All About Cells and Cell Structure: Parts of the Cell

What are cells commonly referred to as due to their role in forming life?

• Energy units

• Building blocks of life

• Life particles

• Bio bricks

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What is the function of the cell membrane?

• To store food
  

• To protect the cell and control entry and exit
  

• To generate energy
  

• To provide structure

What type of cells has an extra layer called a cell wall?

• Animal cells
  

• Bacterial cells
  

• Plant cells
  

• Fungal cells

What do organelles do inside the cell?

• They create waste.
  

• They perform specific jobs.
  

• They provide energy.
  

• They protect the cell.

Which organelle acts as the control center of the cell?

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Mitochondria

• Vacuole

• Nucleus

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What happens when a plant doesn't get enough water?

• The plant's vacuoles shrink and the plant begins to wilt.

• The plant's vacuoles grow faster and the plant produces more flowers.

• The plant cell develops more vacuoles which creates deeper roots to find water.

• The plant vacuoles produce their own water which changes the plant's color to attract more sunlight.

What is the function of ribosomes?

• Waste management

• To make proteins

• DNA storage

• Energy production

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What does the Golgi apparatus do?

• a. It makes food.
  

• It packages and sends proteins.
  

• It stores water.
  

• It protects the cell.

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What is photosynthesis?

• A process of cellular respiration
  

• A method of cell division
  

• A way plants create food using sunlight

• A function of animal cells