Science flash cards

Question 1

What are Organelles?

Answer 1

Structures that perform specific functions within the cell.

Question 2

What is a Cell?

Answer 2

The smallest unit that can perform all life processes.

Question 3

What is a Nucleus?

Answer 3

A Nucleus contains the Cell’s DNA.

Question 4

What is a Cell Membrane?

Answer 4

The barrier between the inside of a cell and the Cell’s environment.

Question 5

What is a Cell Wall?

Answer 5

a rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support for the cell.

Question 6

What are Chloroplasts?

Answer 6

organelles in plant and algae cells in which photosynthesis takes place.

Question 7

What is Mitochondria?

Answer 7

the site of cellular respiration allows the cells to use energy.

Question 8

What is a Ribosome?

Answer 8

organelles that make proteins, which are building materials for the cell.

Question 9

What is an Endoplasmic reticulum?

Answer 9

allows for the transport of cellular materials.

Question 10

What is a Golgi complex?

Answer 10

packages materials to be transported throughout the cell.

Question 11

What is a Vacuole

Answer 11

stores water in the cell.

Question 12

What is a Cytoplasm?

Answer 12

fluid that the organelles are set it.

Question 13

What is a Lysosome?

Answer 13

digests waste products in a cell.

Question 14

What is a Nuclear envelope?

Answer 14

a double membrane that surrounds the nucleus.

Question 15

What is a Nucleolus?

Answer 15

the organelle where ribosomes are made.

Question 16

What is a Vesicle?

Answer 16

a membrane bound sac that contains materials involved in transport of the cell.

Question 17

What is a Flagella?

Answer 17

whiplike tails found in one-celled organisms to aid in movement.

Question 18

What is a Pili?

Answer 18

allow prokaryotes to attach to surfaces and to each other and allows them to transfer DNA.

Question 19

What is a Rough ER?

Answer 19

That portion of the endoplasmic reticulum studded with ribosomes.