Cells Vocab (9/22 Quiz)

Question 1

The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms

Answer 1

Cell

Question 2

Supports and maintains the shape of plant cells

Answer 2

Cell Wall

Question 3

Assemble microtubules for the spindle in mitosis

Answer 3

Centrioles

Question 4

Fluid within plasma membrane where organelles occur (Eukaryote)
Whee reactions of metabolism occur (Prokaryote)

Answer 4

Cytoplasm

Question 5

The archetypal bacterium. A rod shaped gram-negative bacillus

Answer 5

Escherichia Coli (E. Coli)

Question 6

Long, thin, whip-like structures, with a core of microtubules, that enable movement

Answer 6

flagella

Question 7

A dense region of DNA in a prokaryotic cell

Answer 7

Nucleoid

Question 8

Hair-like protein structures, that allow bacteria to attach to things

Answer 8

Pili

Question 9

A phospholipid bilayer that surrounds the cell and controls movement of things into and out of cell

Answer 9

plasma membrane

Question 10

Single celled organism without a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles

Answer 10

Prokaryote

Question 11

Conducts synthesis of proteins for use outside the cell

Answer 11

rough endoplasmic reticulum

Question 12

Organelles made of protein and RNA that direct protein synthesis

Answer 12

ribosomes

Question 13

Synthesis of proteins for use inside the cell

Answer 13

free ribosomes

Question 14

Stores, modifies, and packages proteins

Answer 14

Golgi Apparatus

Question 15

Contain digestive enzymes, and can fuse with vesicles containing damaged organelles.

Answer 15

Lysosomes

Question 16

The site of Aerobic Respiration - the production of ATP

Answer 16

Mitochondria

Question 17

Surrounded by a double membrane with pores, it contains the cell’s DNA

Answer 17

Nucleus