Cells - structure

Question 1

What are cells?

Answer 1

Basic units from which all living organisms are composed.

Question 2

What is the surface of the animal cell called?

Answer 2

Cell membrane.

Question 3

What are the 2 functions of the cell membrane?

Answer 3

1. controls what goes in and out of cell
2. Holds cell together

Question 4

What is the role of the cell nucleus?

Answer 4

Controls processes which go on in cell

Question 5

What is the role of nuclear membrane?

Answer 5

Separates contents of the nucleus from the cytoplasm.

Question 6

What becomes visible within the nucleus when the cell is about to divide?

Answer 6

Chromosomes

Question 7

What are chromosomes made of?

Answer 7

DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 8

What is the role of DNA?

Answer 8

Carries instructions for characteristics and functions of the cell

Question 9

What takes place in the ‘cytoplasm’?

Answer 9

chemical reactions

Question 10

What is the food store within the cytoplasm call?

Answer 10

Glycogen granules

Question 11

Where does cell respiration take place?

Answer 11

Mitochondria

Question 12

A plant cell has all the structures that an animal cell has. What are the 3 additional structures?

Answer 12

Vacuole, cell wall, chloroplast

Question 13

What is the cell wall of a plant cell made of?

Answer 13

Cellulose

Question 14

Cell wall is a stiff structure. What is it’s role?

Answer 14

Provides support, prevents them from bursting when they take in water.

Question 15

What is the vacuole filled with?

Answer 15

Cell sap

Question 16

What is the role of the cell sap?

Answer 16

To support the plant.

Question 17

What do chloroplasts contain?

Answer 17

Chlorophyll

Question 18

What is the process by which plants make their food?

Answer 18

Photosyntheseis

Question 19

Plant cells store food in the cytoplasm, what is the food called?

Answer 19

Starch grains