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Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
What parts of the cell is the "powerhouse" and gives energy?
  1. mitochondria
  2. chloroplasts
  3. nuclei
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
Which process occurs when energy is required to move materials through a cell membrane?
  1. passive transport
  2. cellular respiration
  3. osmosis
  4. active transport
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
The ongoing process of cell growth, division, and replacement is the
  1. circle cycle.
  2. clock cycle.
  3. cell cycle.
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
The process of cell division of body cells is
  1. mitosis.
  2. meiosis.
  3. nucleus.
  4. nuclei.
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
Bubble-like organelles in the cytoplasm of plant and animal cells are
  1. tissues.
  2. organs.
  3. chloroplasts.
  4. vacuoles.
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
Which cell structure contains the cell's genetic material?
  1. organelle
  2. nucleus
  3. cell membrane
  4. cytoplasm
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
What is the main purpose of mitosis?
  1. to produce a new sex cell
  2. to pair up the chromosomes of a cell
  3. to reduce the number of chromosomes in a cell by half
  4. to make a copy of the genetic material in a cell's nucleus
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
The basic unit of structure and function of all living things is the
  1. fungus.
  2. cell.
  3. organ.
  4. protist.
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
What is the difference between plants and animal cells?
  1. Animal cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts, and plants do not.
  2. Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts, and animals do not.
  3. Plant cells are eukaryotic, and animal cells are prokaryotic.
  4. Animal cells are eukaryotic, and plant cells are prokaryotic.
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
A                 is the basic unit of all living things.
  1. cell membrane
  2. tissue
  3. cell
  4. nucleus
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
What is the main function of a cell wall?
  1. make food
  2. provide support
  3. store water
  4. make the plant green
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
Plant Cell
Which best describes the image?
  1. organism
  2. plant cell
  3. animal cell
  4. organ system
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
Animal cells have chloroplasts.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
What is a cell?
  1. an animal
  2. a microscopic structure that is the basic unit of all living things
  3. a small room
  4. a small structure that creates living things
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
The division of the nucleus while a cell is dividing into two identical cells is
  1. meiosis.
  2. mitosis.
  3. microbe.
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
The thin outer covering of a cell is the
  1. nucleus.
  2. cell membrane.
  3. cell.
  4. tissue.
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
What is the gelatinous material found between the cell membrane and the nucleus?
  1. cell membrane
  2. organ
  3. body system
  4. cytoplasm
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
Rudolph Virchow contributed which part of the cell theory?
  1. The cell is the basic unit of life.
  2. The atom is the basic unit of life.
  3. All cells come from pre-existing, living cells.
  4. All living things are made of cells.
Grade 6 Cell Structure and Function
What is the jelly-like substance in a cell?
  1. cytoplasm
  2. cell membrane
  3. cell wall
  4. cytoskeleton
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