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Grade 10 Cell Biology Worksheet with Answers

Grade 10 (US) · Year 11 (UK) · Class 10 (India) · Biology

Unit 1: CellsCell Structure & the Microscope

Cell structure and the jobs of organelles such as the nucleus, cell membrane and mitochondria, plus plant vs animal cells. This free high school worksheet has 17 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Cell Biology

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Learning goal: Cell Structure & the Microscope

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

What jelly-like substance fills the cell?

Answer: cytoplasm

Part A

Label the diagram. Use the words in the box.

Word bank

vacuolecell membranenucleuscell wallchloroplast
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Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 6

    Which part of the cell controls its activities and holds DNA?

  2. 7

    What do we call a living thing made of only one cell?

  3. 8

    Who first named cells after looking at cork under a microscope?

  4. 9

    What large storage sac holds water in a plant cell?

  5. 10

    What tool do scientists use to see cells?

  6. 11

    Which organelles make proteins?

  7. 12

    What structure surrounds and supports a plant cell (that animal cells lack)?

  8. 13

    Which green structures in plant cells carry out photosynthesis?

  9. 14

    What is the basic unit of life?

  10. 15

    Which part of the cell releases energy from food?

  11. 16

    What is the order of organization from smallest to largest: organ, cell, organism, tissue, organ system?

  12. 17

    Name three structures plant cells have that animal cells don't.

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

Does a kilogram of feathers weigh more than a kilogram of iron?

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  1. 1.cell wall
  2. 2.cell membrane
  3. 3.nucleus
  4. 4.chloroplast
  5. 5.vacuole
  6. 6.the nucleus
  7. 7.unicellular (single-celled)
  8. 8.Robert Hooke
  9. 9.the (central) vacuole
  10. 10.a microscope
  11. 11.ribosomes
  12. 12.the cell wall
  13. 13.chloroplasts
  14. 14.the cell
  15. 15.the mitochondria
  16. 16.cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
  17. 17.cell wall, chloroplasts and a large central vacuole
  18. ★no — they weigh the same (challenge corner)

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