This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Science > Cell Structure And Functions > Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The basic structural and functional unit of all living organism is A) Cell. B) Cell wall. C) Cell membrane. D) Chloroplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell. 2. What are ribosomes? A) Store food. B) Build proteins. C) Store material and transport material. D) Use sunlight to make foo during an photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Build proteins. 3. The command center of the cell which contains DNA/chromosomes, as well as the nucleolus. A) Endoplasmic reticulum. B) Ribosomes. C) Cell membrane. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleus. 4. Vacuoles (in plants) A) Fluid-filled structures containing enzymes, waste, or water. B) Solid structures that store nutrients and proteins. C) Membrane-bound organelles that produce energy. D) Cellular components responsible for photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fluid-filled structures containing enzymes, waste, or water. 5. Muscle cells in our body are A) Columnar. B) Spindle shaped. C) Disc like. D) Spherical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spindle shaped. 6. What are the four main types of tissues in the human body? A) Muscle, Nervous, Epithelial, Bone. B) Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, Nervous. C) Epithelial, Connective, Cartilage, Blood. D) Connective, Muscle, Nervous, Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, Nervous. 7. What is DNA organized into within the cell? A) Organelles. B) Chromosomes. C) Vesicles. D) Proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chromosomes. 8. Which of the following statements concerning the secondary active transport of glucose into cells is true? A) The sodium-potassium exchange pump moves NA ions out of cells. B) The concentration of Na ions outside cells is greater than inside cells. C) A carrier molecule moves Na ions and glucose into cells. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. Which of the following is responsible for the synthesis of chromosomes during cell division A) Chromosome. B) Chromoplast. C) Chromatin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chromatin. 10. Converts chemical energy stored in food molecules into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use. Mitochondria have their own DNA. A) Cell wall. B) Mitochondria. C) Endoplasmic reticulum. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitochondria. 11. Emma, Elijah, and Anika are studying plants in their biology class. They learned that plants have chloroplasts. What is the primary function of these chloroplasts in the plants they are studying? A) Synthesizing proteins for the plants. B) Regulating molecular transport within the plants. C) Generating energy for the plants. D) Breaking down molecules within the plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generating energy for the plants. 12. The "brain of the cell, controls the cell, contains DNA (cellular instructions) A) Cell Wall. B) Ribosomes. C) Nucleus. D) Vacuole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleus. 13. Which process reduces the chromosome number by half in cells? A) Cytokinesis. B) Meiosis. C) Mitosis. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meiosis. 14. Which of the following organelles will you NOT find in an animal cell? A) Cell membrane. B) Cell wall. C) Golgi Apparatus. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell wall. 15. A fully grown human has about how many cells? A) 10000 billion. B) 1000 billion. C) 1000 trillion. D) 100 trillion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100 trillion. 16. In which form do animal cells store food A) Fat. B) Carbohydrates. C) Glycogen. D) Glycoprotein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glycogen. 17. Additional layer around the outside of plant cells made from cellulose that protect and give shape A) Cell Wall. B) Chloroplast. C) Cell Membrane. D) Golgi Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell Wall. 18. The first stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs, during which a cell grows and makes a copy of its DNA A) Interphase. B) Anaphase. C) Cytokinesis. D) Mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interphase. 19. A typical plant cell is rectangular in shape. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. If the ocular/eyepiece magnification is (10X) and objective lens is (10X), what is the total magnification on medium power? A) 400. B) 4. C) 100. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100. 21. Lysosomes that are found in animal cells are like the "trash bags" of the cell because they A) Move materials throughout the cell. B) Release digestive enzymes that break down worn-out and damaged organelles and waste material in the cell. C) Make food for the cell. D) Make proteins for the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Release digestive enzymes that break down worn-out and damaged organelles and waste material in the cell. 22. Main producer of ATP in all eukaryotes A) Chloroplast. B) Mitochondria. C) Lysosome. D) Smooth er. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitochondria. 23. What do all cells have in common? A) Flagella. B) Chloroplasts. C) A cell membrane, cytoplasm, and DNA. D) A nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A cell membrane, cytoplasm, and DNA. 24. Hannah is studying cell biology and wants to know the main function of the endoplasmic reticulum. Can you help her? A) Synthesizing proteins. B) Breaking down molecules. C) Generating energy. D) Regulating molecular transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synthesizing proteins. 25. Grace is building a model city and wants to make sure the buildings stand tall and keep their shape, just like cells do. What part of a cell acts like the framework that provides shape, support, and strength to BOTH animal and plant cells? A) Mitochondria. B) Cell membrane. C) Nucleus. D) Cytoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cytoskeleton. 26. A researcher notices that a certain cell can survive in both high and low salt concentrations. What cellular process is most likely helping the cell maintain its internal balance? A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular transport (osmosis and diffusion). C) Cell division. D) Protein synthesisTagsVA.LS.2.e. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cellular transport (osmosis and diffusion). 27. Often referred to as the "powerhouse. A) Mitochondria. B) Endoplasmic reticulum (ER). C) Ribosomes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitochondria. 28. Which of the following is not the role of the Lysosome? A) Digesting damaged organelles. B) Destroying harmful bacteria. C) Transporting protein. D) Recycling materials within a cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transporting protein. 29. Who was the first scientist who discovered cell A) Robert Clive. B) Anton Van Leeuwehook. C) Robert Hook. D) Robert Hooke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Hooke. 30. Looking at a cell under a microscope, you note that it is a prokaryote. How did you know? A) Has a mitochondrion. B) Lack of nucleus. C) Lack of water. D) Has a round shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lack of nucleus. 31. Who discovered cell and when? A) Robert Hooke, 1665 BCE. B) Robert Hooke, 1654 BCE. C) Robert Hooke, 1775 BCE. D) Robert Hooke, 1665 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Hooke, 1665 BCE. 32. Which of the following is a difference between mitosis and meiosis? A) Mitosis produces four cells, meiosis produces two. B) Mitosis produces identical cells, meiosis produces genetically different cells. C) Mitosis occurs only in plants, meiosis only in animals. D) Mitosis involves two divisions, meiosis involves one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitosis produces identical cells, meiosis produces genetically different cells. 33. What is the role of the Golgi apparatus? A) The Golgi apparatus detoxifies harmful substances. B) The Golgi apparatus is responsible for modifying, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids. C) The Golgi apparatus is responsible for DNA replication. D) The Golgi apparatus is involved in energy production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Golgi apparatus is responsible for modifying, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids. 34. Where are vesicles found? A) Only in plant cells. B) Only in animal cells. C) In both plant and animal cells. D) Only in the Golgi Apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In both plant and animal cells. 35. Olivia is helping her friend Mia clean a fish tank. She notices that the water fills all the space between the decorations and wonders what the fluid/liquid substance is called that fills the cell, occupying all the space between organelles. A) Mitochondria. B) Cytoplasm. C) Nucleus. D) Ribosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytoplasm. 36. Genes are located in A) Plastids. B) Lysosome. C) Cytoplasm. D) Chrpmosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chrpmosomes. 37. What large macromolecule does not dissolve in water? A) Nucleic Acid. B) Lipid. C) Carbohydrate. D) Organelle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lipid. 38. Which of the following best describes the structure of a prokaryotic cell? A) Has a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles. B) Lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles. C) Has only mitochondria. D) Contains chloroplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles. 39. A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within a cell. A) Organelle. B) Ribosomes. C) Nucleus. D) Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organelle. 40. Which statement about Plastids is incorrect? A) Amyloplasts store fats and oils. B) Aleuroplasts store proteins. C) Chromoplasts contain carotene and xanthophyll. D) Leucoplasts are colourless plastids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amyloplasts store fats and oils. 41. In what ways are chloroplasts and mitochondria alike? A) They function to provide energy to the cell. B) They each contain their own DNA and ribosomes. C) They can both reproduce by splitting in half. D) All of the above are correct for both. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are correct for both. 42. What is the main function of carbohydrates in cells? A) Store genetic information. B) Form cell membranes. C) Catalyze reactions. D) Provide energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provide energy. 43. In a eukaryotic cell, the perinuclear space is continuous with the lumen of: A) Chromosomes. B) Endoplasmic reticulum. C) Vacoule. D) Golgi complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endoplasmic reticulum. 44. Organelles that transport substances from one area of a cell to another area of a cell are called ..... * A) Mitochondria. B) Lysosomes. C) Golgi bodies. D) Vesicles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vesicles. 45. Human cheek cells are commonly stained with A) Safranin. B) Eosine. C) Acetocarmine. D) Methylene blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methylene blue. 46. Which organelle produces most of the energy the cell needs to carry out its functions? A) Chloroplast. B) Lysosome. C) Mitochondria. D) Ribosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mitochondria. 47. Directions-(Q.23-Q.30) Identify the organelle.1- "I am the control center of the cell and I carry the genetic material" A) Cell Membrane. B) Cytoplasm. C) Protoplasm. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleus. 48. Which of the following is the largest cell on the Earth A) Ostrich Egg. B) Crocodile Egg. C) Eagle Egg. D) Hen's Egg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ostrich Egg. 49. What is the primary function of the rough endoplasmic reticulum in a cell? A) Protein synthesis. B) Lipid synthesis. C) Energy production. D) Genetic information storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protein synthesis. 50. Select the mismatch pair. A) Centriole Formation of cilia. B) Lysosomes Extracellular digestion. C) Secondary cell wall Cutin. D) Microtubules Internal cell motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary cell wall Cutin. 51. A series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food molecules into a usable form of energy called ATP is called ..... A) Mitochondria. B) Unicellular respiration. C) Respiration. D) Cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cellular respiration. 52. Which distinguishes a prokaryotic cell from a eukaryotic cell? A) Prokaryotic cells have a cell wall and a nucleus. B) Prokaryotic cells have no membrane bound organelles. C) Prokaryotic cells have a centriole. D) Prokaryotic cells have no ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prokaryotic cells have no membrane bound organelles. 53. This cell organelle is responsible for extracting energy from carbohydrates to form ATP A) Lysosome. B) Chloroplast. C) Ribosome. D) Mitochondrion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitochondrion. 54. Which of the following is involved in muscle contraction? A) Microfilaments. B) Microtubules. C) Radial Spokes. D) Intermediate Filaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microfilaments. 55. Predict the impact on a cell if ribosomes were non-functional. A) The cell would continue to function normally. B) The cell would be unable to produce proteins, affecting all cellular processes. C) The cell would produce excess energy. D) The cell would replicate DNA more efficiently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cell would be unable to produce proteins, affecting all cellular processes. 56. Nucleus is separated from the cytoplasm by a membrane called the ..... A) Chromosome. B) Nucleolus. C) Nuclear membrane. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear membrane. 57. Plastids are in different colours A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. What is the role of the cytoplasm in a cell? A) To facilitate chemical reactions. B) To transport proteins. C) To provide structural support. D) To store nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To facilitate chemical reactions. 59. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) A) Synthesizes and transports lipids; it does not have ribosomes. B) Produces ATP for energy. C) Involved in protein synthesis and has ribosomes. D) Transports proteins to the Golgi apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synthesizes and transports lipids; it does not have ribosomes. 60. Aids in cell shape and protection; not in animal cells. A) Lysosomes. B) Nucleus. C) Cell wall. D) Cytoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell wall. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 1Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 2Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 3Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 4Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 5Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 6Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 7Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books