Download Differentiated task cards to help practice recognizing cell parts and

Cell Part
Task Cards
Differentiated task cards to help practice
recognizing cell parts and their functions
1 Which organelle is
responsible for storing waste,
water, and food for the cell?
a) vacuole
b) mitochondrion
c) nucleus
d) cell membrane
3 Which organelles do plant
2 Which organelle is the
“brain” of the cell?
a) cell wall
b) mitochondrion
c) vacuole
d) nucleus
4 Which organelle is known
cells have that animal cells do
not?
as the “powerhouse” of the
cell?
a) cell wall and mitochondrion
b) nucleus and cytoplasm
c) cell wall and chloroplasts
d) chloroplasts and vacuoles
a) vacuole
b) mitochondrion
c) nucleus
d) cell membrane
5 What do you call the thin
covering that surrounds each
cell?
a) cell wall
b) cytoplasm
c) chloroplast
d) cell membrane
6 A principal is the “control
center” of a school. Which
organelle is the “control
center” of the cell?
a) nucleus
b) mitochondrion
c) vacuole
d) cell membrane
7 A door lets things in and
8 The jelly-like substance
out of a room. Which organelle
acts most like a door, letting
things in and out of the cell?
that fills the cell and holds
organelles is called...
a) cell wall
b) cytoplasm
c) nucleus
d) cell membrane
a) vacuoles
b) Golgi bodies
c) cytoplasm
d) nucleus
9 What purpose do
chloroplasts serve?
10 Which organelle
contains chromosomes?
a) let things in and out of the
cell
b) store waste
c) conduct photosynthesis
d) keep the cell’s shape
a) vacuole
b) mitochondrion
c) nucleus
d) cell membrane
11 Why do animal cells lack
12 True or false: All
chloroplasts?
cells have cell walls.
a) Not all animals are green
b) Animals are not producers
c) Animals are not consumers
d) Is this a trick question?
Animal cells DO have
chloroplasts!
a) true
b) false
13 Select a list of organelles
that you might find in an animal cell:
a) chloroplast, nucleus, mitochondrion
b) cell wall, cell membrane, vacuole
c) vacuole, mitochondrion, cell
membrane
d) cytoplasm, chloroplast, cell wall
15 True or false: Plant
and animal cells have
mitochondria.
a) true
b) false
14 Name the organelle
that helps plant cells
produce food.
a) cytoplasm
b) vacuole
c) chloroplast
d) mitochondrion
16 Why are plant cells
more rectangular in shape
than animal cells?
a) their rigid cell wall
b) their rigid cell membrane
c) their chloroplasts
d) their large vacuole
17 Which part of a plant
18 True or false: All
do chloroplasts reside in?
things are made of cells.
a) stems
b) flowers
c) roots
d) leaves
a) true
b) false
20 The _____ gives plant
19 True or false: All
cells have cell membranes.
a) true
b) false
cells their rigid structure and
shape.
a) cell membrane
b) cell wall
c) nucleus
d) cytoplasm
21 Which organelle
22 _____ are like small
packages proteins inside the
cell?
factories that make proteins
for the cell.
a) mitochondrion
b) vacuole
c) Golgi body
d) cell membrane
a) ribosomes
b) vacuoles
c) cytoplasm
d) nucleus
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1 Which organelle is
responsible for storing
waste, water, and food
for the cell?
3 Which organelles do
plant cells have that
animal cells do not?
2 Which organelle is
the “brain” of the
cell?
4 Which organelle is
known as the
“powerhouse” of the
cell?
5 What do you call
the thin covering that
surrounds each cell?
7 A door lets things
in and out of a room.
Which organelle acts
most like a door,
letting things in and
out of the cell?
6 A principal is the
“control center” of a
school. Which organelle
is the “control center”
of the cell?
8 The jelly-like
substance that fills
the cell and holds
organelles is called...
9 What purpose do
10 Which organelle
chloroplasts serve?
contains
chromosomes?
11 Why do animal
12 True or false: All
cells lack
chloroplasts?
cells have cell walls.
13 Write a list of
14 Name the
organelles that you
might find in an animal
cell.
organelle that helps
plant cells produce
food.
15 True or false:
Plant and animal cells
have mitochondria.
16 Why are plant
cells more rectangular
in shape than animal
cells?
17 Which part of a
18 True or false: All
plant do chloroplasts
reside in?
things are made of
cells.
19 True or false: All
20 The _____ gives
cells have cell
membranes.
plant cells their rigid
structure and shape.
21 Which organelle
22 _____ are like
packages proteins
inside the cell?
small factories that
make proteins for the
cell.
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Name: _______________________
Name: _______________________
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