Cell Organelles
This organelle is known as the control center of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
This rigid layer supports & protects plant cells.
What is the cell wall?
The process in which a cell divides to make two identical cells.
What is mitosis?
All living things are made up of ____________.
What are cells?
A single-celled organism is called ______.
What is unicellular?
This organelle helps transport materials around the cell.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
This organelle captures sunlight and turns it into energy in plant cells.
What is the chloroplast?
In this phase, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.
What is metaphase?
Cells are the basic unit of _____ and _______ in living things.
What are structure and function?
An organism made of many cells is called ________.
What is multicellular?
This is the "powerhouse" that converts food into usable energy.
What is the mitochondria?
This storage organelle is large in plant cells and small in animal cells.
What is the vacuole?
In this phase, the nuclear membrane reappears and two new nuclei form.
What is telophase?
All cells come from ________.
What are other cells?
How does a unicellular organism perform life functions?
What is one cell carries out all of life processes?
This jelly-like substance fills the cell and holds organelles in place
What is the cytoplasm?
Name two structures found in plant cells but not in animals cells.
What are the cell wall & chloroplasts?
Why is mitosis important after an organism stops growing?
This scientist used a microscope to first identify cells in cork.
Who is Robert Hooke?
How do multicellular organisms perform life functions?
What is different cells have specialized roles?
What are the ribosomes, ER and Golgi apparatus?
The outer layer in plant and animal cells that controls what enters & leaves the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
During this phase, the cell grows, copies DNA, and prepares for division.
What is interphase?
The cell theory applies to what types of organisms?
What are all living things?
Give an example of a unicellular organism.
What is bacteria, amoeba, or an egg?