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Cells
All living things are composed of one or more cells.
Item CE033002: When looking through a microscope at leaf and root samples, one would see that both are made of cells.
What would a biologist see if she examined a small piece of a leaf from a plant and a small piece of a root from the same plant through a microscope?
- Both the leaf and the root would be made up of cells.
- The leaf would be made up of cells, but the root would not be made up of cells.
- The root would be made up of cells, but the leaf would not be made up of cells.
- Neither the root nor the leaf would be made up of cells because plants are not made up of cells.
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| Group | Correct | Total | Percent |
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| Overall | 2115 | 3219 | 66% |
| Grades | |||
| 6–8 | 1263 | 1991 | 63% |
| 9–12 | 847 | 1215 | 70% |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 1012 | 1588 | 64% |
| Female | 1068 | 1567 | 68% |
| Primary Language | |||
| English | 1913 | 2850 | 67% |
| Other | 166 | 291 | 57% |