Cells

Which of the following is the smallest unit of life that can carry out all life functions?

• the mitochondria
• the vacuoles
• the nucleus
• the cell

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What is the function of a cell wall?

• to protect and support the cell
• to perform different functions in each cell
• to prevent water from passing through it
• to prevent oxygen from entering the cell

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Which of the following is not part of the cell theory?

• cells must contain DNA 
• all living things are made from cells
• cells can only come from other cells
• cells are the basic unit of life

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Who was the first  person to see cells under the microscope and give them their name?

• Mattias Schleiden
• Robert Hooke
• Theordor Schwann
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

The basic unit of structure and function in a living things.

• chloroplast
• nucleus
• cell
• cell membrane

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Every living organism is made up of one or more cells

• True
• False

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A cell is...

• the basic unit of structure and function in living organism
• an organism
• a basic part of everything that we see
• found only in animals, not plants

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supports and protects the cell; only in plant cells

• Cell Window

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Cover

protective layer around all cells, allows nutrients in and waste out

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Ribosomes

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All living things are made up of cells, cells are the smallest unit of life, all cells come from preexisting cells.

• Cell Theory

• Golgi Body

• Vacuole

• Life

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