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1. What is the major difference between 6. Why do red blood cells need to be so tiny?
prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells? a. So they can move through narrow blood vessels
a. Prokaryotic cells have no genetic material; b. So they can clump together
eukaryotic cells do c. So they can't be detected by viruses
b. Prokaryotic cells engage in photosynthesis; d. So they can carry carbon dioxide to your body's
eukaryotic cells don't tissues
c. Prokaryotic cells have no membranes around their
7. What would happen if a plant cell didn't have
nuclear material; eukaryotic cells do
chloroplasts?
d. Prokaryotic cells can move on their own; eukaryotic
cells can't a. It wouldn't be able to reproduce.
b. It wouldn't be able to move.
2. What can you find inside a eukaryotic cell's c. It wouldn't be able to make its own nutrients.
nucleus? d. It wouldn't be able to transport nutrients.
a. Genetic material
8. Prokaryotic cells are all:
b. Cytoplasm
c. Endoplasmic reticulum a. Single-celled organisms
d. Mitochondria b. Multi-celled organisms
c. Photosynthetic organisms
3. Which of these statements is d. Large organisms
true of plant cells?
9. What is a major difference between plant and
animal cells?
a. Plant cells are always at least 10 times bigger than
a. They have no cell membranes.
animal cells.
b. They can make their own nutrients.
b. Plant cells are always green, while animal cells are
c. They work independently of one another.
always red.
d. They are prokaryotic.
c. Plant cells are surrounded by cell walls; animal cells
4. What is a membrane? aren't.
a. Another term for a cell's nucleus d. Plant cells are made of wood; animal cells are made
b. A sort of "skin" that encloses something of flesh.
c. A type of genetic material 10. Which term best describes the way cells work
d. A single-celled organism inside your body?
5. Which choice depicts a human nerve cell? a. Corporation
a. b. b. Coagulation
c. Competition
d. Cooperation

c. d.