Cell Growth, Division, and Reproduction

Where do living cells store critical information?

• Nucleus

• DNA

• Mitochondria

• Nucleolus

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

As a cell grows the DNA in the cell

• stays the same

• increases

• decreases

True or False - If a cell were to grow too large, an “information overload” would occur.

• True

• False

The rate at which food, oxygen, and waste products leave the cell depends on the _______________ of the cell.

• Size

• Surface Area

• Volume

• Growth

The rate at which food and oxygen are used up and waste products are produced depends on the cell’s ______________.

• Surface Area

• Growth

• Size

• Volume

True or False - The SMALLER a cell becomes, the more demands the cell places on its DNA.

• True

• False

A larger cell is __________________ efficient in moving nutrients and waste materials across its cell membrane.

• Less

• More

• Equally

Before a cell grows too large, it divides into two new __________ cells

• Brother

• Sister

• Son

• Daughter

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

What does each daughter cell receive a complete set of before dividing?

• Nucleus

• DNA

• Cell Organelles

• Nucleolus

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS3-1