Cell Structure

Question 1

Nucleus

Answer 1

Cell’s organelle that contains chromosomes and controls the activities of a cell

Question 2

Cytoplasm

Answer 2

Jellylike material that makes up most of the cell

Question 3

Cell membrane

Answer 3

Thin surface layer around the cytoplasm of a cell. Forms a partially permeable barrier between the cell’s contents and outside of the cell

Question 4

Cell wall

Answer 4

Non-living layer outside of cell membrane of certain types of cell. Made of cellulose, chitin or peptidoglycon

Question 5

Mitochondria

Answer 5

Organelle that carries out aerobic respiration, releasing energy for the cell. Place where most of the cell’s ATP is made

Question 6

Chloroplasts

Answer 6

Organelle found in some plant cells. The site of the reactions of photosynthesis

Question 7

Ribosomes

Answer 7

Tiny structures in the cytoplasm, the site of protein synthesis

Question 8

Vacuole

Answer 8

Membrane-bound space in a plant cell, filled with a solution of sugars and salt called cell sap

Question 9

What is the process of cell specialisation called?

Answer 9

Differentiation