Characteristics of Living Things
Cell Theory
Animal and Plant Cells
Random Cell Facts
Misc
100

What are these examples of?

Never - Let - Rabbits - Consume - Pop - Rocks  

                            or 

Never - Let - Ryan - Reynolds - Call - Paula


A mnemonic to remember the 6 characteristics of living things

100

Without this invention the study of cell theory would never have been possible.

Microscope

100

Which cells carry out photosynthesis?

Plant Cells

100

What is the garbage can of the cell?

Vacuole

100

The Unicorn is the National Animal of what country?

Scotland

200

"Eating food or photosynthesizing" is an example of which characteristic of living things?

All living things need energy to survive.

200

This is the 3rd tenet of cell theory.

3. Cells arise from pre-existing cells.

200

This is the control center for cells.

The Nucleus

200

What relationship did Schwann and Schlieden have?

Schlieden studied plants, Schwann studied animals. They discovered that both are made of cells and created the first two tenets of cell theory. 

Cellular Science Bros

200

What is the name for the fear of the number 13

BONUS: SPELL IT!

Triskaidekaphobia

300

"Pooping or exhaling" is an example of what characteristic of living things? 

All living things need to remove waste

300

Who was Robert Hooke and what was his contribution to the cell theory?

Robert Hooke was a scientist who studied cork and determined that living things are made of cells. 

300

This protects the cell and controls what goes in and out of it. 

Cell membrane

300

The structure(s) that may be observed in the cells of African Violet plants but not in the cells of rabbits is/are…

Chloroplasts and a cell wall

300

Who is the strongest avenger and why?

Answers may vary

400

"Planting seeds in the ground or having a baby" is an example of what characteristic of living things?

All living things reproduce, grow and repair. 

400

These are the FIRST TWO tenets of cell theory. 

1. All living organisms are composed of one or more cells. 

2. The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms.  

400

Why are plant cells rectangular?

Plant cells have a rectangular shape because of their tough, ridged cell wall. 

400

What are the two things that plant cells have that animal cells don't.

Plant cells have chloroplasts and a cell wall. 

400

What was the first type of Soda to go into space?

Coca Cola

500

"Brr, I'm cold I need to put on a jacket" or "An animal (or a human) barking at someone in defense" is an example of what characteristic of living things?

All living things respond to their environment. 

500
Who was Leewenhoek and what was his contribution to cell theory? (Must provide 3 facts)

He was a scientist, he created his own single lensed microscope, he studied the scrapings of peoples teeth, named bacteria animaclues, he was the first to see a living single cell organism, studied pond water. 

500

What is at the center of the nucleus?

Nucleolus

500

Explain the process proteins go through in a cell

First - Created by the Ribosomes

Second - Passes through the endoplasmic reticulum

Third - Packaged by the Golgi Body

500

What is a baby puffin called?

Puffling