Sample Assessment Items
This is not meant to be printed off and given as a test…this document is to give you ideas
of how this standard might be assessed. Please use these as an example when you are
developing your own formative assessments. Remember formative assessment is to be
given throughout the teaching of a standard to help you guide your instruction based on
students needs. A good formative assessment should have a mix of multiple choice as
well as open ended.
S5L3 Students will diagram and label parts of various cells (plant, animal, single celled,
multi-celled).
b. Identify parts of a plant cell (membrane, wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplasts) and of
an animal cell (membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus) and determine the function of the
parts.
Multiple Choice:
Which of these is NOT present in an animal cell?
a. chloroplast
b. cytoplasm
c. membrane
d. nucleus
Answer: a
Which of these cell parts is CORRECTLY paired with its function?
a. cell membrane - traps light energy
b. nucleus - stores water, food, and wastes
c. chloroplast - controls all the activities in the cell
d. cytoplasm - contains chemicals that the cell needs
Answer: d
Which structure in plant cells provides strength and extra support?
a. cell walls
b. cytoplasm
c. nucleus
d. spores
Answer: a
Green plants use special cell parts to make their own food. Which best describes why
animals cannot make their own food?
a. Animals do not use water.
b. Animals breathe in oxygen.
c. Animals need extra energy to survive.
d. Animal cells do not contain chloroplasts.
Answer: d
The nucleus is located in the center of the cell and is known as the cell’s ___________.
a. energy source
b. support system
c. control center
d. storage facility
Answer: c
What gives a cell its shape and controls the materials moving into and out of it?
a. cell wall
b. cell membrane
c. chloroplast
d. cytoplasm
Answer: a
What cell part is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?
a. cell membrane
b. cell wall
c. cytoplasm
d. nucleus
Answer: b
What is the basic unit of structure and function of all living things?
a. cell
b. organ
c. organ system
d. tissue
Answer: a
Which item below is the part of a plant cell that captures energy?
a. cell membrane
b. cell wall
c. chloroplasts
d. nucleus
Answer: c
Which cell part makes glucose?
a. cell wall
b. chloroplasts
c. cytoplasm
d. nucleus
Answer: b
Alan is using a microscope to look at a cell so he can tell if it is a plant cell or an animal
cell. He can conclude that it is a plant cell if he sees ____________.
a. a nucleus
b. cytoplasm
c. chloroplasts
d. a cell membrane
Answer: c
Open ended:
Illustrate and describe in writing the structure and the function of the following cell
structures found in an animal cell: membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus.
Illustrate and describe in writing the structure and the function of the following cell
structures found in a plant cell: membrane, wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplasts.
Infer what would happen if a cell had no nucleus. Explain your answer.
A student observed the following cell with a microscope.
What kind of cell did the student observe? Explain your answer.
What are four structures found in both plant and animal cells?
Plant cells have cell membranes that allow materials to pass in and out of the cell. Why
do you think plants need to have materials move in and out of their cells?