Cell Basic
This is the basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
This organelle is the “powerhouse of the cell.”
What is the mitochondrion?
Plant cells have this rigid structure for support that animal cells do not.
What is the cell wall?
This organelle is known as the “control center” of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
This organelle is like a highway system, transporting materials through the cell.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)?
These two main types of cells are prokaryotic and eukaryotic.
What are cell types?
This organelle is responsible for making proteins
What are ribosomes?
This green pigment is found in plant cell organelles for photosynthesis.
What is chlorophyll?
This material inside the nucleus carries genetic instructions.
What is DNA?
The two types of ER are these.
What are smooth ER and rough ER?
This flexible barrier surrounds the cell and controls what enters and leaves.
What is the cell membrane?
This organelle packages and ships proteins like a post office.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
Animal cells have more of these organelles for breaking down waste.
What are lysosomes?
The nuclear __________ controls what enters and leaves the nucleus.
What is the nuclear membrane (or envelope)?
Prokaryotic cells lack this important structure.
What is a nucleus?
These organisms are made of only one cell.
What are unicellular organisms?
This structure provides storage for water, food, and waste.
What is the vacuole?
Plant cells usually have one large central one of these, while animals have many small ones.
What is a vacuole?
The small structure inside the nucleus that makes ribosomes.
What is the nucleolus?
These are small structures that help animal cells.
What are centrioles?
This scientist is credited with naming the “cell” after looking at cork.
Who is Robert Hooke?
This organelle uses sunlight to make food through photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
Both plant and animal cells share this organelle that controls the cell’s activities.
What is the nucleus?
This jelly-like fluid inside the cell holds organelles in place.
What is the cytoplasm?
This is the process cells use to release energy from food without oxygen.
What is fermentation?