Plant and Animal Cell Organelles QUIZ

This organelles quiz assesses student understanding of organelle structures and functions in animal and plant cells.  And this is more than a “definition-style” parts of a cell quiz – get middle school kids thinking about organelles beyond memorized definitions! Two versions, & keys included!

Related NGSS Standards: MS-LS1-1 and MS-LS1-2

This 20-question quiz has two parts:

• Part One: Identify organelles in cell diagrams and identify their functions.
• Part Two: Multiple-choice questions that mimic how standardized tests ask about this topic, each designed to get kids thinking beyond memorized definitions.

This quiz focuses on:

• The organelles stressed by NGSS (cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, chloroplast, mitochondria, chromosomes, vacuole)
• Major differences between plant and animal cells

Two versions of the quiz are provided. They have identical questions, but the answer choices are in a different order. So, the quizzes appear to be identical but will have different answer keys. Wandering eyes will see a quiz that looks like their own, but has different correct answers.

Teacher Notes:

• Check out our Cells and Organelles Test.
• ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED
• Please note: This organelles quiz is NOT editable.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-LS1-1: Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
• NGSS MS-LS1-2: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.