Macromolecules
This macromolecule gives quick energy and is found in bread and pasta.
What is a carbohydrate?
All living things are made of these.
What are cells?
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
What is the mitochondrion (or mitochondria)?
This is the process where water moves across the membrane.
What is osmosis?
This macromolecule builds body parts and speeds up reactions.What is a protein?
What is a protein?
Cells come from these
What are other pre-existing cells?
This stiff outer structure is found in plant cells but not animal cells.
What is the cell wall?
The cell membrane helps keep things balanced in a process called this.
What is homeostasis?
These macromolecules store genetic information like DNA and RNA.
What are nucleic acids?
This scientist observed cells in cork and named them
Who is Robert Hooke?
These tiny organelles make proteins.
What are ribosomes?
This kind of transport does not use energy and includes diffusion.
What is passive transport?
This is the monomer (building block) of proteins.
What are Amino Acids
This is the idea that cells are the basic unit of life
What is cell theory?
This organelle acts as the brain or control center of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
This part of the cell controls what enters and exits.
What is the cell membrane?
This macromolecule stores long-term energy and makes up the cell membrane.
What is a lipid?
This organelle holds the DNA and controls the cell’s activities.
What is the nucleus?
The fluid-filled space that supports organelles in the cell.
What is the cytoplasm?
This is the movement of particles from high to low concentration
What is diffusion?