The cell

Question 1

what are prokaryotes?

Answer 1

unicellular organisms that lack organelles or other internal membrane-bound structures

Have no nucleus’s but have a singular chromosome located in the nucleoid

Question 2

what is an organelle?

Answer 2

sub cellular structure that has 1/more specific jobs to perform in the cell

Question 3

Functions of the Nucleus (3)

Answer 3

• directs activities from cell -> metabolism
• chromatin network -> hereditary characteristics = DNA
• Nucleous -> protein synthesis

Question 4

Functions of the Mitochodrion (1)

Answer 4

Cellular respiration-> breaks down glucose to release energy (ATP)

Question 5

Functions of Chloroplasts/ Plastids (1)

Answer 5

photosynthesis has chlorophyll

Question 6

Functions of Leucoplasts/ Plastids (2)

Answer 6

• centers of starch grain formation

* involved in the synthesis of oils and proteins

Question 7

Function of Ribosomes (1)

Answer 7

• protein synthesis

* not membrane bound

Question 8

Function of ER (2)

Answer 8

• transportation system -> proteins are contained within it until they are needed to move
• ER occurs in every type of eukaryotic cell expect red blood cells and sperm cells

Question 9

Function of Golgi

Answer 9

• sorting and processing proteins

Question 10

Function of Vacuole

Answer 10

• store water and minerals

* turgid

Question 11

Function of Centrioles of Centrosomes

Answer 11

Assists in process of mitosis and produces spindle fiber

Question 12

Function of Lysosomes

Answer 12

• suicide bag

* intracellular digestion