Protists
What is the method of movement for Euglena?
What is the function of mitochondria?
To create energy (ATP) for the cell.
Define autotroph.
An organism that produces its own food.
What is the main difference between plant and animal cells?
Plant cells have organelles to make their own food and animal cells do not.
A manager is to a restaurant as a/n ________________ is to the cell.
nucleus
How does an amoeba eat?
Pseudopods
What organelle is responsible for making proteins for the cell?
Ribosomes
What is the difference between a eukaryote and a prokaryote?
A eukaryote contains a nucleus and a prokaryote does not.
Name TWO organelles that plant cells have that animal cells do not.
Cell wall and chloroplasts
The dumpster outside a store is like the _________________________ in a cell.
Lysosomes
What type of habitat would you find most protists?
Freshwater; ponds, rivers, creeks
What is the role of golgi bodies?
To bundle and package proteins.
What is chlorophyll?
A green pigment in chloroplasts that helps in photosynthesis.
How do vacuoles differ in plant cells than animal cell?
Plant vacuoles are larger.
The gate outside a house is like the ____________________ of the cell.
Cell membrane
Describe the method of reproduction for paramecium?
Binary fission; asexual reproduction
What is the function of vacuoles in cells?
To store water, nutrients, and waste.
What is photosynthesis?
A process that plants convert light to energy.
What gives a plant cell a more rigid form?
The tractor on a farm is like the ____________________ of the cell.
ER
What distinguishes an euglena from an amoeba?
Euglenas ability to use photosynthesis using chloroplasts; making its own food.
Nucleus
What are tissues?
A group of specialized cells.
What is the primary function of the cell membrane?
To allow what goes in and out of the cell.
The generator to the restaurant is like the ________________________ in a cell.
Mitochondria