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Cells to systems - Test Bite

1. What type of cell is this likely to be?

a cell which is roughly rectangle shaped, with a large white space in the middle, and small, green circular shapes between this space and the outside of the cell

animal cell
plant cell
impossible to tell

2. What is shown by the labelling line X?

shows a circular shaped cell, with X pointing to the line around the outside, Y pointing to the inside of the cell, and Z pointing to a small circle in the middle of the cell

cell wall
cell membrane
cytoplasm

3. What is shown by the labelling line Y?

shows a circular shaped cell, with X pointing to the line around the outside, Y pointing to the inside of the cell, and Z pointing to a small circle in the middle of the cell

nucleus
cytoplasm
vacuole

4. What is shown by the labelling line Z?

shows a circular shaped cell, with X pointing to the line around the outside, Y pointing to the inside of the cell, and Z pointing to a small circle in the middle of the cell

chloroplast
nucleus
vacuole

5. What is the job of the nucleus?

To control what substances go into and out of the cell.
To act as the "brain" of the cell.
To control what happens inside the cell.

6. What is the job of the cell membrane?

To control what substances go into and out of the cell.
To give a plant cell its shape.
To control what happens inside the cell.

7. What is the job of the cell wall?

To control what substances go into and out of the cell.
To give a plant cell its shape.
It is where photosynthesis happens.

8. What sort of structure is the heart?

a tissue
an organ
an organ system

9. Which of the following is not an organ system?

circulatory system
nervous system
one-way system

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