Chapter 1-2 Eukaryotic Cells

Question 1

A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell

Answer 1

Cell Wall

Question 2

A material that forms some fungi cell walls

Answer 2

Chitin

Question 3

A group of compounds that don’t dissolve in water including fat and cholesterol

Answer 3

Lipids

Question 4

Water loving phospholipids

Answer 4

Hydrophilic

Question 5

Web of proteins in the cytoplasm

Answer 5

Cytoskeleton

Question 6

Cell organelle composed of RNA and protein; the site of protein synthesis

Answer 6

Ribosome

Question 7

The smallest unit that can preform all life processes

Answer 7

Cell

Question 8

A complex sugar that most animals can’t digest

Answer 8

Cellulose

Question 9

A phospholipid layer that covers a cell’s surface; acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell’s environment

Answer 9

Cell membrane

Question 10

The organelle that contains the cell’s DNA and is the control center of the cell

Answer 10

Nucleus

Question 11

Where a cell begins to make its ribosomes

Answer 11

Nucleolus

Question 12

The organelle that makes lipids, breaks down drugs and other substances, and packages proteins for Golgi complex; System of folded membranes

Answer 12

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Question 13

Used to make proteins

Answer 13

Amino Acids

Question 14

The organelle that breaks down food molecules to make ATP

Answer 14

Mitochondrion

Question 15

The organelle that processes and transports proteins and other materials out of the cell

Answer 15

Golgi Complex

Question 16

A small cavity or sac that contains materials in a eukaryotic cell

Answer 16

Vesicle

Question 17

A cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes

Answer 17

Lysosomes

Question 18

A group of compounds that do not dissolve in water

Answer 18

Lipids

Question 19

A lipid containing phosphorus; it allows nutrients to enter and wastes to exit the cell

Answer 19

Phospholipid

Question 20

Water fearing lipids; form the outer part of the membrane

Answer 20

Hydrophobic

Question 21

A process when plants and algae use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to create food

Answer 21

Photosynthesis

Question 22

A green pigment that gives chloroplasts the green color; found inside the inner membrane

Answer 22

Chlorophyll

Question 23

The organelle that stores water and other materials; larger in plant cells because animals make their own food

Answer 23

Vacoule

Question 24

The organelle that uses the energy of sunlight to make food; photosynthesis takes place here

Answer 24

Chloroplast

Question 25

A minute particle consisting of RNA and associated proteins, found in large numbers in the cytoplasm of living cells

Answer 25

Ribosomes