Unit 5 Review

Basic unit of life

• cell

• organelle

• organ

• tissue

Answer explanation

All living things are made of cells, either one cell or many cells.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Structures within cells that perform specific functions

• cell

• organelle

• tissue

• organ

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Thick, rigid outer wall surrounding cell membrane; provides support and protection; only in plant cells

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

controls what goes in and out of the cell like a guard; in all cells

• cell wall

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• chloroplast

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

"Brain" of the cell; controls all activities, contains DNA; in all cells

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Powerhouse of the cell; release energy; in all cells; in all cells

• cholorplast

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

• golgi bodies

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Uses energy from the sun (photosynthesis) to make glucose and release oxygen; plant cells only

• cholorplast

• mitochondria

• cell wall

• vacuole

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A group of similar cells that perform a specific function

• organelle

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A group of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body

• organelle

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

the network of nerve cells that transmits impulses between parts of the body

• nervous system

• stimuli

• central nervous system