Cell Structure
What is the outermost barrier found in plant cells that provides support and protection?
What is the cell wall?
Which organelle is responsible for producing proteins?
What are ribosomes?
What does the term "support" mean in the context of cell structures?
What does "to bear all or part of the weight" or "give assistance" mean?
What are the smaller sections of genetic material found within chromosomes called?
What are genes?
What is the gel-like fluid inside a cell that houses nutrients and organelles called?
Answer: What is cytoplasm?
What organelle converts chemical energy from food into a usable form of energy for the cell?
What is the mitochondrion?
How do organelles work together to assist in the health of an organism?
They control cellular activities, process energy, and store substances
What is the role of chromosomes in genetics?
What is to carry genetic material passed from one generation to the next?
What is the flexible barrier that controls what enters and exits the cell?
What is the cell membrane?
Which organelle in plant cells captures energy from sunlight?
What is the chloroplast?
Name the function of the cell membrane.
What does the cell membrane control? It controls what enters and exits the cell.
How do genes determine inherited traits?
Genes code for specific traits that are passed from parents to offspring.
Name one type of cell that does not have a cell wall.
What is an animal cell?
What is the function of vacuoles in a cell?
What do vacuoles do? They store substances such as water, food, and waste.
How does a plant cell’s structure differ from an animal cell?
What is the plant cell has a cell wall and chloroplasts while the animal cell does not?
What is contained within the nucleus of a cell?
What is the genetic material?
Describe the hierarchical organization of cells from smallest to largest.
What is cell, tissue, organ, organ system?
Describe the role of the nucleus in a cell
What is the nucleus contains genetic material and directs most cellular activities?
Explain how cellular structures support the whole cell.
They provide structure, support, and protection, similar to organs in the body.
Describe the relationship between chromosomes and genes.
What are chromosomes are large structures that contain many genes?