Cell Theory
The Cell Theory states that all living things are made of what?
What are cells?
What cell structure controls what enters and leaves the cell?
What is the cell membrane?
What organelle carries genetic information?
What is the Nucleolus or Nucleoid?
Name one of the 6 characteristics of living things.
Made of cells, grow & develop, reproduce, use energy, respond to environment, maintain homeostasis.
What is the largest group of Prokaryotic Cells
What is Bacteria?
Cells are Classed in what two types?
What is Plant and Animal Cell?
What organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell”?
What is the mitochondria?
What organelle makes proteins?
What are ribosomes?
What is the process of keeping a stable internal environment called?
What is homeostasis?
Which type of cell—plant or animal—has chloroplasts?
What is a plant cell?
State all three parts of the cell theory.
All living things are made of cells / Cells are the basic unit of structure and function / All cells come from pre-existing cells.
Which structure gives plant cells support and shape but is not found in animal cells?
What is the Cell Wall?
Which part of the cell controls the activities of the cell, like the “brain”?
What is the nucleus?
What is the ability of living things to make more of their own kind?
What is reproduction?
Which cell is Unicellular a Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic Cell?
What is Prokaryotic Cell?
Who looked at cork under a microscope and called the tiny boxes “cells”?
Who is Robert Hooke?
What organelle captures sunlight and makes food for plant cells?
What are chloroplasts?
Which organelle packages and ships proteins out of the cell?
What is the Golgi apparatus (or Golgi body)?
Living things respond to changes in their surroundings. This is called responding to a…
What is a stimulus?
Both plant and animal cells have this jelly-like substance that holds organelles in place.
What is cytoplasm?
Which scientist discovered that plants are made of cells?
Who is Matthias Schleiden?
Which organelle comes in two types: one with ribosomes that makes proteins, and one without ribosomes that makes lipids and helps remove toxins.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum ER (rough and smooth)?
What process do mitochondria perform to release energy from food?
What is cellular respiration?
Which characteristic of life is shown when a plant bends toward sunlight?
What is responding to the environment?
What is one difference between plant and animal cells (besides shape)?
Plants have cell walls/chloroplasts/large central vacuoles; animals do not.