CELL TEST STUDY GUIDE
Review the information related to the following protists:
1) PARAMECIUM
 What structure does it use to move? CILIA
 Is it a heterotroph, mixotroph, or autotroph? HETEROTROPH
 Does it have an eyespot? NO
 What does it eat? ALGAE, YEAST, BACTERIA, SMALLER PROTOZOA
 What does it look like? (Draw a picture below)
2) AMOEBA
 What structure does it use to move? PSEUDOPOD
 Is it a heterotroph, mixotroph, or autotroph? HETEROTROPH
 Does it have an eyespot? NO
 What does it eat? ALGAE, BACTERIA, AND SMALLER PROTOZOA
 What does it look like? (Draw a picture below)
3) EUGLENA
 What structure does it use to move? FLAGELLUM
 Is it a heterotroph, mixotroph, or autotroph? MIXOTROPH
 Does it have an eyespot? YES
 What does it eat? GREEN ALGAE
 What structure does it use for photosynthesis? CHLOROPLAST
 What does it look like? (Draw a picture below)
4) VOLVOX
 What structure does it use to move? 2 FLAGELLA
 Is it a heterotroph, mixotroph, or autotroph? AUTOTROPH
 Does it have an eyespot? YES
 What structure does it use for photosynthesis? CHLOROPLAST
 What does it look like? (Draw a picture below)
5) Which of these protists live in a colony? VOLVOX
6) Which of these protists live individually? PARAMECIUM, AMOEBA, EUGLENA
7) What is the purpose of the eyespot?
TO DETECT LIGHT
8) What is the purpose of the contractile vacuole? TO PUMP OUT EXCESS (EXTRA) WATER
Review the following information related to plant and animal cells.
9) Which organelles and other structures are only found in plant cells? CELL WALL, CHLOROPLASTS
10) Which organelles and other structures are only found in animal cells? CENTRIOLES
Label the following cells.
11) This is a/an ANIMAL cell.
12) This is a/an PLANT cell.
13) What is binary fission? A TYPE OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN WHICH ONE PARENT CELL SPLITS IN HALF AND
PRODUCES TWO NEW DAUGHTER CELLS WITH IDENTICAL DNA
14) Why do cells need to make more cells?
TO MAKE REPAIRS, TO GROW, TO REPRODUCE (ELABORATE MORE ON THE TEST)
15) What are the 8 characteristics of living things?
1) ALL LIVING THINGS ARE MADE OF CELLS
2) REQUIRES WATER AND A SOURCE OF ENERGY
3) REPRODUCE
4) GROW OLD AND DIE
5) RESPOND TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS
6) MOVE
7) MAKE REPAIRS TO THEMSELVES
8) MADE OF THE SAME BASIC CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
16) What are the three parts of the cell theory?
1) CELLS ARE THE BASIC UNIT OF LIFE
2) LIVING THINGS ARE MADE OUT OF CELLS
3) ALL CELLS COME FROM PREEXISTING CELLS
17) Arrange in correct order from the most basic unit to the most complex (organism, cells, tissues, organ systems,
organs). CELLS  TISSUES ORGANS  ORGAN SYSTEMS  ORGANISMS
Fill in the following table.
ORGANELLE
PLANT OR
ANIMAL CELL
OR BOTH?
BOTH
THINK OF A
“NICKNAME”
FUNCTION
CONTROLS WHAT ENTERS/LEAVES THE CELL
Cell membrane
PLANT
PROVIDES AND MAINTAINS THE SHAPE OF THE CELL
AND SERVES AS A PROTECTIVE BARRIER.
BOTH
PROTECTIVE CONTAINER FOR CELL’S DNA;
CONTROLS CELLULAR ACTIVITIES
BOTH
MAKES RIBOSOMES
BOTH
CONVERTS GLUCOSE TO ATP (ENERGY)
BOTH
MAKES PROTEINS
Cell wall
Nucleus
Nucleolus
Mitochondria
Ribosomes
BOTH
HELPS FOLD OR MODIFY PROTEINS
BOTH
PUTS TOGETHER LIPIDS
BOTH
RECEIVES PRODUCTS FROM THE ER AND ADDS
FINAL MODIFICATIONS; ALSO SORTS AND SENDS TO
FINAL DESTINATION.
BREAKS DOWN LARGE MOLECULES AND OLD CELL
PARTS TO BE RECYCLED.
Rough endoplasmic
reticulum
Smooth endoplasmic
reticulum
Golgi apparatus
BOTH
Lysosomes
PLANT
Chloroplasts
ANIMAL
USES THE ENERGY FROM SUNLIGHT TO FORM
GLUCOSE MOLECULES (AN ENERGY STORAGE
MOLECULE)
HELPS COORDINATE CELL DIVISION
Centrioles
BOTH
LONG TUBES THAT PROVIDE THE CELL’S INTERNAL
STRUCTURE AND ALLOW CELL MOVEMENT
BOTH
STORES WATER, FOOD, ETC.
BOTH
MOVING MATERIAL AROUND CELL; STORAGE
Microtubules
Vacuole
Vesicle