Parts Of A Cell

Question 1

Cell wall

Answer 1

A rigid layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms

Question 2

Cell membrane

Answer 2

It controls which substances pass into and out of a cell

Question 3

Nucleus

Answer 3

Acts as a cells control center directing all of the cells activities

Question 4

Organelles

Answer 4

Tiny cell structures that carry out specific functions within a cell

Question 5

Ribosomes

Answer 5

Small Grain shaped organelles that produce proteins

Question 6

Cytoplasm

Answer 6

Fills the region between the cell membrane and the nucleus

Question 7

Mitochondria

Answer 7

Converts energy stored in food to energy the cell can use to live and function

Question 8

Endoplasmic reticulum

Answer 8

Or ER is an organelle with a network of membranes that produces many substances

Question 9

Golgi apparatus

Answer 9

Distributes proteins and materials to other parts of the cell.

Question 10

Vacuole

Answer 10

Stores food, water, and other materials.

Question 11

Chloroplast

Answer 11

Captures energy from the sun.

Question 12

Lysosomes

Answer 12

Contain substances that break down food particles.

Question 13

Multicellular

Answer 13

Means made of many cells

Question 14

Unicellular

Answer 14

Single-celled organism

Question 15

Tissue

Answer 15

A group of similar cells that work together

Question 16

Organ

Answer 16

Made of different kinds of tissues that work together

Question 17

Organ systems

Answer 17

A group of organs that work together to perform a major function

Question 18

Elements

Answer 18

Any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances

Question 19

Compounds

Answer 19

Form when two or more element combine chemically.

Question 20

Carbohydrates

Answer 20

Energy-rich organic compounds made of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

Question 21

Lipids

Answer 21

Compounds made mostly of carbon and hydrogen, some oxygen

Question 22

Proteins

Answer 22

Large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and, sometimes sulfur

Question 23

Enzymes

Answer 23

Speed up chemical reactions in living things

Question 24

Nucleic acids

Answer 24

Very long organic molecules of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and phosphorus

Question 25

DNA

Answer 25

The genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring

Question 26

Double helix

Answer 26

The shape of a DNA molecule