Cell Parts: Functions and Analogies

The job of the nucleus is to:

• Hold the cell's genetic material

• Store water and other materials

• Create proteins

• Surround the cell and control what comes in and out

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This organelle, when full of water, helps create support for the cell by maintaining pressure inside the cell as it presses against the cell wall.

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

• Vacuole

• Lysosome

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Found in the nucleus

• DNA

• Chromosomes

• Genetic material

• All of the above

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Which image shows where food is broken down and energy is created for the cell?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the organelles plant cells have that animal cells don't?

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplast

• Cell Wall

• Vacuole

Considering the job of the mitochondria, which type of cell would need a greater number of mitochondria?

• Brain cell

• Blood cell

• Bone cell

• Muscle cell

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Animal cells and fungal cells can not make their own food because they do not have _____.

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

• Chromosomes

• Chloroplasts

Which cell part and word match with: "lets selected items pass through"?

• Cytoplasm/gelatinous

• Cell wall/rigid

• Cell membrane/semi-permeable

• chloroplast/green

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If you were comparing a cell to a city, the vacuole would be like a:

• Mayor

• Restaurant

• Water tower

• Factory

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If you were comparing a cell to a human body, the cell membrane would be most like the:

• Heart

• Lungs

• Skin

• Bones

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