Cells
What is the basic unit of life?
What is a cell?
What do cells need to obtain from their environment?
What are food, water, and nutrients?
What part of the cell stores genetic information?
What is the nucleus?
What do cells use to create energy?
What is glucose?
What is one way that cells eliminate waste?
What is by exocytosis?
Name a type of organism made up of only one cell.
What is a unicellular organism?
What is the process by which cells dispose of waste?
What is excretion?
What organelle is responsible for producing energy?
What are mitochondria?
What process do cells undergo to convert glucose into energy?
What is cellular respiration?
Why is it important for cells to dispose of waste?
What is to maintain homeostasis?
Give an example of a multicellular organism.
What is a human, a dog, or a tree?
What is one function of the cell membrane?
What is to control what enters and leaves the cell?
Which part of the cell is involved in photosynthesis?
What are chloroplasts?
What is the main byproduct of cellular respiration?
What is carbon dioxide?
What type of waste do cells produce during metabolic processes?
What are metabolic waste products?
What structure is found in all cells?
What is the cell membrane?
How do cells provide energy for their functions?
What is through cellular respiration?
Name one function of ribosomes in the cell.
What is to synthesize proteins?
How do plants obtain energy?
What is through photosynthesis?
How do kidneys relate to waste disposal in multicellular organisms?
What is filtering waste from the blood?
What key evidence shows that all living things are made of cells?
What is the cell theory?
Describe how cells obtain energy from food.
What is by breaking down glucose during cellular respiration?
Describe the role of the cell wall in plant cells.
What is to provide structure and support?
Explain how energy is transferred in a food chain.
What is through consumption of organisms?
Describe the role of lysosomes in waste disposal.
What is to digest and break down waste materials?