This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 8 Cell Structure And Functions Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food A) Consumer. B) Autotroph. C) Herbivore. D) Heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autotroph. 2. What organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell? A) Ribosome. B) Chloroplast. C) Nucleus. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitochondria. 3. Cells are stained to A) Nourish the cell. B) Highlight the cell organelles. C) Make the cell turgid. D) Help in cell multiplication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Highlight the cell organelles. 4. What is the main function of the cytoplasm? A) It holds the cell's organelles and helps circulate nutrients throughout the cell. B) It help with photosynthesis. C) It holds the genetic material for the cell. D) It recycles waste for the cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It holds the cell's organelles and helps circulate nutrients throughout the cell. 5. When an animal cell is put in water A) It absorbs water and swells. B) It absorbs water, swells and bursts. C) Does not burst only swells. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It absorbs water, swells and bursts. 6. Who coined the word cell? A) Robertson. B) Robert Hooke. C) Schwan. D) Robert Koch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Hooke. 7. What are the basic building blocks of all organisms? A) Bones. B) Organs. C) Cells. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cells. 8. "Mail men, " small membrane bound sacs that transport materials around cell and to cell membrane A) Vesicles. B) Endoplasmic reticulum. C) Golgi apparatus. D) Lipid bilayer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vesicles. 9. Which of the following best explains why plant cells have chloroplasts but animal cells do not? A) Plant cells need to make their own food using sunlight. B) Animal cells need more energy than plant cells. C) Plant cells do not have a nucleus. D) Animal cells have a cell wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plant cells need to make their own food using sunlight. 10. How does the presence of chloroplasts in plant cells affect their function compared to animal cells? A) Chloroplasts allow plant cells to perform photosynthesis, producing their own food. B) Chloroplasts store water for the plant cell. C) Chloroplasts provide structural support to the plant cell. D) Chloroplasts are involved in protein synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chloroplasts allow plant cells to perform photosynthesis, producing their own food. 11. A scientist observes that a certain cell can survive in the absence of oxygen. Which organelle is this cell most likely lacking? A) Nucleus. B) Mitochondria. C) Ribosome. D) Golgi apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitochondria. 12. Ribosomes A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 13. Which structure directs cell activity and contains genetic infomation in DNA? A) Protein. B) Endoplasmic Reticulum. C) Nucletoide. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleus. 14. What is the jelly-like substance filling the cell called? A) Nucleus. B) Cytoplasm. C) Vacuole. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytoplasm. 15. Vacuole A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 16. Which organelles are unique to plant cells? A) Ribosomes. B) Vacuoles. C) Chloroplasts. D) Centrosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chloroplasts. 17. Cell was first observed by: A) Robert Brown. B) Robert Hooke. C) Antony van Leeuwenhoek. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Hooke. 18. Which organelle is the site of photosynthesis in plant cells? A) Mitochondrion. B) Chloroplast. C) Nucleus. D) Ribosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroplast. 19. How did the invention of the microscope help scientists come up with the cell theory? A) Microscopes helped scientists see people's germs. B) Microscopes helped scientists see cells and cell structures. C) Microscopes helped. D) Microscopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microscopes helped scientists see cells and cell structures. 20. What is the BRAIN of the cell and contains DNA? A) Nucleus. B) Mitochondria. C) Chloroplast. D) Vacuole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 21. Structures that contain digestive enzymes A) Lysosomes. B) Peroxisomes. C) Centrosomes. D) Chromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lysosomes. 22. When many organ systems work together it can form ..... A) Organ. B) Cells. C) Organ system. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organism. 23. Provides structure and support to the cell A) Chloroplast. B) Cytoskeleton. C) Cell membrane. D) Golgi apparatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytoskeleton. 24. Given the following activities:1.repair2.growth3.gamete production 4.differentiation Which of the activities are the result of mitosis? A) 2. B) 3. C) 1, 2. D) 3, 4. E) 1, 2, 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 1, 2, 4. 25. This organelle powers the cell through chemical reactions. It is the POWERHOUSE! * A) Nucleus. B) Mitochondrion. C) Vacuole. D) Chloroplast. 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