Cell Analogy Quiz

The brain directs what happens in your body, just like a ________________________ controls what happens in a cell.

• Mitochondrion

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Vacuole

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Solar energy plants collect sunlight from the Sun and convert it into useful energy, just like ______________________ capture sunlight for a plant to use for photosynthesis.

• Mitochondria

• Cell wall

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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The city limits are the boundary of the city that people can travel across. This is like the _______________________________ of the cell, which lets some things cross.

• Cell membrane

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Vacuole

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A water tower stores water for the town, just like a ________________ can store water for a plant cell.

• cell wall

• chloroplast

• vacuole

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The electricity in the school is most comparable to the ______________________ in a cell.

• cell membrane

• mitochondria

• chloroplasts

• cell wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The cafeteria in the school is most similar to the ___________________________ in plant cells.

• nucleus

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

• cell wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The principal of a school is most similar to the _________________ of a cell.

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• vacuole

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The hallways of a school are similar to the ______________________ in a cell because hallways take up the spaces between classrooms and they are where a lot of the social activities take place.

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

The doors on a school are most similar to the ____________________ of a cell.

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• vacuole

• mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The bones in your body are most similar to the _________________________ of a plant cell because they both provide support and maintain shape.

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• chloroplasts

• mitochondria