Cells Lesson 1 Vocabulary

What is the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism?

• Organism

• Cell

• Organelle

• Cytoplasm

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What term is used to describe any living thing?

• Cell

• Organelle

• Organism

• Cytoplasm

What is the idea that all living things are composed of cells, new cells are produced from existing cells, and cells are the basic unit of life?

• Cell membrane

• Cell theory

• Cytoplasm

• Organelle

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What is the protective layer that covers the cell's surface and acts as a barrier?

• Cytoplasm

• Organelle

• Cell membrane

• Cell theory

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What is the region enclosed by the cell membrane that includes the fluid and all the organelles?

• Cell membrane

• Cytoplasm

• Organelle

• Cell theory

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is a small body in a cell's cytoplasm that is specialized to perform a specific function?

• Organelle

• Nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Where is the DNA contained in a cell?

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Cell membrane

• Ribosome

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What is a single-celled organism that does not have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles?

• Eukaryote

• Organelle

• Prokaryote

• Nucleus

What is an organism that is made up of cells that contain their DNA in a nucleus?

• Prokaryote

• Organelle

• Eukaryote

• Ribosome