Cells: The Building Blocks

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organelle is known as the 'powerhouse of the cell'?","question_media_url":null,"question_explanation":"Mitochondria are known as the powerhouses because they produce ATP, the cell's main energy currency.","question_difficulty":"beginner","answers":[{"id":"1566","question_id":"392","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"Ribosome","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"0"},{"id":"1568","question_id":"392","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"Lysosome","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"0"},{"id":"1565","question_id":"392","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"Mitochondria","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"1"},{"id":"1567","question_id":"392","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"Golgi apparatus","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"0"}]},{"id":"393","question_type":"txtqtxta","question_text":"Which molecule is primarily responsible for carrying genetic information?","question_media_url":null,"question_explanation":"DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the molecule 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