Cells

Every living organism is made up of one or more cells

• True
• False

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A cell is...

• the basic unit of structure and function in living organism
• an organism
• a basic part of everything that we see
• found only in animals, not plants

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Which of the following are NOT found in animal cells

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

The nucleus is like the ____________ of the cell.

• foot
• hand
• stomach
• brain

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The fluid that surrounds the organelles is... (hint... "Try to pull a fast one and..."

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• vacuole

• cell wall

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What do vacuoles do? 

• They actually do not have an important role
• They protect the cell
• They are the brain of the cell
• storage area for cells; water storage in plants 

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If you were some bad guy trying to sneak into an animal cell, who would be there to stop you?

• nucleus
• mitochondria
• cell membrane
• cell wall

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Which structures are unique only to plant cells?

• Cell Membrane

• Cell Wall

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

When compared to a prokaryotic cell, a eukaryotic cell ...

• does not have a nucleus

• has DNA that is circular

• has more types of organelles

• stores it's DNA in a nucleus rather than in the cytoplasm

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What creates the protein for the cell?

• Cytoplasm
• Nucleus
• Golgi bodies
• Ribosomes

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