Bacterial Cells

Question 1

Cell wall

Answer 1

The outer structure provides support and prevents the cell from bursting.

Question 2

Cell membrane

Answer 2

A permeable membrane surrounding the cell and controlling the entry and exit of materials.

Question 3

Plasmid DNA

Answer 3

Small, closed-circles of DNA

Question 4

Circular DNA

Answer 4

DNA that forms a closed loop and has no ends.

Question 5

Cytoplasm

Answer 5

The living substance inside a cell (not including the nucleus)

Question 6

Ribosomes

Answer 6

The site of protein synthesis

Question 7

State 2 ways in which the structure of bacteria differs from the structure of viruses

Answer 7

Bacteria cells have a cell wall
Bacteria doesn’t have a nucleus

Question 8

What are eukaryotic cells?

Answer 8

A type of cell that has a nucleus

Question 9

What are prokaryotic cells?

Answer 9

A simple cell that doesn’t have a nucleus - the DNA is free in the cytoplasm

Question 10

What are the 6 parts of a bacterial cell?

Answer 10

Cell wall
Cell membrane
Plasmid DNA
Circular DNA
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes

Question 11

Haploid

Answer 11

A cell or nucleus that has a single set of unpaired chromosomes