Cells and Tissues characteristics

Question 1

What is protoplasm?

Answer 1

The intracellular fluid

Question 2

What is protoplasm made of?

Answer 2

Water
Proteins
Lipids
Carbs
Electrolytes

Question 3

What are the 2 distinct regions of protoplasm in the cell?

Answer 3

Karyoplasm/ Nucleoplasm (in the nucleus)
Cytoplasm (outside the nuclues)

Question 4

What is the fluid of the cytoplasm?

Answer 4

Cytosol

Question 5

What does mRNA do?

Answer 5

Travel to ribosomes in cytoplasm in order to make new proteins

Question 6

Ribsomal RNA (rRNA) does what?

Answer 6

Component of ribosomes which is the site of protein production

Question 7

tRNA does what?

Answer 7

Transfers amino acids to form ribosomes so mRNA can be turned into a sequence of amino acids

Question 8

What does rough ER do?

Answer 8

Has ribosomes attached and is involved in protein synthesis
Also makes digestive enzymes found in lysosomes

Question 9

What does smooth ER do?

Answer 9

No ribosomes attached
Synthesis of lipids like steroid hormones

Question 10

What does golgi apparatus do?

Answer 10

Packages and modifies the things sent by the ER

Question 11

What do microtubules do?

Answer 11

Maintain cell formation