Parts of cells
It looks a bit like a stack of pancakes surrounded by little blobs.
What is a Golgi apparatus or Golgi body?
The smallest functional unit of life.
What is a cell?
Structures that produce and organize the microtubules of the cytoskeleton. Also involved in reproduction of cells.
What are centrioles?
An organ in the body that releases useful chemicals into the body.
Looks like a string made from grains.
What are mitochondria?
A jellylike fluid inside the cell.
What is cytoplasm?
The cell is a mechanism that can only be the product of the most talented of all designers.
Who is God?
The membrane surrounding the nucleus.
What is the nuclear envelope?
Proteins that act like a "skeleton" to support the shape of a cell.
What is a cytoskeleton?
An organelle in the cell which holds most of its DNA
What is the nucleus?
Plant cells have a very clear, thick boundary around them.
What is a cell wall?
The smallest structure in the cell.
What is a ribosome?
An organelle that holds lots of chemicals used to break down other chemicals.
What is a lysosome?
All living things are made up of one or more cells, and all cells come from pre-existing cells.
What is cell theory?
A structure inside the nucleus.
What is a nucleolus?
"Factories" that make lipids.
What are smooth ER?
"Factories" that make proteins.
What are the ribosomes and rough ER?
The idea that cells must have just formed themselves out of chemicals that were around on earth. This contradicts cell theory.
What is abiogenesis?
Two incredible young scientists who work hard and are a delight to have in class.
Who are Avery and Olive?
Structures in a cell that act a bit like the organs in your body.
What are organelles?