Cell Theory and Cell Structure

Which part of the cell directs cell activities and contains genetic information?

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

• chloroplast

• cell wall

• nucleus

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What is the flexible covering around a cell that protects it from the environment and controls what enters and exits the cell?

• cell membrane

• chloroplast

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is the stiff structure outside the cell membrane in plant cells that supports and protects the cell?

• mitochondria

• cell wall

• chloroplast

• nucleus

• cell membrane

Which organelle breaks down sugar to release energy (the powerhouse of the cell)?

• cell wall

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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Which organelle is the gel-like fluid inside the cell that supports and protects the organelles?

• cytoplasm

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle transports materials throughout the cell (cell super-highway)?

• Golgi body

• endoplasmic reticulum

• ribosome

• vacuole

• nucleolus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle makes ribosomes?

• endoplasmic reticulum

• vacuole

• chloroplast

• nucleolus

• Golgi body

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is the smallest organelle that makes proteins and is attached to the endoplasmic reticulum?

• endoplasmic reticulum

• Golgi Body

• vacuole

• nucleolus

• ribosome

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle stores water, food, and minerals and is larger in plant cells?

• ribosome

• nucleous

• endoplasmic reticulum

• vacuole

• Golgi body

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle modifies and packages proteins?

• Golgi body

• vacuole

• nucleolus

• endoplasmic reticulum

• ribosome

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2