Fun Facts
This tool is needed to see microorganisms and cells.
What is a Microscope
This structure is found in BOTH plant and animal cells and controls the cell.
What is the nucleus.
This organelle is known as the “control center” of the cell.
➡️ What is the nucleus?
I store water and help plant cells keep their shape.
➡️ What is the vacuole?
A scientist removes the chloroplasts from a plant cell. What would happen to the plant?
➡️ What is it would not be able to make its own food?
Microorganisms are living things that are too small to see without this tool.
What is a microscope
This structure is found ONLY in plant cells and helps protect the cell.
What is the cell wall.
This organelle produces energy for the cell.
➡️ What are mitochondria?
I make proteins for the cell and look like tiny dots.
➡️ What are ribosomes?
If a cell did not have mitochondria, which process would be most affected?
➡️ What is energy production?
Name ONE type of microorganism.
What are bacteria, fungi, protozoa, or algae.
Which cell has chloroplasts—plant or animal?
What is a plant cell.
This jelly-like substance holds organelles in place.
➡️ What is cytoplasm?
I am thick, rigid, and only found in plant cells.
➡️ What is the cell wall?
A student labels the cell wall as controlling what enters and leaves the cell. What correction should be made?
➡️ What is the cell membrane controls what enters and leaves the cell?
Some microorganisms are helpful, but others can cause this.
What is a disease.
Animal cells do NOT have these TWO structures.
What are the cell wall and chloroplasts?
This organelle makes food using sunlight.
➡️ What is the chloroplast?
I am found in both plant and animal cells and help the cell stay alive by producing energy.
➡️ What are mitochondria?
A cell is observed with a nucleus, mitochondria, and a cell membrane—but no cell wall or chloroplasts. What type of cell is it?
➡️ What is an animal cell?
Cells are the basic unit of __________ in all living things.
What is life.
Both plant and animal cells have a cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, ribosomes, and this structure that produces energy.
What is mitochondria.
This structure controls what enters and leaves the cell.
➡️ What is the cell membrane?
I am a living thing that is too small to see without a microscope.
➡️ What is a microorganism?
Why are plant cells better suited than animal cells for making food using sunlight?
➡️ What is because plant cells contain chloroplasts that carry out photosynthesis?