Cells chapter 6

Question 1

what is a cell

Answer 1

smallest unit of life; building block of living organisms

Question 1

S&F: Nucleus

Answer 1

structure; surrounded by nuclear envelope
function; sotrese chromosomes aka DNA and proteins; pores regulate the entry of materials

Question 2

S&F; Nucleolus

Answer 2

Function; Assembles rRNA
Structure; inside on nucleus

Question 3

S&F; Rough ER

Answer 3

S; studded with ribosomes
F; protein synthesis

Question 4

S&F; Smooth ER

Answer 4

S; smooth (looks like seaweed)
F; produces lipids, breaks down toxins and stores byproducts

Question 5

S&F; Golgi Body

Answer 5

S; stacked flattened membrane
F; receives products from the smooth ER (cis) and packages in prep. for transport, excretion or lysosomes (trans)

Question 6

S&F; Plasma Membrane

Answer 6

S; semi-permeable bi-layer
F; regulates what comes in and out the cell

Question 7

S&F; Ribosomes

Answer 7

S; little dots in cytoplasm/ rough ER
F; protein synthesis/ in cytoplasm they translate genetic material

Question 8

S&F; Mitochondria

Answer 8

S; oval with cristae zig-zag, 2 membranes and circular DNA
F; cellular respiration/ cellular energy

Question 9

S&F; Chloroplast

Answer 9

S; disk, 2 membranes, circular dna
F; turns light energy to chemical energy (photosynthesis)

Question 10

S&F; Cell Wall

Answer 10

S; literally a wall surrounding the plat cell
F; provides strength and integrity

Question 11

S&F; Cytoskeleton

Answer 11

S; protein filaments; microtubules, microfilaments and intermediate filaments
F; structure and movement, meiosis and mitosis

Question 12

S&F; lysosome

Answer 12

S; little bowls
f; digestive vesicles; hydrolytic enzymes

Question 13

S&F; Vacuole

Answer 13

S; large circle
F in animal cells; store and expel waste
F in Plant cells; stores waste and beneficial molecules

Question 14

S&F; Plasmodesmata

Answer 14

S; pores in cell wall
F: exchange of material, cytoplasm and information between adjacent cells