Chapter 6

Question 1

Cells can’t get too large because:

Answer 1

There’s isn’t enough surface area to let everything pass

Question 2

Prokaryote

Answer 2

Bacteria
Smaller
No nucleus
Do have ribosomes&membrane

Question 3

Eukaryotes

Answer 3

Animals/plants
Have nucleus
More complex

Question 4

“Command central”

Hold most of cells DNA

Answer 4

Nucleus

Question 5

Synthesis of rRNA& assembly of ribosome subunits

Answer 5

Nucleolous

Question 6

“Protein factories”

Answer 6

Ribosomes

Question 7

Synthesis of lipids

Answer 7

Smooth ER

Question 8

Synthesis of secretory proteins

Answer 8

Rough ER

Question 9

“Post office”

Modifies, stores&Rahul’s proteins

Answer 9

Golgi apparatus

Question 10

“Waste management”

Digests macromolecules

Answer 10

Lysosomes

Question 11

“Handyman”
Perform variety of functions
Storage

Answer 11

Vacuole

Question 12

“Power plant”
Contain their own DNA &a ribosomes
Cellular respiration site (produces energy in form of ATP)

Answer 12

Mitochondria

Question 13

“Sugar factory”
Contain own DNA and proteins
Contain chlorophyll
Site of photosynthesis

Answer 13

Chloroplast

Question 14

“Detoxifier”
Contains enzymes that remove H from substrates and add them to O2->H2O2(toxic)
Breakdown fatty acids
Detoxify alcohol and other toxic compounds

Answer 14

Peroxisomes

Question 15

Structure

Motility

Answer 15

Cytoskeleton

Question 16

Cell motility

Chromosome mvmt in cell division

Answer 16

Microtubules

Question 17

Muscle contraction

Cell division

Answer 17

Microfilaments

Question 18

Anchorage of nucleus and other organelles

Formation of nuclear lamina

Answer 18

Intermediate filaments