C E L L S

Question 1

What is the smallest unit that can preform all life processes?

Answer 1

A cell!

Question 2

What is Cell Theory?

Answer 2

All organisms are made of one or more cells, the cell is the basic unit of all living things, and all cells come from existing cells.

Question 3

What are the parts of a cell called?

Answer 3

Organelles.

Question 4

Where is the DNA stored in a cell?

Answer 4

The nucleus.

Question 5

What is the cell membrane?

Answer 5

The barrier that separates the inside of a cell, and the cell’s environment. It lets some things in, and keeps some things out.

Question 6

What is a cell wall?

Answer 6

Cell walls are only found in plant cells, and are found outside the cell membrane. It provides support for the cell.

Question 7

In plant and algae cells, where does photosynthesis take place?

Answer 7

Chloroplasts!

Question 8

What does the mitochondria do?

Answer 8

The mitochondria is the place where cellular respiration takes place. It allows the cell to use energy.

Question 9

What do ribosomes do?

Answer 9

Ribosomes are organelles that create proteins, which are building materials for the cell.

Question 10

What does the endoplasmic reticulum do?

Answer 10

The endoplasmic reticulum allows for the transit of cellular materials. Just like roads and highways.

Question 11

What does the golgi complex do?

Answer 11

The golgi complex packages materials to be transported throughout the cell.

Question 12

What is a vacuole?

Answer 12

A vacuole is a water-balooney sort of thing in a cell that, well, stores water.

Question 13

What do we call the fluid that the organelles in a cell are set in?

Answer 13

Cytoplasm!

Question 14

What do we call the organelle that digests waste products in a cell?

Answer 14

A lysosome! “Lysosome” kinda sounds like lysol, which is a cleaning product. Remember it like that.

Question 15

Who was the guy who first described cells?

Answer 15

Robert Hooke. He HOOKED the idea of cells first.

Question 16

Who was the guy who said “yep! these plants here are made of cells!”?

Answer 16

Matthias Schleiden. He… uhh… Just remeber the name.

Question 17

Who was the guy who first described protists as animalcules? ( little animals. )

Answer 17

Anton van Leeuwenhoek. The very dutch fellow who thought it would be good to call some pond organisms “little animals” ( ohh he’s so precious. )

Question 18

Theodore Shwan did what?

Answer 18

He wrote the first two parts of cell theory. All organisms are made of one or more cells, and a cell is the basic unit of all living things.

Question 19

What did Rudolf Virchow do?

Answer 19

He came up with the last part of cell theory. That all cells come from existing cells..

Question 20

FUN FACT

Answer 20

An ostrich egg is the biggest cell out there.

Question 21

What does DNA contain?

Answer 21

DNA contains the sort of instructions for a human. What hair color, eye color, facial structure. You know the dribble.

Question 22

What is a Prokaryote?

Answer 22

A prokaryote is a single celled organism that has no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles. Prokaryotes consist of Eubacteria and Archebacteria.

Question 23

What is a Eukaryote?

Answer 23

A Eukaryote is a large cell, consisting of a nucleus enclosed by a membrane.

Question 24

Are animal cells, plant cells, and fungi prokaryotes or eukaryotes?

Answer 24

Eukaryotes!

Question 25

What’s an organ?

Answer 25

An organ is a part of an organism that is usually self contained, and serves its own vital purpose.

Question 26

What’s an organ system?

Answer 26

An organ system is a group of organs that work together to perform one or more functions.

Question 27

What’s an organism?

Answer 27

An organism is a animal, plant, or single celled life form.

Question 28

What’s a structure?

Answer 28

An arrangement of parts to form an organ, system, or living thing.