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Most animals start as a single fertilized egg cell. What parts of the body can eventually develop from that single fertilized egg cell?

The muscles, but not the brain
The brain, but not the muscles
Both the muscles and brain
Neither the brain nor the muscles

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NGSS

Topic: Cells
Correct Answer: C
Misconceptions

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Students Responding Correctly

Group	Correct	Total	Percent
Overall	1675	3093	54%
Grades
6–8	992	1930	51%
9–12	680	1158	59%
Gender
Male	806	1489	54%
Female	845	1549	55%
Primary Language
English	1515	2764	55%
Other	121	258	47%

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Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS1.B In multicellular organisms individual cells grow and then divide via a process called mitosis, thereby allowing the organism to grow. The organism begins as a single cell (fertilized egg) that divides successively to produce many cells, with each parent cell passing identical genetic material (two variants of each chromosome pair) to both daughter cells. Cellular division and differentiation produce and maintain a complex organism, composed of systems of tissues and organs that work together to meet the needs of the whole organism.