Plant Cell Structures and Functions

Which cell structure contains the cell's genetic material (DNA)?

• mitochondrion

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• chloroplasts

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What is the job of the cell membrane?

• the boundary what controls comes in and out of the cell

• to make sugars from the sun's energy

• to control the cell and hold it's genetic material (DNA)

• the cell structure that makes proteins

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Which cell structure is the internal fluid of the cell that holds other cells structures?

• nucleus

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

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Found in plant cells but not in animal cells and provides protection

• Cell Membrane
• Nucleus
• Mitochondria
• Cell Wall

Uses energy from sugar to make energy for the cell

• Chloroplast
•  Mitochondria
•  Nucleus 
• Cell Membrane

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Found in plant cells; traps energy from the sun to make food

• Cell Wall
• Cell Membrane
• Mitochondria 
• Chloroplasts

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Which organelle is called the "power house"?

• a. vacuole

• b. mitochondria

• c. endoplasmic reticulum

• d. cytoplasm

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The basic unit of living things is called

• nucleus

• organism

• lysosome

• cell

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Select a statement that best completes the phrase: In a plant cell...

• there is one large vacuole that stores water and helps hold up the plant

• the vacuoles enter and leave through the cell membrane

• there are lots of small vacuoles

• there are not vacuoles

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The "brain" of the cell is:

• the mitochondria

• the cytoplasm

• the organelles

• the nucleus

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