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Work sheet

2.1 Answer the following questions:

2.1.1 What controls activities in the cell. Nucleus

2.1.2 What protects the inner parts of the cell? Cell wall

2.1.3 It is responsible to create the green pigment of the plant cell. Chloroplast

2.1.4 Which of the cells does not have a vacuole? Animal cell

2.1.5 How are we able to see cells? Microscope

2.2 Fill in the missing words:

2.2.1 All living things are made up of _________. Cells

2.2.2 Cells are the _________ block of life . Building

2.2.3 Cells are so tiny that we need to use __________ to help us see them. Microscope

2.2.4 All cells carry out the __________ characteristics of life. Seven

2.2.5 _________ gets rid of waste. Excretion

3.1 In not more than five sentences describe what a cell is.

The cell is the smallest unit of an organism that functions independently. All living things are made up of
cells and nothing less than the cell is said to be alive. Cells are hard to be seen with our naked eyes, but a
microscope can be used. Some organisms have on cell and others have many cells. Scientists said cells
are alive because they carry seven characteristics of life.