Ch 6 - Structure & Function Of Living CellS

Question 1

What are the three principles of cell theory?

Answer 1

1. All organism are composed of cells
2. All cells arise from preexisting cells
3. The cell is the basic living unit of organization

Question 2

What are the three structures in all cells?

Answer 2

1. Plasma membrane
2. DNA
3. Cytoplasm

Question 3

What is the plasma membrane?

Answer 3

The boundary of the living material

Question 4

What is DNA?

Answer 4

Deoxyribonucleic acid; store genetic material

Question 5

What is cytoplasm?

Answer 5

Everything inside the plasma membrane that isn’t part of the DNA region

Question 6

What are the two basic types of cells?

Answer 6

1. Prokaryotic

2. Eukaryotic

Question 7

What are prokaryotic cells?

Answer 7

They do not have a nucleus

Ex bacteria and archaea

Question 8

What are eukaryotic cells?

Answer 8

They do have a nucleus

Ex fungi, plants, animals

Question 9

What is cytoplasmic streaming?

Answer 9

Intracellular motion caused by microfilaments

Question 10

When cytoplasm appears solid it is in ________ state.

Answer 10

Gel

Question 11

When cytoplasm appears to be in motion within a fluid it is in a ________ state.

Answer 11

Sol

Question 12

What are organelles?

Answer 12

Structures in the cytoplasm that have been separated by enclosure in membranes.

Ex nucleus, mitochondria

Question 13

What are the three parts of the nucleus?

Answer 13

1. Nuclear envelope
2. Nucleolus
3. DNA in nucleoplasm

Question 14

What are three structures that plant cells have that animal cells do not?

Answer 14

1. Cell wall
2. Chloroplasts
3. Central Vacuole