BIOLOGY - cells

Question 1

what does a cell adapt to?

Answer 1

it’s functions

Question 2

what are all living things made up of?

Answer 2

cells

Question 3

what 5 things do animal and plant cells both have?

Answer 3

nucleus
cytoplasm
cell membrane
mitochondria
ribosomes

Question 4

what is a nucleus?

Answer 4

the main control center for the cell and holds all the genetic information

Question 5

what is cytoplasm?

Answer 5

fluid that fills the cell

Question 6

what does the cell membrane do?

Answer 6

keeps all the pieces of the cell inside

Question 7

what is the mitochondria?

Answer 7

the power house of the cell

Question 8

what are ribosomes?

Answer 8

protein builders of the cell

Question 9

bacteria and yeast cells have different structures to what two cells?

Answer 9

animal and plant cells

Question 10

how do dissolved substances pass in and out of cells?

Answer 10

diffusion

Question 11

what is a bacterium?

Answer 11

a single-celled organism

Question 12

what 4 things are inside a bacterial cell?

Answer 12

cytoplasm
cell membrane
surrounding cell wall
genetic material, however not a distinct nucleus.

Question 13

what does a cell wall do?

Answer 13

strengthens the cell

Question 14

what does chloroplast contain?

Answer 14

chlorophyll

Question 15

what does chlorophyll do?

Answer 15

absorbs light energy to use for photosynthesis

Question 16

what is permanent vacuole and what does it do?

Answer 16

cell sap, which keeps the cell turgid (swollen)

Question 17

what is yeast?

Answer 17

yeast is a single-celled organism

Question 18

what is the main difference between bacterial cells and yeast cells?

Answer 18

yeast cells have a nucleus and bacterial cells don’t