Cell Organelles

To control what enters or leaves the cell is a function of _________.

• Cell Wall
• Cell Membrane
• Nucleus
• Mitochondria

This cell organelle helps organisms maintain homeostasis by controlling what substances may enter or leave cells.

• vacuole
• nucleus
• cell membrane
• cell wall

Which statement best describes the cell membrane?

• The protective outer layer that controls what enters and leaves the cell.
  
• Stores information on DNA molecules / Directs and controls the activities of the cell.
  
• A folded membrane that moves materials around inside cells / Also acts as the site of manufacturing materials needed by the cell.
  
• The smallest organelle with a huge job / Makes proteins, which are the building blocks of the body.
  

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What organelle controls and regulates cellular activity?

• Ribosome
• Nucleus
• Mitochondria
• Lysosome 

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Which of the following is an organelle that breaks down waste in the cell?

• lysosomes
• chloroplast
• mitochondria 
• Golgi apparatus 

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What is the function of vacuoles?  

• make protein
• store genetic information
• storage of salt, H₂O, food, and waste
• transports material outside the cell

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What is the fluid inside a cell called? 

• Endoplasimic Reticulum
• Orange Juice
• Water
• Cytoplasm

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Which of these is NOT a part of the Cell Theory?

• All cells are independent.
• Cells are the basic unit of living things. 
• All living things are one or more cells.
• Cells come from cells.

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Plant and animal cells are identical. 

• True
• False

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The brain or "control center" of the cell. 

• Mitochondria
• Cell Membrane
• Cytoplasm
• Nucleus

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