Cells

Question 1

Describe a plant cell (7)

Answer 1

Question 2

Is a plant cell a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell

Answer 2

Eukaryotic

Question 3

What is a eukaryotic cell

Answer 3

A complex cell e.g. plant or animal cell

Question 4

What is a prokaryotic cell

Answer 4

A small simple cell e.g. a bacterium

Question 5

What happens in the mitochondria

Answer 5

In this sub-cellular structure, most of the reactions of aerobic respiration take place

Question 6

Describe the cell wall of a plant cell

Answer 6

• made of cellulose
• it supports the cell and strengthens it

Question 7

Describe the Permanent vacuole

Answer 7

• it contains cell sap ( a weak solution of sugar and salts )

Question 8

Describe chloroplasts

Answer 8

• it is where photosynthesis occurs, which makes food for the plant
• they have a green substance called chlorophyll, which absorbs the light needed for photosynthesis

Question 9

What are the similarities between between bacterial and plant cells

Answer 9

Both have:
- cell membrane
- cell wall
- cytoplasm

Question 10

What are the differences between a bacterial cell and a plant cell

Answer 10

Plant cells have: - chloroplasts and a mitochondria, a true nucleus

Bacteria cells have: - a single circular strand of DNA that floats freely in cytoplasm, small rings of DNA called plasmids

Question 11

Describe a bacterial cell (6)

Answer 11