium is made of a single (1) cell. It is called:
a. multicellular
b. unicellular
2. Which organelle packages and transports products in the cell?
a. Golgi apparatus
c. lysosomes
b. Mitochondria
3. Prokaryotes are organisms whose cells contain no
a. cell membrane
b. nucleus
c. eukaryotes
4. The concentrations of solutes inside and outside the cell are equal when the
solution is
a. hypotonic
c. isotonic
b. hypertonic
5. Which organelles digest food products, worn out cell parts, and bacteria and
viruses in the cell?
a. ribosomes
c. lysosomes
b. cytoplasm
6. What is the jelly-like material that supports the cell’s organelles called?
a. Nucleoli
c. organelles
b. Cytoplasm
7. What structures in the nucleus contain the genetic information that control all
of a cell’s activity?
a. centrioles
b. vacuoles
c. chromosomes
8. Which of the following type of cells contain a nucleus?
a. prokaryotes
b. eukaryotes
9. Unlike animal cells, plant cells do have
a. cell walls
c. mitochondria
b. cell membranes
10. Which of the following is a function of the cell membrane?
a. breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins from foods
b. stores water, salt, proteins, and carbohydrates
c. regulates which materials enter and leave the cell
11. Diffusion is the movement of particles from
a. an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration.
b. an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
12. The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called
a. osmotic pressure.
c. facilitated diffusion.
b. osmosis.
13. Which type of cellular transport requires energy from the cell?
a. diffusion
c. facilitated diffusion
b. active transport
Matching (Use the answer choices more than once.)
14. Cell wall
15. Lysosome
16. Chloroplast
17. Cytoplasm
18. Cell membrane
19. Ribosomes
a. animal cells only
b. plant cells only
c. both plant and animal cells
Matching (Use each answer choice only once!)
20. Mitochondria
a. Control center of cell
21. Ribosome
b. Cell part that makes proteins
22. Nucleus
c. Cell part that makes cell energy from food you eat
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23. Cell membrane
24. Cytoplasm
25. Chloroplast
a. Thick jelly like liquid that gives cell shape
b. Cell part that allows things to enter or leave
c. It is green and helps plant cells make their own
food from sunlight
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26. The two main components (parts) of cell membranes are
a. lipids and carbohydrates
b. lipids and nucleic acids
c. lipids and proteins
27. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?
a. contains DNA
b. Has to walk
c. Responds to the environment
d. Is able to reproduce
28. True / False – Viruses are non-living.
29. True / False – A virus (like some STD’s) can be inside your body and not cause
symptoms for a while. (You have it, but don’t know it for a while)
Match the name of the structure to the correct part of a virus.
30. Tail
A
31. Capsid
B
32. DNA
33. Tail Fibers
C
D