Organelles & Cell City
I’m the control center, big and round. Without me, DNA can’t be found!
What is the nucleus?
I’m small and alone, but I can eat and move on my own!
What is a unicellular organism?
Cells work together to form these before they make organs.
What is tissue?
The movement of particles from high to low concentration is called ______.
What is diffusion?
Cells divide to grow, repair, and reproduce through this process.
What is mitosis?
This organelle produces energy for the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
This organism moves with pseudopods.
What is an amoeba?
This organ pumps blood through your body.
What is the heart?
Movement of water across a membrane is called ______.
What is osmosis?
During this stage, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.
What is metaphase?
In the cell city analogy, I’m the “Post Office” because I package proteins.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
I move using tiny hair-like structures called cilia.
What is a paramecium?
The plant organ that makes food using sunlight is the ______.
What is the leaf?
Cells use energy to move molecules against the flow. This is called ______.
What is active transport?
The phase where the cell grows and copies its DNA is called ______.
What is interphase?
I store water and nutrients in plant and animal cells.
What is the vacuole?
I move using a whip-like tail called a flagellum.
What is a euglena?
Xylem in plants and blood vessels in humans are similar because they both ______.
What is transport materials?
Plants make food using sunlight through this process.
What is photosynthesis?
Without me, there would be no you. I’m small but mighty, old but new.
What is a cell?
Only found in plant cells, I give structure to the cell and act like city walls.
What is the cell wall?
I can help you digest food or sometimes make you sick.
What is bacteria?
Specialized cells perform unique tasks. Name one specialized cell in humans.
What is a nerve cell / muscle cell / other valid example?
Cells break down food to get energy in a process called ______.
What is cellular respiration?
Two new nuclei form in this stage.
What is telophase?