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Grade 5 Cell Biology Worksheet with Answers

Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · Science

Unit 7: Going FurtherAdvanced: Middle School PreviewNGSS MS-LS1-2Advanced

Cell structure and the jobs of organelles such as the nucleus, cell membrane and mitochondria, plus plant vs animal cells. This free upper elementary 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: Advanced: Middle School Preview · NGSS MS-LS1-2

Directions: This worksheet has 3 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

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What thin layer controls what enters and exits a cell?

Answer: the cell membrane

Part A

Label the diagram. Use the words in the box.

Word bank

vacuolecell membranenucleuscell wallchloroplast
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  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
Part B

Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.

  1. 6Which green structures in plant cells carry out photosynthesis?
  2. 7What structure surrounds and supports a plant cell (that animal cells lack)?
  3. 8What large storage sac holds water in a plant cell?
  4. 9Who first named cells after looking at cork under a microscope?
  5. 10What do we call a living thing made of only one cell?
  6. 11What jelly-like substance fills the cell?
  • ACytoplasm
  • BChloroplasts
  • CCell wall
  • DVacuole
  • EUnicellular
  • FRobert Hooke
Part C

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 12

    Which organelles make proteins?

  2. 13

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

  3. 14

    What is the basic unit of life?

  4. 15

    What tool do scientists use to see cells?

  5. 16

    Which part of the cell releases energy from food?

  6. 17

    Why do muscle cells have many mitochondria?

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I am the hottest planet, even though I am not the closest to the sun. What am I?

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  1. 1.cell wall
  2. 2.cell membrane
  3. 3.nucleus
  4. 4.chloroplast
  5. 5.vacuole
  6. 6.B — chloroplasts
  7. 7.C — the cell wall
  8. 8.D — the (central) vacuole
  9. 9.F — Robert Hooke
  10. 10.E — unicellular (single-celled)
  11. 11.A — cytoplasm
  12. 12.ribosomes
  13. 13.the nucleus
  14. 14.the cell
  15. 15.a microscope
  16. 16.the mitochondria
  17. 17.they need a lot of energy to contract
  18. ★Venus (challenge corner)

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