Cells and Microorganisms

Animal Cells

1

Cells are the basic building blocks of ____.

What is life?

2

This part is the control center of the cell.

What is the nucleus.

3

This is the jelly-like substance that fills the cell.

What is cytoplasm.

4

*DAILY DOUBLE: This part surrounds the cell

What is the cell membrane?

5

This part produces and stores energy for the cell.

What is the mitochondria.

Plant Cells

1

This part adds support to the cell. Animal cells do not have it.

What is the cell wall.

2

This part contains chlorophyll.

What is the chloroplast.

3

Plant cells have one of these large parts that stores the cell's food and water.

What is the vacuole.

4

When plants go through photosynthesis they produce ___.

What is food or sugar.

5

This is the green chemical used in photosynthesis.

What is chlorophyll.

Jobs in the Cell

1

The cell membrane does what?

What is allows material to pass in and out of the cell.

2

The nucleus does what?

What is controls the activities of the cell.

3

The mitochondria does what?

What is produces and stores energy for the cell.

4

The cell wall does what for a plant cell?

What is gives it shape and support.

5

The chloroplast does what?

What is stores water and food for the cell.

Microorganisms

1

These are too small to be seen without a microscope.

What are microorganisms.

2

This type of microorganism is killed with antibiotics.

What is bacteria.

3

A mushroom is this type of microorganism.

What is a fungus.

4

Plantlike microorganisms are called ______.

What is phytoplankton.

5

Animal like microorganisms are called ____.

What is zooplankton.

Microscopes

1

Cells & microorganisms cannot be seen with _____ so we must use a microscope to view them.

What is the naked eye?

2

*DAILY DOUBLE: This is the piece of glass on which you view things under a microscope

What is the slide?

3

This is the part where you place the slide for viewing

What is the stage?

4

These knobs change the focus of the microscope

What is adjustment knobs?

5

If your eyepiece is 10X and your objective (lense) is 10X, how many times larger are you viewing the object?

What is 100X larger?