Cells

Every living organism is made up of one or more cells

• True
• False

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Which of the following are NOT found in animal cells

• chloroplasts and cytoplasm
• chloroplasts and cell wall
• cell wall and cell membrane
• mitochondria and nucleus

Which of the following converts food into energy for the cell?

• vacuole

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

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What do vacuoles do? 

• They actually do not have an important role
• They protect the cell
• They are the brain of the cell
• storage area for cells; water storage in plants 

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What distinguishes a plant cell from an animal cell? (How do you tell them apart) Hint: There's 3 ways (Check all 3)

• Central Vacuole

• Mitochondria

• Cell Wall

• Ribosomes

• Chloroplasts

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I am the "waste removal expert" within a cell, removing unwanted material. Like a garbage man, I am a...

• Waste Management

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Lysosomes

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I decide what goes in and out of the cell. I am fluid like and found in BOTH plant and animal cells. I am a...

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Cytoplasm

• Golgi Apparatus

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Chloroplasts in plant cells allow the plant to perform a function that animal cells cannot do.  What is the main function of the chloroplasts found in plant cells?

• to absorb light energy and manufacture food
• to remove waste materials by active transport
• to manufacture chemical energy from food
• to control the shape of the cell

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Cells with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles are called ____________________.

• prokaryotes
• eukaryotes
• bacteria
• protists

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