Cell Basics
What are the basic building blocks of life?
What is a cell?
What is the purpose of ribosomes in a cell?
What makes proteins?
What structure surrounds a plant cell and provides support?
What is the cell wall?
Do animal cells have a cell wall?
What is No?
What is one major difference between plant and animal cells?
What is plant cells have a cell wall, and animal cells do not?
Why do you need a microscope to see cells?
Because cells are very small.
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
What is mitochondria?
How many vacuoles do typical plant cells have?
What is one large vacuole?
Describe the shape of most animal cells.
What is round and irregular shape?
Name one organelle that is found in plant cells but not in animal cells.
What is chloroplasts?
True or False: All organisms are made of cells.
What is True?
What is the function of the Golgi apparatus?
What sorts and processes proteins?
Describe the shape of plant cells.
What is rectangular and fixed shape?
How do animal cells store materials compared to plant cells?
What do they have multiple small vacuoles called vesicles?
How do the vacuoles in plant cells differ from those in animal cells?
What is plant cells usually have one large vacuole, while animal cells have several smaller vacuoles?
What is the function of the nucleus in a cell?
What controls the activities of the cell and contains DNA?
Name the gel-like substance that holds organelles in a cell.
What are cytoplasm?
What do chloroplasts contain that allows for photosynthesis?
What is chlorophyll?
What organelle in animal cells is responsible for energy production?
What is mitochondria?
Name two structures that are unique to plant cells.
What are the cell wall and chloroplasts?
Describe the role of cytoplasm within a cell.
What holds all organelles and is mostly composed of water?
What organelle is involved in photosynthesis and found only in plant cells?
What are chloroplasts?
What happens to a plant when it doesn’t get enough water in relation to vacuoles?
What causes the vacuole to shrink and the plant to droop?
True or False: Animal cells contain chloroplasts.
What is False?
Describe how the shapes of plant and animal cells differ.
What are plant cells are typically rectangular and fixed, while animal cells are round and irregular?