Cells and Organelles

Looking at a cell under a microscope, you note that it is a prokaryote. How did you know?

• lacks a cytoplasm

• lacks genetic materail

• cell cytoplasm

• lacks a nucleus

What is a function of the cell membrane?

• regulates what moves in and out of the cell

• keeps the cell wall in place

• breaks down lipids from food

• stores water and waste

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What is a function of the cell membrane?

• regulates what moves in and out of the cell

• keeps the cell wall in place

• breaks down lipids from food

• stores water and waste

Which of the following organisms are prokaryotes?

• plants

• animals

• bacteria

• fungi

Which organelles are involved with energy conversion?

• mitochondria and ribosomes

• mitochondria and rough ER

• mitochondria and chloroplasts

• chloroplast and Golgi body

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What is a function of the nucleus?

• builds proteins

• stores sugar

• packaged proteins

• holds DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is a function of the cytoskeleton?

• contains DNA

• helps a cell keep its shape

• surrounds the cell

• helps make proteins

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle would you expect to find in a plant cell but not animal cells?

• ribosome

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• vacuole

• smooth ER

Which organelle breaks down organelles that are no longer useful?

• lysosome

• Golgi body

• mitochondria

• smooth ER

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Which structure makes proteins?

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• ribosome

• lysosome