Cells & Systems

What is the function of vacuoles?

• store food, water, and waste materials for the cell

• a jellylike substance containing chemicals to keep the cell functioning.

The cells that nerves are made of are called ______.

• cell

• neurons

The movement of water and dissolved materials through cell membranes is known as _______.

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

A system is defined as ______.

• cells that work together to perform a specific function

• a group of organs working together to perform a function.

What is a group of cells that work together to perform a specific function called?

• Tissue

• System

An axon is a gap between the _______ of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron.

• Synapse

• Nucleus

Vacuoles store food, water, and waste materials for the cell. True or False?

• True

• False

The function of chloroplasts is to ______.

• control the cell's activities

• make food in plant cells.

vessels through which blood leaves the heart

• organelles

• arteries

What attaches bones to muscles?

• tendons

• neurons