What is a Cell?

Cell Parts

Cells at Work

Living Things

Fun Cell Facts

100

The tiny building blocks that make up all living things.

What are cells?

100

The part of a cell that controls what it does.

What is the nucleus?

100

Cells use this process to make energy from food.

What is respiration?

100

Living things are made of one or many of these.

What are cells?

100

The green pigment in plants that helps with photosynthesis.

What is chlorophyll?

200

This tool helps scientists see tiny cells.

What is a microscope?

200

The part that protects the outside of an animal cell.

What is the cell membrane?

200

This is the process where plants make their own food.

What is photosynthesis?

200

Humans, plants, and animals are examples of this type of organism.

What is a multicellular organism?

200

These cells in your body help you fight germs.

What are white blood cells?

300

Cells - ________ - ___________ - ___________ -__________

What is tissues, organs, organ system, organism?

300

These jelly-like parts fill the inside of a cell.

What is cytoplasm?

300

Cells make copies of themselves through this.

What is cell division?

300

Tiny living things like bacteria are made of only one cell.

What are unicellular organisms?

300

The largest cell in the human body (found in females).

What is an egg cell?

400

Cell work together to make up an entire __________.

What is an organism?

400

This part helps plants make food from sunlight.

What are chloroplasts?

400

Cells take in this gas during photosynthesis.

What is carbon dioxide?

400

All living things grow and do this over time.

What is change or develop?

400

This type of cell moves messages through your body.

What is a nerve cell?

500

The study of cells is called this.

What is cell biology?

500

The stiff outer layer found only in plant cells.

What is the cell wall?

500

When cells need energy, they use this simple sugar.

What is glucose?

500

Cells help living things do this when they get hurt.

What is healing/repair?

500

Plants and animals both have this part that acts like a brain.

What is the nucleus?