The Cell - Organelles

What are short, hairlike structures that help move a cell?

• flagella

• cilia

• cytoskeleton

• ribosome

a stiff structure outside the cell membrane that maintains the cell's shape and protects the cell from harmful organisms

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

• cytoskeleton

a fluid inside a cell that contains salts and molecules and provides a water environment where cell processes take place

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• cytoskeleton

• cytoplasm

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A flexible covering around the cell that protects the cell from the outside environment

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• cytoskeleton

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What type of cell is usually a unicellular organism?

• eukaryotic

• animal

• plant

• prokaryotic

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

gives a cell shape and helps it move

• cell membrane

• cytoskeleton

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What are whiplike structures that help the cell move?

• cilia

• cytoskeleton

• flagella

• ribosome

What type of cell contains cell's genetic material that is surrounded by a membrane?

• eukaryotic

• prokaryotic

• plant

• animal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

directs all cell activity and stores genetic information

• chloroplast

• ribosome

• nucleolus

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What type of cell is usually the smaller of the two types of cells?

• animal

• plant

• prokaryotic

• eukaryotic