Organelles 1
This organelle controls what enters or leaves the cell
cell membrane
This organelle is the storage unit for water.
Vacuole
A basic unit of structure and function in a living organism.
What is a cell?
What are animal-like protists that "eat" other small organisms?
protozoa
the portion of the cell within the membrane that includes a "jelly" like fluid and all organelles except for the nucleus.
cytoplasm
This organelle converts glucose and gives energy to the cell.
Mitochondria
What scientist used a microscope to observe cork samples and identify cells?
Robert Hooke
What protist group makes most of the Earth's oxygen?
Algae
This organelle is the rigid outer layer.
cell wall
What color is the chloroplast?
green
Plants use this process to make their own food.
photosynthesis
Single - celled organisms that are plant-like. They have a nucleus and a cell wall.
protists
controls all the activities of the cell, including cell reproduction and protein synthesis
Nucleus
What do you call a cell that has a true nucleus?
Eukaryotic
What 3 things do plants need to make their own food?
sunlight, water, and air
All bacteria is harmful. True or False
False.
What organelles does a plant cell have that an animal cell does not?
chloroplast and cell wall
This organelle makes food for the plants.
chloroplasts
Scientists use this type of tool to observe cells.
What is a microscope?
What 2 ways is bacteria helpful?
digest food or break down soil or form cheese
What are the threadlike structures inside the nucleus called? They contain information about the characteristics of the cell.
chromosomes
Cells, Cells...they are made from organelles. Try to pull a fast one and the cytoplasm __________. (Finish this sentence.)
gels
What are the smaller inside parts of a cell called?
Organelles
Bacteria are different from plants and animal cells because they don't have a nucleus. True or False
True