Lesson 2

Question 1

Main function - Smooth Endoplasnic Reticulum

Answer 1

Makes fat-like molecules called lipids

Question 2

Main Function - Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

Answer 2

Has docking sites for ribosomes and helps make proteins that will leave the cell

Question 3

Main Function - Nuclear Membrane

Answer 3

Separates DNA from the cytoplasm in a eukaryotic cell

Question 4

Main Function - Nucleus

Answer 4

Command center of the cell - Contains the cell DNA

Question 5

Main Function - Gogli Apparatus

Answer 5

Packages and tags materials for their proper destination

Question 6

Main Function - Ribosomes

Answer 6

Needed to make proteins

Question 7

Main Function - Plasma Membrane

Answer 7

Carefully chooses what can enter and exit the cell

Question 8

Main Function - Mitochondria

Answer 8

Transfers energy from food to energy carriers within the cell

Question 9

Main Function - Cytoskeleton

Answer 9

Proteins that help reinforce cells, help cells move materials, and help some cells swim

Question 10

Main Function - Vesicles

Answer 10

Little bags of membrane that help move materials around the cell

Question 11

Definition - Organelle

Answer 11

Structures that perform specialized jobs within each cell

Question 13

What are the 4 primary functions of eukaryotic cells

Answer 13

1. information storage and sharing
2. making and getting materials
3. moving things around
4. getting energy

Question 14

what is the most obvious difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells

Answer 14

Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus and prokaryotic cells don’t

Question 15

Name the “makers and getters” of the cell

Answer 15

1. ribosomes
2. rough endoplasmic reticulum
3. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
4. Golgi apparatus