Cell Parts/ Organization/ Plant Systems

Question 1

What is the function of the nucleus?

Answer 1

To store DNA and to control the cell growth and functions.

Question 2

What types of cells have a nucleus?

Answer 2

eukaryotes

Question 3

What is the function of a cell wall?

Answer 3

The cell wall is made of cellulose and gives support and shape to all plant cells. The structure is strong and rigid which allows the cell to be supported as turgor pressure increases.

Question 4

What two parts are found in plant cells but not animal cells?

Answer 4

Cell wall and chroloplast.

Question 5

Which organelle is found in an animal cell but not a plant cell?

Answer 5

lysosome

Question 6

What is the function of ribosomes?

Answer 6

Builds up amino acids to make proteins.

Question 7

What is the basic unit or building block of life?

Answer 7

cells

Question 8

What is the smallest unit of matter?

Answer 8

atoms

Question 9

What are tissues?

Answer 9

A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific job.

Question 10

What is an organism?

Answer 10

Something that independent carries out life processes.

Question 11

What is an organ system?

Answer 11

A group of organs that work together to perform body functions

Question 12

What is a population?

Answer 12

Large ecosystems with similar climate, animals, and vegetation.

Question 13

What is a community?

Answer 13

Contains multiple populations of different species living in a common area.

Question 14

What is an individual?

Answer 14

One organism of a single species in one area.

Question 15

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 15

A community of biotic species and abiotic parts of an environment.
For example: birds, trees, elephant, sun, rock, water

Question 16

What’s a biosphere?

Answer 16

Large neighboring biomes that interact across a planet. The term translates to “ball of sphere”.
For example: the Earth

Question 17

What are organs?

Answer 17

2 or more tissues like the heart, brain, or liver that work together to perform a function.

Question 18

List the levels of organization from cells to biosphere:
(HINT: order matters and there are 11 to list)

Answer 18

Atoms, molecules, macromolecules, organelles, tissue, organ, organ system, and organism.

Question 19

What does biotic mean?

Answer 19

Alive/living.

Question 20

What does abiotic mean?

Answer 20

Not alive/non-living

Question 21

List all three parts of the cell theory:

Answer 21

All living things are made up of one or more cells. All cells come from other cells. Cells are the most basic building blocks of life.

Question 22

What is phototropism?

Answer 22

The turning of all or part of a plant (and other organisms) in response to the direction of light.

Question 23

What is gravitropism?

Answer 23

The turning of all or part of a plant (and other organisms) in response to the sensation or downward pull of gravity.

Question 24

What is thigmotropism?

Answer 24

The turning or bending of a plant when being touched.

Question 25

Define turgor pressure

Answer 25

A pressure which the cells pushes the plasma membrane against the cell wall.

Question 26

Which type of cell(s) contain the organelle called a vacuole?

Answer 26

eukaryotes

Question 27

Which type of cell is larger, more complex, and generally rounder in shape? Eukaryotic or prokaryotic

Answer 27

eukaryotic

Question 28

What is the function of a vacuole?

Answer 28

To store food, water, and waste.

Question 29

What is the function of chloroplast?

Answer 29

to convert sunlight into energy.

Question 30

What is cytoplasm?

Answer 30

Cytoplasm is the gel-like fluid that fills the inside of ALL types of cells. It is the fluid that all parts of cells float in.

Question 31

Which type of cells contain ribosomes? Plant, Animal, Prokaryotic?

Answer 31

Plants and animals.

Question 32

What part of the cell surrounds the entire cell (like an outer skin) and controls what comes in and out of the cell?

Answer 32

Cell membrane.