The smallest unit that can maintain all of the basic living processes.
What is d. cell?
100
All living things are made up of one or more of these.
What are cells?
100
Which of the following does mitosis normally accomplish?
a. production of cancer
b. production of two nuclei with identical genetic content
c. production of two identical daughter cells
d. reproduction of mitochondria and chloroplasts
What is c. production of two identical daughter cells.
100
The nucleic acid that contains genetic information and all instructions an organism needs.
What is DNA?
100
The longest phase in the cell cycle.
What is interphase?
200
They act like storage areas within the cell. (VACUUM bags help with storage)
What is a vacuole?
200
The structures that make up a cell.
What is an organelle?
200
The order that Mitosis happens in.
What is prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase (PMAT)?
200
A structure made of protein and DNA found in the nucleus. (Humans have 46 of them in every cell, 23 pairs)
What is a chromosome?
200
What does Diploid mean?
a. 1 set of chromosomes
b. 2 sets of chromosomes
c. 4 sets of chromosomes
d. no chromosomes
What is b. 2 set of chromosomes?
300
They make most of the proteins for the cell.
What is a ribosome?
300
The large, rounded “brain” near the center of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
300
The phase in mitosis where the chromosomes line up in the MMMMMMiddle.
What is metaphase.
300
Segments of DNA that contain instructions for a specific trait or molecule. (Chapters of the instruction manual)
What is a gene?
300
The organelle that is responsible for capturing sunlight for plant cells and converting it into sugar.
What is a chloroplast?
400
Only plant cells have ______________ and _____________.
What is chloroplasts and a cell wall?
400
The jellyish substance inside the cell but outside the nucleus.
What is the cytoplasm?
400
The phase of mitosis where the chromosomes begin to be pulled aaaaaaaaapart.
What is anaphase?
400
The genetic material (DNA) is located in which structure?
a. mitochondrion
b. golgi body
c. chromosome
d. vacuole
What is c. chromosome?
400
The invention that allowed scientists to see cells.
What is a microscope.
500
There are three parts to the cell theory. Which is NOT one of those parts?
a. Cells spontaneously arise from carbon and nutrients carried in the bloodstream
b. All organisms are composed of one or more cells.
c. The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms
d. All cells come from pre-existing cells.
What is a. Cells spontaneously arise from carbon and nutrients carried in the bloodstream?
500
The cell’s powerhouses which release energy from food. (It is the MIGHTY powerhouse)
What is mitochondrion?
500
Which structure is directly involved in mitosis?
a. chloroplast
b. cell wall
c. cell membrane
d. ribosome
e. centriole
What is e. centriole?
500
The structure that looks like an "X" that is formed from chromatin during prophase.
What is a chromosome?
500
The organelle used for water storage is found in both plant and animal cells, but takes up more space in a mature plant cell than in an animal cell.