Basic Info
Which part of the cell holds the DNA?
the nucleus
More than one cell
Which part of a cell is the "brain" or command center?
The nucleus
Which organelle provides the cell with energy, powering the whole cell?
Mitochondrion
What are the cell parts called?
organelles
What is it called when a cell divides and makes a new cell?
a. cell fusion
b. mitosis
c. protein breakdown
b. Mitosis
Some cells are eukaryotic, some are prokaryotic. Prokaryotes are missing one important part that eukaryotes have. What is it?
a. cell membranes
b. a nucleus
c. lysosomes
b. nucleus
Which cell part stores all the waste?
Vacuoles
Which cell part lets the good things in, and keeps the bad things out?
cell membrane
Which cell part did we compare to an Amazon or UPS?
Golgi apparatus
True or False: Cells are the basic unit of all living things.
True
There are two overall types of cells - one is animal. What's the other?
plant
Which organelles can be found on the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
ribosomes
Which cell part is basically a protrusion that allows some substances to be absorbed?
a. microvilli
b. ribosomes
c. cytoplasm
Microvilli
How many cells make up a human being?
Billions/Trillions
True or False: Cells can be created by scientists out of proteins and other materials.
False: cells only come from other cells
What do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
a cell wall, choloroplasts
Which cell part recycles materials and destroys protein?
a. vacuole
b. mitochondrion
c. lysosomes
c. Lysosomes
Which jelly-like cell part holds all the organelles and helps keep the shape of the cell?
Cytoplasm
What gets created, passed around, synthesized, and transported by different organelles in the cell?
proteins
Where can you find the nucleolus?
Inside the nucleus
Liver cells have extra of a certain organelle because that organelle helps with filtering, and de-toxifying. Which organelle do these cells have more of?
a. Endoplasmic reticulum
b. cytoplasm
c. Mitochondrion
a. Endoplasmic reticulum
Which cell part separates the nucleus from the cytoplasm?
nuclear envelope
Which cell part helps with cell division?
a. ribosomes
b. nucleus
c. centrioles
Centrioles
The smooth endoplasmic reticulum produces these.....
a. proteins
b. lipids
c. waste
lipids