Cells and Organ Systems

Which statement describes ALL living things?

• They can move.

• They are composed of one or more cells.

• They are capable of making their own food.

• They have organ systems that carry out the process of life.

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Which organism is unicellular and does not contain a nucleus?

• fungus

• protist

• virus

• bacteria

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All things adapt to changes in their environment. Which of the following is an example of a living thing adapting to changes in the environment?

• Organisms responding to stimuli.

• Taking antibiotics to treat an illness but then continuing to be sick.

• RNA being made in the nucleolus.

• Cells remaining in homeostasis.

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What are two organelles that can be found in the plant cells, but not in the animal cells?

• golgi apparatus and ribosomes

• ribosomes and chloroplast

• smooth ER and cell wall

• cell wall and chloroplast

Which organelle protects and supports the plant cell?

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• nucleus

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What are the two systems that work closely together to allow us to move? Note: They give us strength and power.

• muscular

• respiratory

• circulatory

• skeletal

Which two systems play a direct role in removing waste (sometimes toxic waste) from the body?

• nervous

• excretory

• respiratory

• circulatory

Some plants are multi-cellular and protists are unicellular. However, both organisms make their own food using photosynthesis. What feature do they have in common?

• They both have a nucleus.

• They both contain chlorophyll.

• They do not have a cell wall.

• Their cells are made up of the same organelles.

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How is unicellular algae and multi-cellular algae different from a multi-cellular green plant?

• None of them require food.

• Only the plant needs water.

• Only the single-celled algae can reproduce.

• Unicellular algae and multi-cellular algae do not have many types of cells.

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This invention allowed for the Cell Theory to develop.

• stehascope

• telescope

• microscope

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