Types of Cells
What is the difference between eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells?
Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus.
What organelle is considered the brain or control center of the cell?
The nucleus
What does the nucleus do?
It is the control center of the cell.
Cell
Basic unit of life
What are organisms called that are made up of one cell?
Unicellular
What are the two organelles that are only found in plant cells?
Chloroplasts and cell wall
What does the mitochondria do?
It produces energy to power the cell.
Organism
Any living thing
What's the difference between plant cells and animal cells?
Plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts. Animals cells have lysosomes.
What is the cytoplasm?
Cytoplasm is the jelly substance in the cell.
What does the cell wall do and what type of cells is it found in?
It provides support and protection, and it is only found in plant cells.
Organelle
A structure inside a cell that performs a specialized function
What kind of cells are we made of?
Animal cells
What is the cell membrane
The selectivity permeable organelle that surrounds the cell.
What does the vacuole do?
What is DNA?
A molecule that stores our unique genetic code
Are humans made of eukaryotic cells or prokaryotic cells?
Eukaryotic
What are chloroplasts?
The organelle where photosynthesis takes place.
What does the cell membrane do?
Provides protection, and only allows things that are good for the cell into it.
What does function mean?
The role that different organelles play within the cell.