What is a Cell
Definition
Name that Organelle
Cell Fun Facts
100

All Living things are made of these tiny building blocks

What are cells?

100

This is a tool that magnifies tiny objects to make them big enough for us to see

What is a microscope?

100

This organelle contains the genetic DNA for the cell

What is the nucleus?

100

Cells are so small that we can't see them with this

What are our naked eyes?

200

Living things are called this

What are organisms?

200
Structures inside of cells that carry our specific functions

What are organelles?

200

This organelle converts stored food into energy for the cell to carry out its functions

What is the mitochondria?

200

A brick house is made of bricks, and an organism is made of these

What are cells?

300

All human beings are considered what kind of organisms?

What are Multicellular organisms?

300

These cells contract to create movement in the body

What are skeletal muscle cells?

300
This organelle regulates what enters and leaves the cell

What is the cell membrane?

300

The invention of this tool made it possible to see cells

What is the miscroscope?

400

Bacteria, amoeba, and protozoa are examples of...

What are unicellular organisms?

400

These cells protect us from bacteria and other dangers in our environment as well as regulate our body temperatures

What are skin cells?

400

These two organelles are found only in plant cells.

What are the cell wall and chloroplast?

400

What year did Hooke discover cells in?

What is 1665?

500

In order to live, organisms must...

Use energy, sense and respond to change, reproduce, grow and develop
500

These cells carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body

What are Nerve Cells?

500

This jelly-like fluid holds the organelles

What is the cytoplasm?

500

Hooke names them "cells" because they reminded him of these.

What are monks' rooms in monasteries?

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