Structure Of A Cell

Question 1

Cell

Answer 1

A membrane bound structure that is the basic unit of life

Question 2

Cell Membrane

Answer 2

The phospholipid bilayer that forms the outer boundary of the cell

Question 3

Cell Theory

Answer 3

This says that 1. all living things are made of cells, 2. cells are the basic unit of structure and function and 3. cells only come from other cells.

Question 4

Cell wall

Answer 4

A rigid structure that surrounds the cells of plants and most bacteria

Question 5

Cytoplasm

Answer 5

The region of the cell between the cell membrane and the nucleus

Question 6

Cytoskeleton

Answer 6

A network of long protein strands in the cytosol that helps support the cell

Question 7

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Answer 7

An internal membrane system in which components of cell membrane and some proteins are constructed

Question 8

Eukaryote

Answer 8

A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles

Question 9

flagella

Answer 9

Whiplike tails found in one-celled organisms to aid in movement

Question 10

Golgi apparatus

Answer 10

A system of membranes that modifies and packages proteins for export by the cell

Question 11

Lysosomes

Answer 11

An organelle containing digestive enzymes. Break down waste products of cells

Question 12

Mitochondria

Answer 12

Powerhouse of the cell, produces energy (ATP) from oxygen and sugar (Cellular respiration)

Question 13

Nuclear envelope

Answer 13

A double membrane that surrounds the nucleus in the cell

Question 14

Nucleolus

Answer 14

The organelle where ribosomes are made, synthesized and partially assembled, located in the nucleus

Question 15

Nucleus

Answer 15

The organelle that contains the DNA and controls the processes of the cell

Question 16

Organelle

Answer 16

One of several bodies with a specialized function that is suspended in the cytosol of the cell

Question 17

pili

Answer 17

Allow prokaryotes to attach to surfaces and to each other and allows them to transfer DNA

Question 18

prokaryote

Answer 18

A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles

Question 19

Ribosome

Answer 19

An organelle that functions in the synthesis of proteins (both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes)

Question 20

Rough ER

Answer 20

That portion of the endoplasmic reticulum studded with ribosomes

Question 21

Smooth ER

Answer 21

That portion of the endoplasmic reticulum that is free of ribosomes

Question 22

Vacuole

Answer 22

Stores water and nutrients for the cell; very large in plant cells

Question 23

vesicle

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What are the similarities between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

Answer 24

Have DNA, ribosomes, cell membrane, cytoplasm

Question 25

Chloroplast

Answer 25

Found in plant cells that make glucose by traping light energy and converts it to chemical energy in a process called photosynthesis.