Cell Basics
What is the basic unit of life?
What is the cell?
Which organelle controls all of the cell’s activities and contains DNA?
What is the Nucleus?
Which type of cell has a cell wall?
What are Plant cells?
Which type of cell has no nucleus?
What is Prokaryotic?
All living things are made of one or more what?
What are Cells?
What part of the cell controls what goes in and out?
What is the Cell membrane?
Which organelle is called the “powerhouse” of the cell?
What is the Mitochondria?
Name two organelles found only in plant cells.
What are Cell wall and Chloroplasts?
Give an example of a prokaryotic organism?
What is Bacteria?
What term describes the ability of an organism to maintain a stable internal environment?
What is Homeostasis?
What does the cell theory state?
What is 1. all living things are made of cells, 2. cells are the basic unit of life, and 3. all cells come from other cells.
Which organelle makes proteins?
What are Ribosomes?
What gives plant cells their rigid, rectangular shape?
What is the Cell Wall?
What do prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells both contain?
What are DNA, ribosomes, cytoplasm, and a cell membrane?
List the levels of organization in living things from simplest to most complex.
Cell → Tissue → Organ → Organ System → Organism
Explain why viruses are often not considered living organisms.
What is They cannot reproduce or carry out life processes on their own — they require a host cell?
What is the job of the Golgi apparatus in the cell?
What is it modifies, packages, and transports proteins and other materials?
Which type of vacuole is larger?
What is a Plant cell vacuole
Explain one advantage of being a eukaryotic cell.
What is having organelles allows specialized functions and more efficient processes?
Why is energy essential for all living things?
What is Energy powers all cellular processes such as growth, repair, and reproduction?
What scientist coined the term "cell"?
Who is Robert Hooke?
Describe the difference between rough ER and smooth ER.
What is the Rough ER has ribosomes and helps make proteins; Smooth ER has no ribosomes and makes lipids.
What organelle allows plants to make their own food?
What is Chloroplast?
Describe one key structural difference between prokaryotic DNA and eukaryotic DNA.
What is Prokaryotic DNA is circular and floats in the cytoplasm; eukaryotic DNA is linear and stored in the nucleus.
Describe how a cell, tissue, and organ work together in the human body.
Example: Muscle cells form tissue, which forms a muscle organ that contracts to move the body.