Parts of A Cell

_______ are sometimes called the building blocks of life.

• Chloroplasts

• Cytoplasm

• Legos

• Cells

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There are many, many different types of cells.

• True

• False

• I don't know.

• Sometimes

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A thin, flexible layer of a cell that separates the inside of the cell from the outside of the cell and controls what goes into and out of the cell is called the

• cell wall

• cell cytoplasm

• cell nucleus

• cell membrane

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plant cells have an additional tough layer outside the cell membrane that provides support and shape

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

small parts inside the cell membrane that have specific jobs are called

• vacuole

• nucleus

• organelles

• endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

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a colorless gel (usually 80% water) inside all cells that holds organelles

• cytoplasm

• chloroplast

• jelly

• ribosomes

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the __________ is the control center of the cell and determines everything about the cell

• ribosome

• cytoplasm

• organelle

• nucleus

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storage tanks that hold water and other materials inside a cell, plant cells usually have only one large one but animal cells tend to have several smaller ones

• vacuoles

• ribosomes

• endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

• Golgi apparatus

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the powerhouse of the cell that turns food into energy

• Golgi apparatus

• ribosome

• vacuole

• mitochondria

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tiny factories that make things a cell needs, like proteins to build new structures or repair damage

• ribosomes

• endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

• chloroplast

• vacuoles

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