Name: ___________________________
Eukaryotic Cells
Circle the letter of the best answer for each question.
1. What is the purpose of the cell wall?
a. To make a plant droop.
b. To support the cell
c. To carry DNA
d. To digest cellulose.
2. What is the purpose of a cell membrane?
a. To make lipids
b. To make phospholipids
c. To protect the cell
d. To support the cell wall
3. What is the genetic material inside a cell’s
nucleus?
a. Protein
b. Lipids
c. Chromosomes (DNA)
d. Nucleolus
4. What do all ribosome do?
a. Make proteins
b. Float in cytoplasm
c. Attach themselves to membranes
d. Make organelles
5. What does the endoplasmic reticulum
look like?
a. Oval, with small pores
b. Small and round
c. Long with many folds like spaghetti
d. A bubble full of liquid
6. Which phrase best describes the job of
the endoplasmic reticulum?
a. Internal delivery system
b. Protein factory
c. DNA storage
d. Web of proteins
7. What are the peanut shaped organelles
that break down sugar and provide
energy to the cell?
a. Golgi complex
b. Cell membranes
c. Ribosome
d. Mitochondria
8. Which process happens inside a
chloroplast?
a. Making ATP
b. Making DNA
c. Photosynthesis
d. Formation of animal cells
9. What long folded cell part serves to
package and distribute proteins?
a. Golgi complex
b. Cell membrane
c. Endoplasmic reticulum
d. Cytoplasm
10. What do lysosomes do?
a. Make new proteins
b. Move material around
c. Get rid of waste and digest food
d. Copy DNA
11. What is the function of most vacuoles?
a. To make proteins
b. To store water
c. To make sugar
d. To protect the cell
Read the words in the box. Read the sentences. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best
completes the sentence.
Chloroplast
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Lysosome
ribosome
Mitochondria
nucleus
Chromsomes
Golgi complex
12. The cell part that is the control center for the cell is called the _________________________.
13. This part transports proteins throughout the cell and is called the _____________________.
14. Cell parts that break down sugar to make cell energy are called _____________________.
15. Plant cell parts that use the sun to make food are called ______________________.
16. Organelles that break down food particles and cell waste are called _______________________.
17. This genetic material containing organelle is inside the nucleus and is responsible for growth and
reproduction is called the ________________________.
18. These two organelles work together to package protein and produce protein and are called
____________________ and ________________________.
Identify the organelle(s) in the picture.
What are the other two
parts called?
This part is found in a plant
cell: _______________
Name that part…
Ribosome:
Golgi Body:
Draw the following parts:
Mitochondria: