Parts Of Cell. Lesson 2

Question 1

Fluid portion of the cell found outside the nucleus

Answer 1

Cytoplasm

Question 2

Contains all the cells DNA and makes proteins and other important molecules

Answer 2

Nucleus

Question 3

Carry the cells genetic information

Answer 3

Chromosomes

Question 4

Stores materials like water, salts, carbohydrates, and proteins

Answer 4

Vacuoles

Question 5

specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a eukaryotic cell

Answer 5

Organelles

Question 6

What is something that all cells contain ?

Answer 6

DNA

Question 7

Protein filaments that give eukaryotic cells their shape. Helps transport materials between different parts of the cell. Helps the cell maintain its shape.

Answer 7

Cytoskeleton

Question 8

Threadlike structures made up of a protein called actin. forms networks that supports the cell and helps the cell move.

Answer 8

Microfilaments

Question 9

Hollow structures made up of proteins called tubulins. Maintains shape of cell and is important in cell division.

Answer 9

Microtubulies

Question 10

Located near the nucleus and helps organize cell division. Formed from tubulins.

Answer 10

Centrioles

Question 11

Small particles of RNA and protein found throughout the cytoplasm. Place where proteins are assembled. Produces proteins by following coded instructions from DNA.

Answer 11

Ribosomes

Question 12

Cell membrane system inside cell where lipid components and other materials of the cell are assembled and exported from the cell.

Answer 12

Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 13

Modifies, sorts, and packages the proteins and other materials from the endoplasmic reticulum to store in the cell or release it out of the cell.

Answer 13

Golgi apparatus

Question 14

Captures energy for, sunlight and converts it to food that contain chemical energy. (Photosynthesis)

Answer 14

Chloroplasts

Question 15

Converts chemical energy stored in food into compounds more convenient to the cell

Answer 15

Mitochondria

Question 16

Supporting layer around the membrane that supports, shapes, and protects the cell. Only found in plant cells.

Answer 16

Cell wall

Question 17

Cells that are porous allow what to pass through ?

Answer 17

Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and certain other substances can pass through easily

Question 18

Regulates what enters and leaves the cell

Answer 18

Cell membrane

Question 19

Gives cell membrane structure that forms strong barrier between cell and its surroundings.

Answer 19

Lipid bilayer

Question 20

When some substances can pass through the membrane and some cannot it is….

Answer 20

Selectively permeable