Basic Biology

Question 1

Cell shapes: name 4

Answer 1

Squamous
Cuboidal
Columnar
Transitional

Question 2

Squamous:

Answer 2

Flattened and scale like
Attached to one another like mosaic
The nucleus occupies the thickest portion of the cell

Question 3

Cuboidal?

Answer 3

Cube shaped in cross section
Lie in a neat row
Nucleus at centre

Question 4

Columnar

Answer 4

Tall and cylindrical

Nucleus lies at base of the cell close to basement membrane

Question 5

Transitional

Answer 5

Mixture of others

Found where there is a expansion and extension

Question 6

What is an organelle?

Answer 6

Little organ (found in cell)

Question 7

What is the fluid called that organelles are suspended in, in a cell?

Answer 7

Cytosine

Question 8

To keep the cytosol together (and its contents) and to separate the environment, all cells are enclosed in a ____ _____.

Answer 8

Plasma membrane

Question 9

The DNa is found in the ??

Answer 9

Nucleus

Question 10

The cytosol and organelles (other than the nucleus) is known as the___\

Answer 10

Cytoplasm

Question 11

What is a cell?

Answer 11

Smallest unit that can carry out all life activities.