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What each part of a cell does

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Circle the best answer.

  1. Read this first

    Sunflower leaf cell drawing, not to scale

    a boxy cell with letters A to D. A sits on a thick outer layer around the whole cell. B sits on tiny dots in the jelly. C sits on a green oval part with stacks inside. D sits on a small bean-shaped part with a folded inside. No job column.

  2. Ari learns that a sunflower leaf cell needs to build the proteins it uses. Which part does this job?

    • Ribosomes
    • Mitochondria
    • Chloroplasts
    • Cell wall
  3. Sunflower leaf cell drawing, not to scale

    a boxy cell with letters A to D. A sits on a thick outer layer around the whole cell. B sits on a green oval part with stacks inside. C sits on a large round body near the middle. D sits on a small bean-shaped part with a folded inside. No job column.

  4. Bo reads that a sunflower leaf cell in bright light has chloroplasts that stop working. What can the cell no longer do?

    • Build proteins
    • Release energy from food
    • Hold its DNA
    • Make sugar using light energy
  5. The drawing beside it is a boxy cell with the same letters on its parts. Esme filled in a job column for a sunflower leaf cell, but one row has a wrong job. Which row is wrong?

    • The row for the mitochondria
    • The row for the cell membrane
    • The row for the nucleus
    • The row for the ribosomes
  6. Two cell drawings, not to scale

    Cell 1 from near the top of a leaf and Cell 2 from deep in a root. Each is a boxy cell with letter A on a thick outer layer around the whole cell and letter B on a large round body near the middle.

  7. Jun compares two cells from one carrot plant: one near the top of a leaf in bright light, one deep in the root. Which has more chloroplasts?

    • Both the same, because both are plant cells
    • Cell 1, because it gets light to make sugar
    • Neither, because the nucleus makes the sugar
    • Cell 2, because roots need food too
  8. Use this

    No job column.

  9. Kira studies a carrot root cell that takes in water from the soil. Which part controls what passes into the cell?

    • Cell membrane
    • Cell wall
    • Large central vacuole
    • Cytoplasm
  10. Luz reads that a scientist removes the cell wall from a carrot root cell. What can the cell no longer do well?

    • Hold its DNA
    • Control what goes in and out
    • Keep its stiff shape and support
    • Release energy from food
  11. Use this

    not to scale: Cell 1 is a muscle cell in a rabbit's leg and Cell 2 is a rabbit cell that uses little energy.

  12. Milo reads about two cells in a rabbit's body. Cell 1 is a leg muscle cell that uses a lot of energy; Cell 2 uses little. Which has more mitochondria?

    • Cell 1, because it needs more energy released from food
    • Cell 2, because it saves its energy for later
    • Both the same, because animal cells have equal mitochondria
    • Cell 1, because mitochondria make the energy it uses
  13. The drawing beside it is a rounded cell with the same letters on its parts. Noah filled in a job column for a rabbit muscle cell, but one row has a wrong job. Which row is wrong?

    • The row for the mitochondria
    • The row for the nucleus
    • The row for the ribosomes
    • The row for the cell membrane
  14. Rabbit muscle cell drawing, not to scale

    a rounded cell with letters A to D. A sits on a small bean-shaped part with a folded inside. B sits on a large round body near the middle. C sits on the thin boundary line around the cell. D sits on tiny dots in the jelly. No job column.

  15. Pia studies a rabbit muscle cell that needs a steady supply of energy to move. Which part releases that energy from food?

    • Cell membrane
    • Chloroplasts
    • Mitochondria
    • Nucleus
  16. Use this

    Lettuce root cell drawing, not to scale: a boxy cell with letters A to D. A sits on a thick outer layer around the whole cell. B sits on a large round body near the middle. C sits on a small bean-shaped part with a folded inside. D sits on a large open space in the middle. No job column.

  17. Tala moves a lettuce plant into a dark closet for a day. What changes for the chloroplasts in a root cell?

    • They make proteins faster in the dark
    • They stop making sugar, as in the leaf cells
    • They release less energy from food
    • Nothing, because a root cell has no chloroplasts
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What each part of a cell does. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can say what each cell part does: membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplasts, ribosomes, cell wall and large central vacuole.
  • I can pick the part a cell needs for a job, and predict what stops working if that part stops.
  • I can judge an "is like" comparison, such as a cell and a school, by the job the two things share.

Standard: MS-LS1-2

Words to know

cell membrane: The thin boundary that controls what goes into and out of the cell

nucleus: The part that holds the cell's DNA and directs the cell's activities

cytoplasm: The jelly-like region inside the membrane where the other parts sit

mitochondria: Parts that release energy from food for the cell to use

chloroplasts: Green parts that make sugar using light energy; only some plant cells have them

ribosomes: Tiny parts that make proteins

cell wall: A stiff outer layer that supports and protects a plant cell and gives it shape

large central vacuole: A large space in a plant cell that stores water and keeps the cell firm

Common mistakes

Your child said mitochondria make energy. Say it as release: they let go of the energy stored in food. Ask, 'Where did that energy start?'

Your child mixed up the cell wall and the cell membrane. Ask which layer is stiff and which one lets things in and out, and draw both on a plant cell.

Your child thought the nucleus makes food or energy. Say its job as holding the DNA and directing the cell. Sugar comes from chloroplasts; energy is released by mitochondria.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with what each part of a cell does?

Your child said mitochondria make energy. Say it as release: they let go of the energy stored in food. Ask, 'Where did that energy start?'

Are these 7th grade science worksheets free to print?

Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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