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Instructions: Read the article The Amazing World Inside a Human Cell, and then answer the following questions.
Background Information
Read the introductory paragraphs, and answer the following questions in your own words. Use complete sentences, and provide textual evidence to support your answers.
How many cells does the human body have, and how many different types are there?
What does the author want readers to imagine as they begin reading? Why?
Text-dependent Questions
Use quotes from the text or summarize the text in your own words to answer the following questions or prompts. Use complete sentences, and provide textual evidence to support your answers. Note: The first one has been completed for you.
What material does the nucleus contain? What is the purpose of this material?
The nucleus contains "the cell's genetic material, DNA." DNA makes protein molecules to help with almost every cellular process.
Using evidence from the text, describe the purpose of the cell membrane.
How do the two types of endoplasmic reticulum differ?
Using evidence from the text, describe the purpose of the Golgi complex.
Based on this excerpt, summarize the job of mitochondria.
Excerpt: "About the size of pickup trucks from where you're floating, the organelles called mitochondria convert energy from your food into adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, to power biochemical reactions. A typical cell burns through 1 billion molecules of ATP every 1 to 2 minutes."
Fact vs. Opinion
Read each statement and decide if it is a fact (can be proven with evidence) or an opinion (personal belief).
Different cell types also have special duties, like building skin or bone, pumping out hormones, or making antibodies.
Animal cells are more interesting than plant cells.
Proteins are processed and lipids are manufactured in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus.
Structure and Purpose
Use the text and visuals to answer the following questions. Use complete sentences, and provide textual evidence to support your answers.
How do the authors structure (arrange) the article?
What is the purpose of the subheadings?
What is the purpose of the images and captions in the article?
What is the purpose of the article?
How does the final paragraph relate to the main idea of the article?
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