Life at the Cellular Level

Question 1

Who was the first human to observe living microorganisms through a microscope?

Answer 1

Anton von Leeuwenhoek

Question 2

What scientist observed cork through a microscope and called them cells

Answer 2

Robert Hooke

Question 3

What scientist studied plants and helped create the cell theory?

Answer 3

Matthias Schleiden

Question 4

What scientist studied animals and helped create the cell theory?

Answer 4

Theodor Schwann

Question 5

What scientist concluded that all cells come from pre-existing cells

Answer 5

Rudolph Virchow

Question 6

What type of cell has no nucleus?

Answer 6

Prokaryote (Pro rhymes with No)

Question 7

What type of cell does have a nucleus?

Answer 7

Eukaryote (Eu rhymes with Do)

Question 8

What organelle is called the brain or control center?

Answer 8

Nucleus (Nerd)

Question 9

What organelle is found within the nucleus and helps make proteins?

Answer 9

Nucleolus

Question 10

What nucleus actually makes the proteins?

Answer 10

Ribosomes (Master of meat-The chef)

Question 11

What is the cell’s passageway?

Answer 11

Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) The doctor that reminded us that we need to know the highway that gets us to the ER.

Question 12

What is the organelle that acts like a mailroom by receiving and then sending out materials

Answer 12

Golgi Bodies (There are a lot of bodies in the mailroom)

Question 13

What organelle stores chemicals used for breaking down dead cell parts?

Answer 13

Lysosomes (Remember the actor in the toilet spraying Lysol)

Question 14

What is the organelle that is used for storage (Large in plants smaller in animals)

Answer 14

Vacuole (Hobo coming out of the closet)

Question 15

What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Answer 15

Mitochondria (Blue suited basketball ladies with strange muscles)

Question 16

This organelle is found only in plants and it provides the cell with structure and protection?

Answer 16

Cell Wall (Sheriff/Cowboy)

Question 17

What organelle is found only in animal cells and it helps with cell division?

Answer 17

centrioles

Question 18

This organelle is a jelly like substance that other organelles float around in and gives the cell dimension.

Answer 18

Cytoplasm (Jelly Kelly the rap star)

Question 19

The organelle is “selectively permeable”> This means that it only lets certain materials go in and out.

Answer 19

Cell Membrane (Gatekeeper/Grim Reaper)

Question 20

This is the organelle where photosynthesis occurs. It is filled with chlorophyll.

Answer 20

Chloroplasts

Question 21

This is the organelle where cellular respiration occurs.

Answer 21

Mitochondria

Question 22

Which type of “transport” requires energy?

Answer 22

Active Transport (going up the hill from low to high)

Question 23

Which type of transport does NOT require energy?

Answer 23

Passive Transport (movement from High C to Low C)

Question 24

What process causes the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration an area of low concentration?

Answer 24

Diffusion

Question 25

What is the special kind of diffusion that involves water molecules?

Answer 25

Osmosis

Question 26

What type of molecule speeds up chemical reactions? (Speedy gonzalez)

Answer 26

Enzyme