Cell Structures

What is another name for programmed cell death?

• Necrosis

• Apoptosis

• Oxidative Burst

• Diapedesis

Which organelle is the control center of the cell?

• Mitochondria

• Lysosome

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What role(s) does the cytoskeleton play in a living cell?

• maintaining cell shape

• contraction

• movement

• AOTA

• NOTA

What organelle serves as a primary "packaging" area for molecules that will be distributed throughout the cell?

• Golgi Apparatus

• Ribosome

• Smooth ER

• Rough ER

Which organelles release chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones?

• Smooth ER

• Lysosomes

• Nucleolus

• Cytoplasm

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What is the correct order of these mitotic stages?

• prophase - cytokinesis - metaphase - telophase - anaphase

• prophase - metaphase - telophase - anaphase - cytokinesis

• anaphase - prophase - metaphase - telophase - cytokinesis

• prophase - metaphase - anaphase - telophase - cytokinesis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

What is the function of the cell wall?

• To protect and support cell

• To perform different functions in the cell

• To prevent water from entering the cell

• To prevent oxygen from entering the cell

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

In what stage of mitosis do all chromosomes align in one plane?

• Anaphase

• Telophase

• Cytokinesis

• Prophase

• Metaphase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Which of the following best describes the function of mitochondria?

• They store energy from sunlight

• They store energy from food molecules

• They convert energy from food molecules that cells can use

• They produces nucleic acid that releases energy

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

The nucleus of a cell has thin strands of________________________ that contain genetic material

• Microtubules

• Chromatin

• Chromosomes

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1