Study Guide Cells Note Cards

Question 1

Prokaryotes

Answer 1

a microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane

Question 2

Eukaryotes

Answer 2

An organism whose cells contain a nucleus surrounded by a membrane

Question 3

Organelle

Answer 3

Are types of cells that are found in a certain type of body part.

Question 4

Cell membrane

Answer 4

A cell that lets stuff in and lets stuff out.

Question 5

Cell wall

Answer 5

This cell supports and protects the other cells.

Question 6

Cytoplasm

Answer 6

This cells holds shapes and cells.

Question 7

Nucleus

Answer 7

Is the control center of all cells

Question 8

Mitochondria

Answer 8

Makes the energy in the form of ATP for the cells.

Question 9

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Answer 9

The cell transports stuff and is smooth and rough

Question 10

Golgi Apparatus

Answer 10

Processes proteins and ships them out of the cells

Question 11

Lysosome

Answer 11

Digests waste, worn out cell parts, and foreign invaders.

Question 12

Vacuole

Answer 12

Stores water and food and all that other stufff

Question 13

Photosynthesis

Answer 13

The process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food.

Question 14

Autotroph

Answer 14

Is living thing that does not use other living things as energy like a plant uses the sun for its energy.

Question 15

Heterotroph

Answer 15

A living thing that eats other living things for energy like a lion eating a pig.

Question 16

Chlorophyll

Answer 16

a green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.

Question 17

Cellar respiration

Answer 17

Cellular respiration is a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine

Question 18

Fermentation

Answer 18

the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.