Cell Theory & History
Cell Structure & Function
Plant vs. Animal Cells
Microbes & Disease
Cells to Organisms
100

He is the scientist who first coined the term "cell" after looking at a piece of cork under a microscope.


Who is Robert Hooke?

100

This organelle acts as the "brain" or control center of the cell, containing the DNA.

What is the nucleus?

100

This rigid outer layer is found in plant cells but is completely absent in animal cells.

What are chloroplasts?

100

This is the term for a microscopic organism, which can be a bacteria, virus, or protist.

What is a microbe (or microorganism)?

100

This is the correct order of biological organization from simplest to most complex: Cells $\rightarrow$ _______ $\rightarrow$ Organs $\rightarrow$ Organ Systems.

What are tissues?

200

This is the minimum number of cells required to make up a living organism.

What is one (unicellular)?

200

Often called the "powerhouse" of the cell, this organelle turns food into usable energy (ATP).

What is the mitochondrion (mitochondria)?

200

Plant cells use these green organelles to capture sunlight and perform photosynthesis.

What are chloroplasts?

200

Unlike eukaryotes, these simple, single-celled organisms (like bacteria) do not have a nucleus.

What are prokaryotes?

200

The heart, lungs, and stomach are all examples of this level of organization, made of multiple tissue types working together.

What is an organ?

300

ccording to Cell Theory, all cells come from these.

What are pre-existing cells?


300

This thin, flexible barrier surrounds all cells and controls what goes in and out.

What is the cell membrane?

300

While animal cells have many small ones, plant cells typically have one massive one of these to store water and provide turgor pressure.

What is a vacuole (or central vacuole)?

300

This type of microbe is not considered alive because it cannot reproduce without a host cell.

What is a virus?

300

This body system is responsible for breaking down food so that nutrients can be absorbed by your cells.

What is the digestive system?

400

This German scientist contributed to the cell theory by concluding that all animals are made of cells.

Who is Theodor Schwann?

400

This jelly-like substance fills the cell and holds the organelles in place.

What is cytoplasm?

400

Because they lack a cell wall, animal cells generally have this type of shape compared to the boxy, rigid shape of plant cells.

What is irregular, round, or flexible?

400

Why is it important to find the source of a disease outbreak. 

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400

Write down the two main outputs (products) of cellular respiration that cells release after breaking down glucose with oxygen.

What are Carbon Dioxide ($CO_2$) and Water ($H_2O$)? (Energy/ATP is also acceptable).

500

When using a Lab-Aids microscope, if your eyepiece is 10x and your objective lens is 40x, this is the total magnification.

What is 400x?

500

hese tiny structures are responsible for making proteins, and they can be found floating free or attached to the Endoplasmic Reticulum.

What are ribosomes?

500

This pigment inside chloroplasts absorbs light energy and gives plants their green color.

What is chlorophyll?

500

This type of medication can kill bacteria, but is completely useless against a viral infection like the flu.

What are antibiotics?

500

What is photosynthesis? 

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