Living Things and Cells

A _______ is the basic unit of living things.

• vacuole
• nutrient
• cell
• brain

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This is a jellylike substance that fills much of the cell.

• cell membrane 
• cytoplasm 
• chloroplast
• vaculoe 

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This is the basic unit of all life.

• prokaryotic cell

• eukaryotic cell

• cell

• cell membrane

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A scientist found some weird slime near a pond. What would he need to do to determine if some part of the slime were a living thing?

• Stir up the slime and see if anything moves

• Look with a microscope for the presence of cells

• Put the slime in the pond and see what happens

• Collect some slime and see if anything grows from it

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The genetic material in all cells is called

• DNA

• cytoplasm

• eukaryotic

• prokaryotic

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Plants & animals have some things in common. Like all living things, one of the things they have in common is

• They learn how to do many things

• They all communicate with each other

• They all consume some other organism for energy

• They all are made of one or more cells

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What type of cells are you made of?

• Eukaryotic cells

• Prokaryotic cells

• Plant cells

• Fungi cells

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Which is true?

• Prokaryotic cells are larger than eukaryotic cells

• Eukaryotic cells are larger than prokaryotic cells

• Cells are mostly the same size

How can you tell if a cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

• Take its temperature

• Use a telescope to look at it from far away

• Use a microscope to look for a nucleus in the cell

• Measure the cell's mass

What type of cell is this?

• prokaryotic

• eukaryotic

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