Organelles
An organelle that creates energy for the cell
What is a mitochondria?
An organism that has no nucleus
What is a prokaryote? (or bacteria or archaea)
This is the first step of the scientific method
What is an observation (or a question)?
If you laid out all of an adult human's blood vessels end to end, how many times could it circle the equator of the earth?
a. 1/2
b. 1
c. 7
d. 4
4 times!
An organelle that produces proteins
What is a ribosome? (or Rough ER)?
A small structure in a cell with a specific function
What is an organelle?
This is a step in which you make an educated guess to answer your research question
What is making a hypothesis or a prediction?
About how many pounds of skin cells do you lose each year?
a. 2
b. 1/2
c. 9
d. 11
9 pounds !
An organelle that modifies and packages molecules
What is the Golgi Apparatus?
This organism is the most abundant in our world
What are prokaryotes?
In this step of the scientific method, it is important to discuss potential errors in your experiment
What is drawing conclusions?
What kind of cells made in our body don't have nuclei?
a. mature white blood cells
b. mature red blood cells
c. mature skin cells
d. mature muscle cells
A membrane that surrounds the nucleus
What is the nuclear envelope (or nuclear membrane)?
An organism that is most often multicellular, but can be unicellular
What is a eukaryote?
This step involves reading about research and information that other scientists have gathered that relates to your experiment and topic.
What is background research?
What percentage of our genes are identical to those in a banana?
A. 2.5%
B. 60%
C. 5%
D. 35%
Over 60%!
The genes we have in common are used for basic cellular functions like DNA replication, and cell division!
An organelle that helps in making lipids (fat molecules)
What is the smooth ER?
An organism that has membrane bound organelles
What is a eukaryote?
This type of group (positive or negative) is used as a baseline comparison to the experimental group in an experiment
What is a control group?
The name for a group of jellyfish is:
a. A smack
b. A crowd
c. A jam
d. A boarding school
A smack!