What is the name for the gooey liquid that surrounds organelles in a cell?
Cytoplasm.
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Why are prokaryotes called "unicellular?"
Because they are made of only one cell.
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Where do eukaryotes keep their DNA?
Nucleus
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Where are proteins made?
In the ribosomes.
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What is the function of the large vacuole?
To store water, proteins and other molecules for a plant cell.
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What is the function of the plasma membrane (cell membrane)?
Go allow certain materials into and out of the cell.
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Marcelle found a cell in a pond. The organism had just a single cell, but was living and had a nucleus, ribosomes, and an endoplasmic reticulum. Prokaryote or eukaryote?
Eukaryote!
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John found a cell on his skin with ribosomes, cytoplasm, a cell wall and a cell membrane. Prokaryote or eukaryote?
Prokaryote.
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What is the function of the mitochondrion?
Use food (glucose) to make energy.
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How did an onion cell look different from a cheek cell under the microscope?
Answers vary.
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What kind of microscope do we use to look at cells?
Compound light microscope.
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Why do bacteria cells divide so much more quickly than eukaryotes?
They are more simple and they don't have a nucleus.
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Relate the function of the nucleus and the ribosome.
The NUCLEUS holds the DNA, which is used to make RNA, which makes protein in the RIBOSOMES.
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Put the following in order from smallest to largest:
Organ, organelle, cell, tissue
Organelle --> Cell --> tissue --> Organ
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What is the function of the chloroplast?
To create glucose (sugar) using energy from the sun.
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How do prokaryotic cells divide?
Through binary fission
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What do prokaryotes and eukaryotes have in common? List 3 things.
Answers vary, but include the following: have DNA, made of cells, grow and develop, are living, have ribosomes, have cell membranes.
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Why is a eukaryotic cell is considered more complex than a prokaryote?
Because it is larger and has more organelles.
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How do the Golgi apparatus and endoplasmic reticulum relate to the ribosomes?
Proteins are made at the ribosomes, and they are folded and packaged at the ER and Golgi.
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Why don't humans need chloroplasts?
We get our energy from food we eat, so we don't need to make our own.