Cells

Question 1

What is used by cells for energy?

Answer 1

Carbohydrates

Question 2

What builds tissues and aid life processes?

Answer 2

Proteins

Question 3

What provides instructions for cells?

Answer 3

Nucleic Acid

Question 4

What stores energy and form membranes

Answer 4

Lipids

Question 5

What is a Ribosome?

Answer 5

a type of organelle without a membrane

Question 6

What is an Organic Compound?

Answer 6

a bonded compound that contains carbon

Question 7

What is an Atom?

Answer 7

the smallest unit that maintains the properties of an element

Question 8

What are Mitochondria?

Answer 8

releases energy from food molecules for the cell

Question 9

What are Vacuoles?

Answer 9

storage spaces for food, water, and wastes in cells

Question 10

What is a Cell Wall?

Answer 10

a rigid structure that encloses, supports, and protects the cells of plants

Question 11

What is the Endoplasmic Reticulum?

Answer 11

the cytoplasmic organelle that assists in moving materials around in a cell

Question 12

What is the Golgi Complex?

Answer 12

an organelle that helps make and package protein and other materials and transports them

Question 13

What is Chloroplast?

Answer 13

an organelle found in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs

Question 14

What is a Eukaryote?

Answer 14

an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane

Question 15

What is the Nucleus?

Answer 15

an organelle that contains the cell’s genetic material

Question 16

What is Tissue?

Answer 16

a group of similar cells that perform a common function

Question 17

What is Epithelial?

Answer 17

type of animal tissue that is protective and forms boundaries

Question 18

What is Phloem?

Answer 18

type of plant tissue that moves water and nutrients throughout the plant

Question 19

What is a Multicellular organism?

Answer 19

type of organism whose cells depend on each other to function correctly

Question 20

What is an Organ?

Answer 20

a structure made up of a collection of two or more tissues that carry out a specialized function

Question 21

What is a Cell Membrane?

Answer 21

a barrier that allows certain substances, such as oxygen, into or out of a cell

Question 22

What is Homeostasis?

Answer 22

the maintenance of a stable internal environment

Question 23

What is Photosynthesis?

Answer 23

the process to convert light energy into chemical energy

Question 24

What are Chloroplasts?

Answer 24

the specialized organelles where photosynthesis takes place

Question 25

What is the process to break down chemical energy for use in the cell?

Answer 25

Cellular Respiration

Question 26

What is the organelle where cellular respiration occurs?

Answer 26

Mitochondrion

Question 27

What is Mitosis?

Answer 27

the type of cell division that results in cells with a full DNA copy

Question 28

What are organisms that eat other living things to obtain energy?

Answer 28

Consumers

Question 29

What is Carbon Dioxide?

Answer 29

a product of cellular respiration

Question 30

What uses energy from the sun to make their own food?

Answer 30

Producers

Question 31

What breaks down dead organisms to obtain energy

Answer 31

Decomposers

Question 32

What captures energy from sunlight?

Answer 32

Chlorophyll

Question 33

What is the process of breaking down food to produce ATP molecules?

Answer 33

Cellular Respiration

Question 34

What is the organelle in eukaryotic cells that breaks down chemical energy?

Answer 34

Mitochondrion