Cell Structure

Question 1

What is a Eukaryote

Answer 1

A cell with a nucleus

Question 2

What is microscopy

Answer 2

Using microscopes to magnify samples that cannot be seen with the naked eye

Question 3

What is mitochondria

Answer 3

A structure found in the cytoplasm of a cell where respiration occurs

Question 4

What is a prokaryote

Answer 4

A cell without a nucleus

Question 5

What are ribosomes

Answer 5

A structure found in the cytoplasm of a cell where protein synthesis occurs

Question 6

What is sub-cellular

Answer 6

Smaller then a cell

Question 7

What is a cell

Answer 7

The basic building blocks of any living thing or organism

Question 8

How many cells is the organism amoeba made of?

Answer 8

One

Question 9

How many cells are humans made of?

Answer 9

Millions

Question 10

Where is the DNA in a eukaryotic cell

Answer 10

In the sun-cellular structure called the nucleus

Question 11

Where is the DNA in a prokaryotic cell

Answer 11

In a sub-cellular structure call plasmids

Question 12

What is the cytoplasm

Answer 12

Jelly like substance where most of the chemical reactions happen in the cell

Question 13

What is the nucleus

Answer 13

Where the genetic material is found in chromosomes

Question 14

What is the cell membrane

Answer 14

Keeps the contents of the cell together and allows specific molecules to pass in and out of the cell

Question 15

What is mitochondria

Answer 15

Where respiration happens due to enzymes

Question 16

What are the five functions you will always find in eukaryotic cells?

Answer 16

A nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes and mitochondria

Question 17

What is the cell wall

Answer 17

Made of cellulose and keeps the shape of the cell

Question 18

What does the permanent vacuole do

Answer 18

Stores the cell sap

Question 19

What is a chloroplast

Answer 19

It contains chlorophyll and is where photosynthesis occurs

Question 20

What kind of cell is a bacteria cell?

Answer 20

A prokaryotic cell

Question 21

What is a plasmid

Answer 21

Where genetic information is found in a prokaryotic cell

Question 22

What is flagella

Answer 22

It is a sub-cellular structure that allows the bacteria to move

Question 23

What is the size of a ribosome

Answer 23

0.02 micrometers

Question 24

What is the size of mitochondria

Answer 24

0.5 micrometers

Question 25

What size is a chloroplast

Answer 25

1-2 micrometers

Question 26

What is the size of a prokaryotic cell

Answer 26

0.1-5.0 micrometers

Question 27

What size is the nucleus

Answer 27

6 micrometers

Question 28

What is the size of a eukaryotic cell

Answer 28

10-100 micrometers

Question 29

True or false: a nanometer is smaller than a millimetre

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True or false: mitochondria are smaller than ribosomes

Answer 30

False

Question 31

Why can’t we view cells with just our eyes?

Answer 31

Cells are too small to be seen

Question 32

What is a microscope used for?

Answer 32

So that cells can be looked at in detail

Question 33

How do you work out magnification?

Answer 33

Magnification= eye piece x objective lens’s

Question 34

How do you calculate the size of object

Answer 34

Size of object= size of image/ magnification

Question 35

What is a specialised cell?

Answer 35

A cell where the shape and sub-cellular structure are better adapted for their function

Question 36

Name 3 specialised cells in an animal cell

Answer 36

Muscle cells, sperm cell, nerve cell

Question 37

What is the function of a root hair cell

Answer 37

Absorb water by osmosis and minerals by active transport from the soil

Question 38

What is the xylem

Answer 38

Moves water and dissolves minerals in the plant

Question 39

What is the phloem

Answer 39

Move glucose and amino acids around the plant