The Cell

Question 1

Four main parts of the human cell?

Answer 1

The cell membrane, protoplasm, organelles, and the nucleus.

Question 2

Functions of a cell?

Answer 2

Shaping the cell, protecting, breathing, communicating, absorbing nutrients, and eliminating wastes.

Question 3

The semi-permeable, double layer of fat/water soluble molecules of the cell membrane?

Answer 3

Phospholipidic Layer

Question 4

The gel-like substance contained within the cell membrane?

Answer 4

Protoplasm

Question 5

The portion of the protoplasm located between the cell membrane and the nuclear membrane?

Answer 5

Cytoplasm

Question 6

The portion of the protoplasm located within the nuclear membrane?

Answer 6

Nucleoplasm

Question 7

Specialized structures that preform specific functions?

Answer 7

Organelles

Question 8

The ‘powerhouse of the cell’ that produces ATP?

Answer 8

Mitochondria

Question 9

Granular structures that synthesize proteins; they assemble chains of amino acids into protein molecules?

Answer 9

Ribosomes

Question 10

Stacks of membranes that transport materials throughout the cell?

Answer 10

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Question 11

Serves as a site for ribosomes to attach to?

Answer 11

Rough ER

Question 12

Serves as a site for fat production?

Answer 12

Smooth ER

Question 13

Sacs that contain powerful enzymes that destroy bacteria and other foreign substances and breakdown cellular wastes?

Answer 13

Lysosomes

Question 14

Sacs that store and transport nutrients, wastes, and water?

Answer 14

Vacuoles

Question 15

Stacks of flattened sacs that collect and process proteins, packaging them with sugars to be transported out of the cell?

Answer 15

Golgi Complex

Question 16

The pair of hollow tubes that initiate the cell division process?

Answer 16

Centrioles

Question 17

What contains the cell’s reproductive informations (RNA and DNA)?

Answer 17

Nucleus

Question 18

Cell’s reproductive information?

Answer 18

RNA (ribonucleic acid) and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)