Cells (parts and functions)

Question 1

English scientist who devised the earliest microscope and was credited as the first to see a cell

Answer 1

Robert Hooke

Question 2

Dutch naturalist credited to be the first to study magnified cells

Answer 2

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Question 3

What does the cell theory state?

Answer 3

all organisms are composed of one or more cells

cells are the smallest and basic unit of structure and function in organisms

cells only arise from previously existing cells

Question 4

What is the most basic unit of life?

Answer 4

cell

Question 5

2 types of cells

Answer 5

Prokaryotes

Eukaryotes

Question 6

cells with no distinct nucleus

Answer 6

Prokaryotes

Question 7

cells with distinct nucleus

Answer 7

Eukaryotes

Question 8

thin barrier that forma a boundary separating individual cells to the external environment

Answer 8

Cell membrane

Question 9

the cell membrane consists of a?

Answer 9

Phospholipid bilayer

Question 10

Phospholipids have a ____ head and a ____ tail

Answer 10

Hydrophilic head

Hydrophobic tail

Question 11

What is the model for the cell membrane?

Answer 11

fluid mosaic model

Question 12

Cell part that is present in plants, fungi, and bacteria

a rigid layer for protection, support and shape

Answer 12

Cell wall

Question 13

Cell part that fills the space between nucleus and the cell membrane

Answer 13

Cytoplasm

Question 14

Little organs suspended in the cytoplasm

Answer 14

organelles

Question 15

Organelle that serves as the storehouse of genetic information

Answer 15

Nucleus

Question 16

Site within the nucleus of ribosome synthesis

Answer 16

Nucleolus

Question 17

Organelle that helps material circulate through the cytoplasm

Answer 17

Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 18

Dotted with ribosomes that join amino acids together to form proteins

Answer 18

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

Question 19

Produces lipids

Answer 19

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum