What is the name of the flexible organelle that separates the inside of all cells from its outside environment?
What is the plasma/cell membrane?
100
What organelle stores the DNA in the cell?
What is the nucleus
100
What organelle provides internal structure and support for the cell?
What is the cytoskeleton (microtubules and microfilaments)
100
What is the function of the nucleus?
What is to manage all the activities and actions of the cell (by transcribing DNA into mRNA); makes ribosomes (nucleolus)
100
What is the main difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
What is eukaryotic cells have a nucleus and prokaryotic cells do not
200
What term describes the structure of the plasma membrane?
Hint: word 1 = main macromolecule that makes up the plasma membrane
word 2 = number of layers
What is a phospholipid bilayer?
200
What nucleic acid is DNA transcribed into in order to carry the genetic code out of the nucleus?
What is mRNA
200
What organelle breaks down waste materials and old cell parts?
What is a lysosome
200
What organelle, found in all eukaryotic cells, creates energy for the cell by turning glucose into ATP?
What is the mitochondria
200
What type of cells were your cheek cells from lab?
What are eukaryotic, animal cells?
300
What does it mean to be semipermeable?
What is to allow some substances to pass through freely and to stop other substances from passing through.
300
What organelle translates mRNA into protein?
What is a ribosome
300
What is the function of ribosomes?
What is to translate mRNA into protein?
300
What organelle, very large in plant cells and small in animal cells, serves as a storage container for water or other materials?
What is a vacuole
300
What type of cells are bacteria?
What are prokaryotic cells?
400
Name two organelles inside of the cell that are surrounded by a phospholipid bilayer
What is nucleus, mitochondria, vesicle, lysosome, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus
400
What organelle, a series of membranes that form a maze of tubes with ribosomes attached to it, provides an area for proteins to be made?
What is the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
400
What organelle, found only in plant cells, creates energy for the cell by transforming light into ATP?
What is a chloroplast
400
Name two organelles that help cells to move
What are cilia and flagella
400
What organelle forms a rigid barrier that surrounds plant cells (and some prokaryotes) and is not found in animal cells?
What is the cell wall
500
What substances are not able to freely pass through the phospholipid bilayer?
What are large molecules and very polar molecules (such as ions)
500
What organelle do proteins usually move to after they leave the endoplasmic reticulum?
What is the Golgi apparatus
500
What organelle carries proteins from the Golgi apparatus to various places in and out of the cell?
What is a vesicle
500
Name two organelles that are composed almost completely of protein
What is cytoskeleton (microfilaments and microtubules), cilia, and flagella
500
What is the general difference in shape between plant and animal cells?
What is geometric shapes (rectangles, hexagons, etc.) vs. roundish blobs