Cell Function

Which organelle converts energy found in food into a form that cells can use?

• Mitochondria

• Ribosomes

• Nucleus

• Nucleolus

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

Movement of particles from high to low concentration. 

• Passive Transport

• Active Transport

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Osmosis is a form of ______________. 

• Passive Transport

• Active Transport

What is it called when molecules move across the cell membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a carrier protein?

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

• Active Transport

• Facilitated Diffusion

Which part of the cell is often called "the brain of the cell"?

• nuclear membrane

• endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleus

• mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.

• food

• energy

• oxygen

• water

Which is true about active transport?

• It requires energy

• it does not require energy

• It moves substances down the concentration gradient

• it moves material from high to low concentration

This cell organelle helps organisms maintain homeostasis by controlling what substances may enter or leave cells.

• vacuole

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• cell wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Our cells get rid of carbon dioxide multiple times a minute. Which body process takes in oxygen and puts out carbon dioxide?

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Answer explanation

Respiration (breathing) takes in oxygen and puts out carbon dioxide.

The overall goal of cellular respiration is to make:

• Glucose

• ATP

• Oxygen

• Water