DNA: The Code Of Life

Question 1

Cell

Answer 1

Basic structural and functional unit of life.

Question 2

What is a cell made of?

Answer 2

A jelly like structure called the cytoplasm, surrounded by a cell membrane.

Question 3

2 functions of cytoplasm

Answer 3

• Contains organelles

* All chemical and biochemical reactions occur in the cytoplasm

Question 4

What is a ribosome?

Answer 4

Small spherical structures found in the cytoplasm.

Question 5

Function of a ribosome

Answer 5

The area where protein synthesis takes place

Question 6

What is a nucleus?

Answer 6

A spherical organelle bounded by a double membrane (nuclear membrane)

Question 7

What are nuclear pores?

Answer 7

Nuclear membrane is perforated by pores (holes)

Question 8

Function for nuclear pores?

Answer 8

To allow substances to move in and out of nucleus

Question 9

Where is the hereditary material(DNA) found ?

Answer 9

Inside the nucleus are chromosomes that contain the DNA

Question 10

Where is the nucleolus found?

Answer 10

Centrally in the nucleus

Question 11

Function of Nucleus?

Answer 11

• Controls all chemical and biochemical reactions of the cell.
• DNA replication
• Contains genes( born on the chromosomes)

Question 12

What are Organelles?

Answer 12

The living, membrane-bound structures found in the cytoplasm