1.1 The Diversity of Cells

Question 1

the smallest unit that can preform all life processes ; are covered by a membrane and contain DNA and cytoplasm

Answer 1

cell

Question 2

a phospholipid layer that covers a cell’s surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell’sn environment

Answer 2

cell membrane

Question 3

one of the small bodies in a cell’s cytoplasm that are specialized to preform a specific function

Answer 3

organelle

Question 4

a membrane-bound organelle that contains the cell’s DNA and that has a role in processes such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction

Answer 4

nucleus

Question 5

an organism that consists of a single cell that doesn’t have a nucleus

Answer 5

prokaryote

Question 6

an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane ; include animals, plants, and fungi but not archaebacteria or eubacteria

Answer 6

eukaryote

Question 7

organisms that Leeuwenhoek saw in the pond water and also means “little animals”

Answer 7

animalcules

Question 8

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

Answer 8

cell theory

Question 9

fluids inside the cell membrane

Answer 9

cytoplasm

Question 10

cells with no nucleus

Answer 10

prokaryotic cells

Question 11

cells with a nucleus

Answer 11

eukaryotic cells

Question 12

prokaryotic cells that are further classified into two groups

Answer 12

eubacteria, archaebacteria

Question 13

tiny, round organelles made of protein and other materials

Answer 13

ribosomes

Question 14

types of archaebacterias

Answer 14

heat loving, salt loving, methane making

Question 15

first person to describe cells by using a cork

Answer 15

Robert Hooke

Question 16

used microscope to look at pond scum

Answer 16

Anton Leeuwenhoek