Cells, Cells, and More Cells

Every living organism is made up of one or more cells.

• True

• False

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A cell is...

• the basic unit of structure and function in living organism

• an organism

• a basic part of everything that we see

• found only in animals, not plants

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Which of the following are NOT found in animal cells

• chloroplasts and cytoplasm

• chloroplasts and cell wall

• cell wall and cell membrane

• cell wall and nucleus

The nucleus is like the ____________ of the cell.

• foot
• hand
• stomach
• brain

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The jelly-like fluid that surrounds the organelles in the plant and animal cells is called what?

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• vacuole

• cell wall

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What do vacuoles do?

• They give the cells their shape.

• They protect the cell.

• They are the brain of the cell.

• They are used for storage.

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Which organelle helps plants with the process of photosynthesis?

• Vacuole

• Mitochondria

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplast

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If you were some bad guy trying to sneak into an animal cell, who would be there to stop you?

• nucleus
• mitochondria
• cell membrane
• cell wall

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Which of the following, found ONLY in plant cells, provides structure?

• cell wall

• chloroplast

• nucleus

• vacuole

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In which organelle is the genetic material, or DNA, found inside?

• cell membrane

• chloroplast

• nucleus

• vacuole

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