6.12AB Pre-Assessment

All living things share some characteristics. For example, all organisms -

• are made up of one or more cells.

• make their own food from sunlight.

• have a skeleton to provide support.

• emerge, at birth, from some type of egg.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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Unlike prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells have their genetic material centrally located in a -

• chloroplast.

• vacuole.

• lysosome.

• nucleus.

Human beings share some characteristics with all other organisms. Humans, and all other living things, -

• communicate emotions through facial expressions.

• must consume other organisms for energy.

• are made up of one or more cells.

• require several years to reach full maturity.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

A eukaryotic cell can be distinguished from a prokaryotic cell because only a eukaryotic cell will have -

• DNA.

• a cell wall.

• a nucleus.

• cytoplasm.

In order to classify a cell as prokaryotic or eukaryotic, it must be determined if the cell -

• grows larger throughout its life.

• can move from place to place.

• is able to make copies of itself.

• has its genetic material in a nucleus.