Why Are Cells Important?
Cell Importance Part 2
How Do Cells Work?
Cell Parts Part 2
How Are Traits Passed Along?
100
This is the definition of a cell.
What is the smallest part of an organism that carries on life functions?
100
A protist is what type of organism?
What is unicellular?
100
This is a structure inside a CELL that does a specific job in the body.
What is an organelle?
100
This is an organelle that makes protein for the cell.
What is the ribosome?
100
This is the passing of traits from parent to offspring.
What is heredity?
200
A mouse is an example of this type of organism.
What is multicellular?
200
This is a group of CELLS working together to perform a specific job in the body.
What is a tissue?
200
This is the control center or brain of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
200
This is the storage compartment of the cell.
What is a vacuole?
200
This is the study of heredity.
What is genetics?
300
When two or more tissues work together to do a specific job in the body it is called this.
What is an organ?
300
Hooke identified and named cells when looking at this through a microscope?
What is cork?
300
This organelle helps the cell make energy.
What is the mitochondrion?
300
This is thin covering that holds the cell together and controls what passes in and out of the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
300
A trait that only shows up when two recessive genes for the same trait are inherited.
What is a recessive trait?
400
This is the person who first discovered cells.
Who is Robert Hooke?
400
This is the largest cell on earth.
What is an ostrich egg?
400
This is the transportation system of the cell.
What is the ER or endoplasmic reticulum?
400
This is the liquid part of the cell.
What is the cytosol?
400
This is a segment of a chromosome that carries traits.
What is a gene?
500
These statements make up the cell theory.
What is all organisms are made of one or more cells, the cell is the basic unit of life, and all cells come from other cells?
500
This is how cells are organized in the body to keep you alive.
What is cells do specific jobs? (Groups of cells form tissues, which perform specific tasks. Tissues combine to form organs, which work together to do specific jobs in the body.)
500
This organelle makes chemicals to break down food particles and remove waste from the cell.
What is the lysosome?
500
Name the two additional parts of a plant cell and tell their functions.
What are the cell wall and the chloroplasts? The cell wall gives the plant structure while the chloroplasts help make food for the plant.
500
This is the chemical that makes up chromosomes.
What is DNA?