Organelles in the cell
Levels of organization
Designing experiments
Reading graphs
Fun and scary facts
100
These structures are smaller than the cell and carry out the jobs of the cell
What is an organelle?
100
An organism is more ____________ than an atom because it is made up of atoms which form molecules which form organelles which form the cells that make organisms.
What is complex?
100
We call the outcome variable that is measured in an experiment this.
What is the dependent variable?
100
This variable goes on the x-axis of a line graph
What is the independent variable?
100
These undead creatures are in search of neurons, the cells that make up your brain.
What are zombies?
200
This structure inside the cell has instructions that the cell can read, and contains the cell's DNA
What is the nucleus?
200
All living things are made up of these
What are cells?
200
Billy bob is testing out a new sandwich recipe for his shop. He tries making sandwiches with peanut butter and jelly, sandwiches with peanut butter and anchovies, and sandwiches with peanut butter and chocolate. He measures how many people buy each kind of sandwich. This is his independent variable.
What is the kind of sandwich?
200
This is the most popular kind of candy shown in the graph.
What is caramel?
200
These creatures are beginning to decompose. When the sheets that they are wrap in fall off, they may produce a bad smell. Their outstretched arms are held up by the skeletal system.
What are mummies?
300
This structure performs cellular respiration, acting like a power plant that provides energy for the cell
What is the mitochondria?
300
All cells come from these.
What are existing cells?
300
Billy bob is testing out a new sandwich recipe for his shop. He tries making sandwiches with peanut butter and jelly, sandwiches with peanut butter and anchovies, and sandwiches with peanut butter and chocolate. He measures how many people buy each kind of sandwich. This is his dependent variable.
What is how many people buy each kind of sandwich?
300
This is the least popular kind of candy shown in the graph.
What is green apple?
300
This compound found in chocolate, coffee, tea, and energy drinks helps people feel more energized and is the world's most commonly used psychoactive drug.
What is caffeine?
400
This structure is full of toxic acid. If it bursts the cell can kill itself, or it can put things like viruses inside to destroy them.
What is a lysosome?
400
Cells of the same kind which perform the same function can be called this, which in turn makes up organs.
What is tissue?
400
Jess is testing her hypothesis that more studying leads to more grades. This is her independent variable.
What is the amount of studying?
400
This is the trend in alligator population in Mississippi shown in the graph below.
What is decreasing?
400
This rodent is good to use for tests because its brain is 90% similar to human brains, but it reproduces quickly and can be genetically modified.
What is a mouse?
500
The ribosome reads the copy of DNA called RNA and uses these instructions to build these macromolecules which carry out the jobs of the cell.
What is a protein?
500
This is composed of cells of different types forming multiple tissues, but performs one primary function for an organism.
What is an organ?
500
Double jeopardy! Bet as many points as you would like to risk for this question.
Give an example of an experiment that could test if changing how much water you drink changes how fast you can run.
500
This is the dependent variable in the line graph shown below.
What is the alligator population?
500
This creature, famed for stirring bubbling cauldrons with mixtures inside, seems to have learned to defy gravity by flying on broomsticks!
What is a witch?