CELLS

Question 1

Cells

Answer 1

They provide structure for the body, take in nutrients from food, convert those nutrients into energy, and carry out specialized functions.

Cells also contain the body’s hereditary material and can make copies of themselves.

Question 2

Cytoplasm

Answer 2

is made up of a jelly-like fluid (called the cytosol) and other structures that surround the nucleus.

Question 3

Mitochondria

Answer 3

are complex organelles that convert energy from food into a form that the cell can use. They have their own genetic material, separate from the DNA in the nucleus, and can make copies of themselves.

Question 4

Nucleus

Answer 4

serves as the cell’s command center, sending directions to the cell to grow, mature, divide, or die. It also houses DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the cell’s hereditary material.

Question 5

Plasma membrane

Answer 5

is the outer lining of the cell. It separates the cell from its environment and allows materials to enter and leave the cell

Question 6

Ribosomes

Answer 6

are organelles that process the cell’s genetic instructions to create proteins.