Plant and Animal Cell Structure & Function
| 1. | Cells are the living units of | |
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A. | animals only |
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B. | plants only |
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C. | all organisms |
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D. | simple organisms only |
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| 2. | Which structural feature is common to both plant and animal cells? | |
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A. | Cell wall |
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B. | Chloroplast |
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C. | Nucleus |
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D. | Large central vacuole |
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| 3. | Both animal and plant cells usually have a | |
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A. | nucleus, cell membrane and cytoplasm |
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B. | nucleus, cell wall and cytoplasm |
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C. | nucleus, vacuole and cell wall |
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D. | nucleus, cell wall and chloroplasts |
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| 4. | Animal cells | |
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A. | are flexible and fixed in shape |
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B. | can vary their shape and have a vacuole |
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C. | are rigid and have a cell wall |
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D. | are flexible and can vary their shape |
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| 5. | Which two structures in a plant cell provide support? | |
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A. | cell wall and cell membrane |
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B. | cytoplasm and cell wall |
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C. | cell wall and vacuole |
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D. | vacuole and cell membrane |
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| 6. | The cell wall of a plant cell | |
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A. | is coloured |
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B. | is made of starch |
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C. | is made of cellulose |
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D. | is a thin outer layer |
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| 7. | Chloroplasts do not | |
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A. | contain chlorophyll |
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B. | make food |
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C. | appear green |
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D. | control the cell |
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| 8. | Plant cells with many chloroplasts would be found in parts of a plant which | |
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A. | produce food |
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B. | provide storage |
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C. | give support |
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D. | transport materials |
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| 9. | Onion skin is usually stained with | |
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A. | iodine solution |
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B. | methylene blue |
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C. | water |
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D. | chlorophyll |
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| 10. | Multicellular organisms are all made of | |
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A. | many cells |
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B. | one cells |
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C. | animal cells |
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D. | plant cells |
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| 11. | What structure is not present in animal cells | |
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A. | nucelus |
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B. | cytoplasm |
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C. | cell wall |
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D. | cell membrane |
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| 12. | An important feature of the nucleus is that it | |
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A. | is full of water |
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B. | has a round shape |
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C. | contains information |
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D. | makes a thin barrier |
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| 13. | The cyotplasm of a cell | |
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A. | acts as thin barrier |
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B. | carries out chemical reactions |
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C. | controls the activities within the cell |
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D. | stores information |
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| 14. | The main function of the cell membrane is to | |
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A. | control the activities within the cell |
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B. | carry out chemical reactions |
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C. | regulate the entry or exit of materials into or out of the cell |
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D. | give the cell strength |
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| 15. | Stains are used when preparing cells for the microscope to | |
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A. | make them appear larger |
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B. | show up structures more clearly |
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C. | make them brighter |
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D. | stick them to the slide |
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| 16. | Mitochondria function most like — | |
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A. | a pipeline |
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B. | a power plant |
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C. | a packaging plant |
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D. | an instruction book |
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| 17. | Robert Hooke looked at a piece of cork under a microscope. The little boxes he saw in the cork are called —
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A. | cells | |
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B. | genes | |
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C. | nuclei | |
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D. | chromosomes | |
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| 18. | Mitochondria | |
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A. | Capture the sun’s light energy in animal cells |
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B. | Capture the sun’s light energy in green plant cells |
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C. | Release energy from food in animal cells only |
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D. | Release energy from food in all cells |
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| 19. | Cytoplasm is | |
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A. | a large sac-like structure in plant cells that regulates the water content of the cell |
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B. | a disc-shaped structure containig chlorophyll for photosynthesis |
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C. | a jelly-like material in which biochemical reactions occur in all living cells |
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D. | a thin layer that controls entry and exit of materials to and from a cell |
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| 20. | The vacuole is | |
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A. | a large sac-like structure in plant cells that regulates the water content of the cell |
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B. | a disc-shaped structure containig chlorophyll for photosynthesis |
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C. | a jelly-like material in which biochemical reactions occur in all living cells |
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D. | a thin layer that controls entry and exit of materials to and from a cell |
