7th Test 2

The basic unit of structure and function in living things:

• cell
• molecule
• organ
• tissue

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A widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things:

• Tissue

• Organ

• Spontaneous Generation

• Cell Theory

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An instrument that makes small objects look larger:

• Glasses

• graduated cylinder

• bifocal

• microscope

A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell:

• cell membrane
• cytoplasm
• nucleus
• organelle

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A rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms:

• cell membrane
• cell nucleus
• cell cytoplasm
• cell wall

A thin, flexible barrier that surrounds a cell and controls which substances pass into and out of the cell:

• cell membrane
• mitochondria
• cytoplasm
• nucleus

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The thick fluid region of a cell located inside the cell membrane (in prokaryotes) or between the cell membrane and the nucleus (in eukaryotes):

• nucleus
• cell wall
• mitochondria
• cytoplasm

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In a cell, a large oval organelle that contains the cell's genetic material in the form of DNA and controls many of the cells activities:

• nucleus
• cell membrane
• mitochondria
• cytoplasm

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Rod-shaped organelles that convert energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions:

• ribosomes
• mitochondria
• chloroplasts
• nucleus

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An organelle in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and changes it to an energy form that cells can use in making food:

• chloroplast
• ribosome
• nucleus
• mitochondria

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