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 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the Golgi Apparatus package proteins into? A) Lysosomes. B) Vesicles. C) Mitochondria. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vesicles. 2. Made of hydrolytic enzymes to break down and get rid of waste products in the cell. A) Smooth ER. B) Vacuole. C) Lysosomes. D) Cell Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lysosomes. 3. Which of the following is the correct order of the Cell Cycle? A) Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Mitosis, Interphase. B) Interphase, Prohase, Cytokinesis. C) Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase. D) Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis. 4. What is the function of epithelial tissue? A) Support and protect organs. B) Covering and lining surfaces. C) Transport nutrients. D) Store food and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covering and lining surfaces. 5. Assertion (A):The Golgi apparatus modifies and packages proteins. Reason (R):It receives proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum. A) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion. B) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion. C) Assertion is true, but Reason is false. D) Assertion is false, but Reason is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion. 6. Which cells have more mitochondria? A) Less active cells. B) Plant cells. C) Animal cells. D) More active cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More active cells. 7. During a biology class, Charlotte, Olivia, and Grace were discussing the differences between plant and animal cells. They were trying to determine which type of cells have a cell wall. Is it plant cells or animal cells? A) Fungi cells. B) Plant cells. C) Bacterial cells. D) Animal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plant cells. 8. Prokaryotes do not have which of the following? A) Genetic material. B) A cell membrane. C) A nucleus. D) Any cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nucleus. 9. The functional unit of life is called A) Cell. B) Egg. C) Nucleus. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell. 10. The liquid substance present between nucleus and plasma membrane is called A) Cytoplasm. B) Nucleoplasm. C) Protoplasm. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cytoplasm. 11. You breathe air in to make sure that your mitochondria have the oxygen they need to make ATP Highly active cells A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Name the scientist who introduced the term CELL. A) Robert Hooke. B) Robert Brown. C) Leeuwenhoek. D) Schwann. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Hooke. 13. The main ingredient in any cell is ..... ? A) DNA. B) Water. C) Nucleic Acids. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 14. The cell in which nucleus is not surrounded by well memberane bound organelle A) Eukaryotic cell. B) Plant cell. C) Prokaryotic cell. D) Animal cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prokaryotic cell. 15. What is the difference between cilia and flagella? A) Cilia are longer and less numerous than flagella. B) Cilia are shorter and more numerous than flagella. C) Cilia are used for photosynthesis, while flagella are not. D) Cilia are found only in prokaryotic cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cilia are shorter and more numerous than flagella. 16. Words that end in the suffix-ose like glucose, belong to which group of macromolecules? A) Proteins. B) Lipids. C) Carbohydrates. D) Nucleic acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbohydrates. 17. Assertion (A):The smooth endoplasmic reticulum helps in detoxification of drugs and poisons. Reason (R):It contains enzymes that break down harmful substances. A) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion. B) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion. C) Assertion is true, but Reason is false. D) Assertion is false, but Reason is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion. 18. Aria is conducting an experiment to see if the time she eats lunch affects her concentration levels throughout the day. She states, Changing the time you eat lunch will have no effect on your concentration levels. This statement is an example of a ..... A) Null Hypothesis. B) Generalization. C) Alternative Hypothesis. D) Assumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Null Hypothesis. 19. The shape of nucleus in a plant cell is A) Triangular. B) Rectangular. C) Round. D) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rectangular. 20. Which of the following molecules is least likely to cross a cellular membrane by simple diffusion? A) Water. B) Nitrogen. C) Potassium ion. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potassium ion. 21. Granular material visible within the nucleus; consists of DNA tightly coiled around proteins A) Cell Wall. B) Cytoplasm. C) Chromatin. D) Organelle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chromatin. 22. Which types of organisms are Prokaryotes? A) Fungi. B) Animals. C) Plants. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteria. 23. Reasons that viruses are considered to be nonliving is becauseLas razones por las que los virus se consideran no vivos se deben a A) They are not cellularNo son celulares. B) They cannot reproduce on their ownNo pueden reproducirse por su cuenta. C) They cannot make proteinsNo pueden hacer proteinas. D) All the choices are correctTodas las opciones son correctas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the choices are correctTodas las opciones son correctas. 24. What is the basic unit of structure of all living things? A) Tissue. B) Organ system. C) Cell. D) Organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell. 25. Why is the nucleus often referred to as the "control center" of the cell? A) It is the largest organelle in the cell. B) It contains the cell's genetic material and regulates gene expression. C) It produces energy for the cell. D) It is responsible for protein synthesisTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It contains the cell's genetic material and regulates gene expression. 26. A scientist removes the mitochondria from a cell. Predict what will most likely happen to the cell. A) The cell will not be able to control what enters and leaves. B) The cell will not be able to produce energy efficiently. C) The cell will lose its genetic information. D) The cell will become a plant cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cell will not be able to produce energy efficiently. 27. What do vacuoles do? A) Store water, food, and waste. B) Create energy. C) Nothing. D) Give the cell its shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Store water, food, and waste. 28. What is the main function of the nucleus in a cell? A) Controls cell activities and protects DNA. B) Carries materials throughout the cell. C) Provides support and protection to the cell. D) Produces energy for the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controls cell activities and protects DNA. 29. A cell is unable to produce enough proteins. Which organelle is most likely malfunctioning? A) Lysosome. B) Ribosome. C) Vacuole. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribosome. 30. Which organelle stores water, nutrients, and waste? A) Mitochondria. B) Golgi apparatus. C) Vacuole. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vacuole. 31. Bacteria is what kind of cell? A) Eukaryotic. B) Prokaryotic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prokaryotic. 32. Cells come from ..... A) Prokaryotes. B) Other preexisting cells. C) Organelles. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Other preexisting cells. 33. Organelles that package cellular materials and transports them within the cell or out of the cell. A) Endoplasmic reticulum. B) Large central vacuole. C) Lysosomes. D) Golgi Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Golgi Body. 34. The final stage of the cell cycle, in which the cell's cytoplasm divides, distributing organelles into each of the two new daughter cells A) Interphase. B) Mitosis. C) Telophase. D) Cytokinesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cytokinesis. 35. This structure of the plant cell is non-living A) Nucleus. B) Cell wall. C) Cytoplasm. D) Mitochondrion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell wall. 36. Which of the following best describes the role of cytoplasm in a cell? A) It is the site of photosynthesis. B) It provides structural support to the cell. C) It is where cellular respiration occurs. D) It is a jelly-like substance that holds organelles in placeTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is a jelly-like substance that holds organelles in placeTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. 37. Basic unit of all forms of life A) Nucleus. B) Prokaryote. C) Eukaryote. D) Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell. 38. What evidence supports the cell theory? A) Cells can spontaneously generate from non-living matter. B) All living organisms are composed of cells. C) Cells are only found in plants. D) Cells do not contain genetic material. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All living organisms are composed of cells. 39. The coloured organelles which are found in plants only are A) Plastids. B) Vacuoles. C) Chlorophyll. D) WBC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plastids. 40. Which structure is the site of the synthesis of proteins that may be exported from the cell? A) Tight junctions. B) Lysosomes. C) Rough ER. D) Golgi vesicles. E) Plasmodesmata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rough ER. 41. This tissue runs through the ground tissue inside a plant. It is made up of vessels that transport water, minerals, and nutrients through the plant. A) Vascular tissue. B) Dermal tissue. C) Meristematic tissue. D) Ground tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vascular tissue. 42. What is the main function of the large central vacuole in plant cells? A) Protein synthesis. B) Storage of water and nutrients. C) Cellular respiration. D) DNA replication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storage of water and nutrients. 43. Which organelle is a membrane system of folded sacs and channels for protein and lipid synthesis? A) Golgi apparatus. B) Mitochondria. C) Nucleolus. D) Endoplasmic reticulum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endoplasmic reticulum. 44. This scientist proposed that all cells come from other cells: A) Schwann. B) Leeunwenhoek. C) Schleiden. D) Virchow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Virchow. 45. The smallest unit that can carry out all activities associated with life is ..... A) A tissue. B) The organelle. C) The cell. D) The atom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cell. 46. All organisms are comprised of one or more ..... A) DNA. B) Water molecules. C) Cells. D) Eggs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cells. 47. What is the role of the cytoskeleton in a cell? A) To provide structural support and shape. B) To synthesize proteins. C) To conduct photosynthesis. D) To store genetic material. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide structural support and shape. 48. The process by which extensions of cytoplasm engulf large particles A) Nucleus. B) Organelle. C) Prokaryote. D) Phagocytosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phagocytosis. 49. Emma is learning about how plants make their own food. She discovers that plants use sunlight to make energy-rich food (photosynthesis). Which part of the plant cell helps with this process? A) Vacuoles. B) Lysosomes. C) Cell membrane. D) Mitochondria. E) Chloroplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Chloroplasts. 50. What is the primary function of muscular tissue? A) Movement of the body. B) Covering surfaces. C) Providing support. D) Transporting fluids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement of the body. 51. What is one basic function of the vacuoles? A) Producing food. B) Controlling cell processes. C) Storing water. D) Circulating oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storing water. 52. , two German biologists, Matthias Jakob Schleiden and Theodor Schwann, did experiments to know what kind of living things had cells. They came up with a theory A) That all plants and animals are made up of cells. B) That all plants and animals are made up of pores. C) That all plants and animals are made up of sweat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That all plants and animals are made up of cells. 53. Luna, Ava, and Henry are studying plant cells in their biology class. They are discussing the function of chloroplasts in plant cells. What is the primary function of chloroplasts? A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. C) Protein synthesis. D) Cell division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 54. Semi-permeable layer around the cell that encloses the contents of the cell A) Nucleus. B) Cell membrane. C) Cell wall. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell membrane. 55. It keeps the cytoplasm inside the cell to allow nutrients in and waste products out, and interacts with the outside environment of the cell. A) Cell membrane. B) Cytoplasm. C) Nucleus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell membrane. 56. Which organelle assembles proteins? A) Nucleic Acids. B) Lipids. C) Carbohydrates. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribosomes. 57. What is the basic unit of life according to the cell theory? A) Cell. B) OrganTagsVA.LS.2.a. C) Tissue. D) Atom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell. 58. Both an animal cell and a plant cell have a cell membrane. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 59. What are ribosomes responsible for? A) Cell division. B) Energy production. C) Protein synthesis. D) Genetic information storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protein synthesis. 60. Which of the following is the function of the cytoskeleton? A) Contains DNA. B) Surrounds the cell. C) Helps make proteins. D) Helps a cell keep its shape. 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