Chapter 1 Cells: Section 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 cell organelle composed of RNA and protein; the site of protein synthesis and are the smallest of all organelles

Answer 2

Ribosome

Question 3

a system of membranes that is found in a cell’s cytoplasm and that assists in the production, processing, and transport of proteins and in the production of lipids

Answer 3

Endoplastic Reticulum

Question 4

is the organelle in which sugar is broken down to produce energy

Answer 4

Mitochondrion

Question 5

packages and distributes proteins

Answer 5

Golgi Complex

Question 6

is a small sac that surrounds material to be moved into or out of a cell

Answer 6

Vesticle

Question 7

are organelles that contain digestive enzymes

Answer 7

Lysosome

Question 8

is a complex sugar that most animals can’t digest

Answer 8

cellulose

Question 9

Some fungi cell walls are made of this

Answer 9

chitin

Question 10

is a protective barrier that encloses a cell

Answer 10

cell mebrane

Question 11

web of proteins in the cytoplasm

Answer 11

cytoskeleton

Question 12

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

Answer 12

nucleus

Question 13

is where a cell begins to make ribosmes

Answer 13

nucleolus

Question 14

is any one of about 20 different organic molecules used to make protein

Answer 14

amino acids

Question 15

is the organelle in which sugar is broken down to make energy

Answer 15

mitochondrion

Question 16

a group of compounds that do not dissolve in water

Answer 16

lipids

Question 17

a lipid that contains phosophorus

Answer 17

phospholipid

Question 18

water fearing

Answer 18

hydrophobic

Question 19

water loving

Answer 19

hydrophillic

Question 20

is the process by which plants and algae use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar and oxygen

Answer 20

photosynthesis

Question 21

traps the energy of sunlight and uses it to make sugar

Answer 21

chlorophyll

Question 22

a large vesticle

Answer 22

vacuole

Question 23

the organelle that uses the energy of sunlight to make food

Answer 23

Chloroplast