Cells - structures for survival

Which structures are found in every living cell?

• cell membrane and cytoplasm
• chloroplasts and mitochondria
• a cell wall and nucleus
• chloroplasts and cell wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The basic unit of structure and function in all living things.

• chloroplast
• nucleus
• cell
• cell membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

In a plant cell, a stiff wall surrounds the membrane, giving the cell a rigid, boxlike shape.

• cell membrane
• cell
• ribosome
• cell wall

What organelle controls the cell or is like "the brain" of the cell?  

• Lysosome
• Nucleus
• Nucleolus
• Chromosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Plants perform photosynthesis through this organelle.  It captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food for the cell.

• Chlorophyll
• Chloroplasts
• Mitochondria
• Golgi Apparatus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Animal and plant cells are both this type of cell.

• Eukaryote
• Prokaryote

Long strands of chromosomes that contain deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are located in the __________ of the cell.  

• nucleus
• cell membrane
• cytoplasm

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

_ are organelles responsible for digesting certain materials within the cell.

• vacuoles
• chloroplasts
• lysosomes
• cell membrane

Bacteria cells are this type of cell.

• Eukaryote
• Prokaryote

This structure is a storage area for the cell. Plants usually have one large one.

• Lysosome
• Vacuole
• Ribosome
• Golgi Body