The cell
What is the basic unit of life?
Cells
What do you call the tiny structures that carry out cellular functions?
Organelles
What organelle converts energy for the cell?
Mitochondria
What are plant cells enclosed with?
Cell membrane and cell wall
What is the fluid inside the cell?
Cytoplasm
What was the name of the scientist who discovered cells?
Robert Hooke
What are the two types of cells called and how are they different?
Eukaryotes are more complex, larger, and found in animals, plants, fungi, etc.
Prokaryotes are more simple, lack membrane-bound structures, found in bacteria and archaea
What is the control centre of the cell?
Nucleus
What are the long thin fibers consisting of DNA and proteins found in the nucleus?
Chromatin
What is the network structure inside the cell that acts as scaffolding?
Cytoskeleton
What are the two types of organelles that produce cellular movement and how do they work?
Cilia- hair like structures that move fluid past the cell
flagella- tail like structure that whips back and forth
What are the 3 parts of cell theory?
1. cells are the basic units of life
2. all living things are made of cells
3. cells come from preexisting cells
What are the 3 parts of the endomembrane system and their functions?
rough and smooth ER- transportation system
golgi apparatus- packages and shipping
What is the plasma membrane composed of?
Phospholipids
What two structures do plant cells have that animal cells don't?
Cell wall and Chloroplasts
What material was examined under a microscope and resulted in the discovery of cells?
Cork
What are the vesicles that collect and remove waste from the cell?
Lysosomes
Both plant and animal cells have mitochondria. True or False
True
The transport organelle that moves materials within and out of the cell.
Inside of the nucleus, there is an organelle that helps makes ribosomes, what is it called?
Nucleolus