Science | 10/10/23

Question 1

Who is Robert Hooke? What did he do/invent?

Answer 1

Looked at a cork under a microscope. He founded cells.

Question 2

Who is Anton Van Leunhooke? What did he do for a living? How did he come up with the microscope?

Answer 2

The inventor of the microscope. He counted threads for a living. He decided to stack glass on top of the material to enhance the threads.

Question 3

Plant cell walls keep..

Answer 3

The cells shape

Question 4

Plant chloroplast makes..

Answer 4

photosynthesis

Question 5

Plant larger vacuoles are used..

Answer 5

to stockpile food made from photosynthesis.

Question 6

Cell membrane is..

Answer 6

like skin, on the outside of a cell.

Question 7

Nucleus is..

Answer 7

the brain and control centre of a cell.

Question 8

Vacuole is..

Answer 8

like the stomach, stores food, water and waste.

Question 9

Mitochondria..

Answer 9

provides energy to the cell, and is a powerhouse.

Question 10

Cytoplasm..

Answer 10

a jelly like substance that keeps everything inside the cell in place.

Question 11

Ribosomes

Answer 11

provides the cell with protein (dots)

Question 12

Rough endoplasmic reticulum

Answer 12

the intestines and is a transport system surrounding the nucleus providing it with minerals and vitamins.

Question 13

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

Answer 13

the intestines and is a transport system surrounding the nucleus providing it with minerals and vitamins.

Question 14

What’s an organelle?

Answer 14

A small structure found within a cell; performs a specific function in a cell

Question 15

What two organelles are different?

Answer 15

Plants have the cell wall and chloroplast while animals don’t.

Question 16

What is the main difference between plant and animal cells?

Answer 16

The size in the vacuole. Plants have a larger vacuole.