Science Vocabulary

The amount of space an object occupies?

• volume

• mass

• gravity

• weight

A combination of compounds and/or elements that has not formed a new substance.

• mixture

• compound

• atom

• element

A transfer of energy from one object to another due to a difference in temperature?

• heat

• temperature

• mass

• volume

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What is the basic building blocks of all living things?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organism

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What do you call specialized cell parts that perform all cell activities?

• organelles

• cells

• molecules

• cell membrane

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What is a structure that is made of two or more different tissue types that work together to do a certain job?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

What do you call a group of organs that work together to perform a certain task?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

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What is a group of similar cells that all do the same type of work?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

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Which organelle contains heredity material known as chromosomes, and is the control center of the cell?

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

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What is the name of the flexible structure that holds a cell together and controls what enters and leaves the cell?

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• nucleus

• mitochondria

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