Cell Organelles and Diseases

Question 1

Lysosomes

Answer 1

Sack filled with digestive chemicals. It breaks stuff down.

Question 2

Centrioles

Answer 2

Organizes motion of chromosomes. These organelles help with cell division.

Question 3

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Answer 3

Passageways where chemicals are made. Makes and transports lipids and steroids. One is covered with ribosomes and makes and transports proteins.

Question 4

Vacuole

Answer 4

Sac that stores water, nutrients, or waste products.

Question 5

Nucleus

Answer 5

The structure that contains DNA and regulates genes.

Question 6

Ribosomes

Answer 6

A small structure that synthesizes proteins.

Question 7

Golgi apparatus

Answer 7

A membrane that packages/modifies the lipids and proteins.

Question 8

Vesicle

Answer 8

Package created by the Golgi apparatus. Moves products in, out of, and within a cell.

Question 9

Nucleolus

Answer 9

The structure that manufactures ribosomes.

Question 10

Plastid

Answer 10

Group of plant organelles that store stuff.

Question 11

Chloroplasts

Answer 11

Responsible for converting sunlight to chemical energy.

Question 12

What are eukaryotes?

Answer 12

Eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles and a nucleus.

Question 13

What are prokaryotes?

Answer 13

Prokaryotes have no nucleus.

Question 14

Nuclear membrane

Answer 14

Surrounds and protects the nucleus.

Question 15

Cytoskeleton

Answer 15

Filaments that give the cell its shape.

Question 16

Mitochondria

Answer 16

Provides energy for the cell.

Question 17

Flagella

Answer 17

A whip-like tail that aids in movement.

Question 18

Cytoplasm

Answer 18

The fluid that fills the inside of a cell.

Question 19

Nucliod

Answer 19

A non-membrane-bound region in a prokaryote where DNA is concentrated.

Question 20

What is sickled cell disease?

Answer 20

A non-infectious disease that is genetic and is a result of an inherited mutation in a gene.

Question 21

What does sickled cell disease look like?

Answer 21

Is banana-shaped, causes clumping.

Question 22

What is malaria?

Answer 22

Malaria is an infectious disease, caused by a protist parasite known as plasmodium. You can become infected by a mosquito.

Question 23

What does malaria look like?

Answer 23

A huge collection of purple circles.

Question 24

What is polycythemia vera?

Answer 24

It’s caused by a genetic mutation that causes your bone marrow to create too many red blood cells.

Question 25

What does polycythemia vera look like?

Answer 25

Lots of red blood cells can be seen.

Question 26

What is spherocytosis?

Answer 26

A genetically inherited blood disorder where red blood cells are more spherically shaped.

Question 27

What does spherocytosis look like?

Answer 27

Blood cells appear more spherically shaped.

Question 28

What is tuberculosis?

Answer 28

An infectious bacillus bacteria infection that spreads through TB droplets that are released in the air. Caused by mycobacterium.