Cell Structure
What organelle controls the cell and contains genetic material?
What is the nucleus.
What organelle captures sunlight energy in plants?
What is the chloroplast?
What is the difference between active and passive transport?
Active transport uses energy; passive does not.
Ture or False - Mitosis is the dividing part of the cell cycle?
True.
What is the scientific method?
What is the jelly-like substance that holds all organelles in place?
What is the main energy molecule used directly by our cells (3 letter acronym)?
What is ATP
Which of the following is NOT active transport: Endocytosis, exocytosis, or facilitated diffusion?
What is facilitated diffusion?
During which phase of mitosis do chromosomes line up in the middle?
What is metaphase?
What is the purpose of the scientific method?
To systematically answer a question.
Which organelle is the "powerhouse" of the cell producing energy through cellular respiration?
What is the mitochondria?
What is the process that occurs when oxygen is not present during respiration?
What is anaerobic respiration (fermentation)?
What term describes the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane?
What is osmosis?
During which phase are chromatids pulled to opposite sides of the cell?
What is anaphase?
What is the dependent variable?
The variable that is measured in an experiment.
What organelle contains enzymes that break down damaged cell parts, and is also known as "the clean up crew"?
What are the lysosomes?
What is the source of carbon in the sugar produced during photosynthesis?
In osmosis, what are the dissolved particles called?
What is solutes?
What is the first phase of mitosis where chromosomes become visible?
What is prophase?
What happens when muscles ache during a race due to lack of oxygen?
Lactic Acid Fermentation
Which organelle is selectively permeable and controls what enters and exits the cell?
What is the cell membrane?
How are photosynthesis and respiration related?
Each uses the products of the other process as raw materials in a cycle.
What pare of the cell allows materials to move in and out?
What is the cell membrane?
True or False - Microscopes existed in the 1500s?
True.
What is another name for anaerobic respiration?
Fermentation.