Life Science Vocabulary

What is the basic building blocks of all living things?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organism

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What do you call specialized cell parts that perform all cell activities?

• organelles

• cells

• molecules

• cell membrane

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What is a structure that is made of two or more different tissue types that work together to do a certain job?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

What do you call a group of organs that work together to perform a certain task?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

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What is a group of similar cells that all do the same type of work?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

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What type of organism has specialized cells that perform specific functions?

• multicellular

• unicellular

• single-celled

• bacteria

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In which organelle does cellular respiration take place?

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• chloroplast

• ribosomes

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Which organelle is only found in a plant cell, and is where photosynthesis takes place?

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• mitochodria

• cell wall

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Which organelle contains heredity material known as chromosomes, and is the control center of the cell?

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

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What is the name of the flexible structure that holds a cell together and controls what enters and leaves the cell?

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• nucleus

• mitochondria

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