All About Cells

Why do you think the xylem is good for carrying liquids?

• Because it can travel through cells quickly.

• It is long and has a large capacity.

• It looks like a flute.

• It is tube-like.

Which of these best completes this concept map?

• an animal cell
• a prokaryotic cell
• a plant cell
• a bacteria

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If we compared a cell to a school, the best analogy for the nucleus would be

• The principal's office

• The cafeteria

• The gym

• The front desk monitor

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What organelle contains the DNA and is the "brain, or control center" of the cell?

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• ribosome

• cell membrane

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Sorts and packages materials and moves them  OUT of the cell.

• cell membrane
• endoplasmic reticulum
• golgi bodies
• vacuole

Cell parts that build proteins according to the DNA code

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

• Ribosomes

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The Chloroplast makes...

• Food (Glucose)
• Proteins
• Energy (ATP)
• Ribosomes

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How are unicellular organisms different from multicellular organisms? 

• There are no differences.
• They are made of many cells. 
• They are only classified as prokaryotes.
• They are made of only one cell. 

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The control center of the cell. It contains the DNA

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

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Process that makes glucose and oxygen/food for the organism

from sunlight

• Photosynthesis

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Cellular respiration

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