Plant and Animal Cells

_____ are the basic unit of life.

• cells

• chloroplasts

• vacuole

• organelles

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Specialized structures inside of cells that perform certain jobs are known as _____,

• nucleus

• organelles

• eukaryotic

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

_____ means a cell HAS a nucleus.

• prokaryotic

• eukaryotic

In plants, it allows water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide to pass into and out of the cell.

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

• mitochondrion

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A rigid, strong outer layer in a plant cell:

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• cell wall

• mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle stores food, water and waste.

• vacuole

• chloroplasts

• cell membrane

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle contains chlorophyll and is where photosynthesis occurs?

• cell wall

• mitochondrian

• vacuole

• chloroplast

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

This organelle controls the cell and contains DNA.

• nucleus

• glucose

• cell membrane

• protein

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle is a gel-like fluid that fills the cell and keeps the organelles in place?

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

• vacuole

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The _____ controls what goes in and out of the cell and helps maintain homeostasis.

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• organelle

• cell membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2