What are Cells? Unit 3, Lesson 1

Which best defines a cell? Choose the BEST answer.

• All the processes of life

• the basic unit of structure and function in a living thing

• living thing

• the central point

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What is the smallest part of a living thing?

• the cell

• the respiratory system

• the digestive system

• the heart

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What does the cell membrane do?

• controls the breathing

• controls what enters and leaves a cell

• controls the diseases going in and out of the body

• controls the red and blood cells

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What holds all the cell parts?

• the nucleus

• the cell wall

• Cytoplasm

• the chlorophyl

__________ are passed from parents to offspring.

• Cytoplasm

• The nucleus

• Nerves

• Inherited traits

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When does one cell dived into two identical cells?

• during mitosis

• during the chloroplast division

• during the cell membrane exploration

• during the increasing of cells

________ are flat, and _______are shaped like threads.

• Nerve, skin

• Skin, Nerve

• The Nucleus, chloroplast

• The Chloroplast, nucleus

Which of these would you find in a plant cell, but NOT in an animal cell?

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• chloroplast

• mitochondria

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Each part of a cell has a particular job to do. For example, a vacuoles job is storing water, nutrients, and wastes. Which pairing correctly matches a cell part with its job?

• cell membrane; directing all cell activities

• mitochondria; releasing energy for cell use

• nucleus; shaping cell and holding cell parts

• cytoplasm; surrounding the cell

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Each of your cells must take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide to stay alive. Name the process MOST similar to this that human organisms must do.

• eat

• sweat

• breathe

• stretch