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Close reading passage - Prokaryotic

Close reading passage - Prokaryotic

Assessment

Passage

Science

7th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS1-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Amanda Nicole Kepple

Used 1+ times

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the approximate number of bacterial cells living in and on the human body?

100 trillion

10 million

1 billion

500 million

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of prokaryotic cells?

Presence of a nucleus

Lack of membrane-bound organelles

Single-celled organisms

Circular chromosome

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The plasma membrane is an outer covering that separates the cell’s interior from its surrounding ___.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main component of the bacterial cell wall?

Peptidoglycan

Cellulose

Chitin

Lignin

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Prokaryotic cells are typically smaller than eukaryotic cells, ranging from ___ to 5.0 micrometers in diameter.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the function of flagella in bacteria?

Movement

Photosynthesis

Protein synthesis

DNA replication

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The surface-area-to-volume ratio is important because the plasma membrane is the cell’s interface with the ___.

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