How cell parts work together to make and ship a protein

Grade 9 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Use this

   Cell cutaway (animal cell, model, not to scale).

2. 1.

   Ari follows a protein that leaves the cell. Letter B is station 3, the folded sacs with tiny dots. What is B, and what does it do to the protein?

   • Nucleus: builds the new protein from amino acids
   • Golgi apparatus: builds the new protein from amino acids
   • Rough ER: takes in the new protein and folds it
   • Rough ER: folds the protein, then sends it out of the cell alone
3. 2.

   Bo traces a protein through the cell. Letter A is station 5, the stack of smooth curved sacs. What is A, and what does it do to the protein?

   • Golgi apparatus: modifies, tags and packages the protein
   • Transport vesicle: a fixed part that modifies the protein
   • Golgi apparatus: builds the protein from amino acids
   • Rough ER: modifies, tags and packages the protein

4. Use this

   Cell cutaway (animal cell, model, not to scale). The route has 7 stations, numbered 1 to 7, joined by arrows. Letter A marks the flat folded sacs studded with tiny dots, joined to the wall of the large round body (station 3). Letter B marks a small bubble between the dotted sacs and the stack of curved smooth sacs (station 4). Letter C marks the stack of curved smooth sacs, away from the dotted sacs (station 5). Letter D marks the thin outer boundary of the cell (station 7).

5. 3.

   Esme looks at letter B, station 4, the small bubble between the dotted sacs and the curved sacs. What is B, and what does it do?

   • Transport vesicle: carries the protein from the rough ER to the Golgi
   • Secretory vesicle: carries the protein from the rough ER to the Golgi
   • Transport vesicle: carries the finished protein from the Golgi to the membrane
   • Transport vesicle: a fixed pipe that stays between the rough ER and Golgi

6. Use this

   Cell cutaway. Letter A marks the stack of curved smooth sacs, away from the dotted sacs. Letter B marks a small bubble between the stack of curved sacs and the cell edge. Letter C marks the thin outer boundary of the cell. The protein is released outside the cell.

7. 4.

   A protein leaves the cell. Kira lists the last three parts it meets: the Golgi apparatus (A), a secretory vesicle (B) and the plasma membrane (C). Which order is right?

   • A, then C, then B
   • C, then A, then B
   • A, then B, then C
   • B, then A, then C
8. 5.

   “Cell cutaway” Milo's job column says: ribosomes on this part build proteins for the cell to release. Which lettered part has this job?

   • Mitochondrion, letter A
   • Golgi apparatus, letter D
   • Nucleus, letter B
   • Rough ER, letter C

9. Use this

   Cell cutaway (animal cell, model, not to scale).

10. 6.

    Noah's job column says: this part makes ATP, the cell’s main energy-carrying molecule. Which lettered part has this job?

    • Mitochondrion, letter B
    • Nucleus, letter A
    • Golgi apparatus, letter C
    • Rough ER, letter D
11. 7.

    Pia's job column says: this part receives a protein, modifies it, tags it and packages it for shipping. Which lettered part is it?

    • Rough ER, letter A
    • Plasma membrane, letter D
    • Secretory vesicle, letter C
    • Golgi apparatus, letter B

12. Use this

    Route chart for a protein that leaves the cell (model, not to scale). The route has 7 stations, numbered 1 to 7, joined by arrows: 1 nucleus, 2 nuclear pore, 3 rough ER, 4 transport vesicle, 5 Golgi apparatus, 6 secretory vesicle, 7 plasma membrane.

13. 8.

    Ren reads a route chart for a protein that leaves the cell. Which station comes right after the Golgi apparatus?

    • Transport vesicle
    • Secretory vesicle
    • Plasma membrane
    • Rough ER
14. 9.

    Tala studies the route chart. Which sentence about the route is true?

    • Each station hands the protein on to the next one
    • The rough ER finishes the job alone and sends the protein out
    • The transport vesicle is a permanent part fixed beside the Golgi
    • The plasma membrane is station 3, before either vesicle

15. Use this

    Cell cutaway (animal cell, model, not to scale). The route has 7 stations, numbered 1 to 7, joined by arrows. Letter A marks the large round body near the middle, with a double wall (station 1). Letter B marks a small gap in the wall of the large round body (station 2). Letter C marks the flat folded sacs studded with tiny dots, joined to the wall of the large round body (station 3).

16. 10.

    Zee reads that station 2 is letter B, a small gap in the nucleus wall. Which of these passes through B on its way to the ribosomes?

    • A secretory vesicle packed by the Golgi apparatus
    • The finished protein, built inside the nucleus
    • The DNA, which moves to the ribosomes
    • mRNA, which carries the message for a protein