The cell composition

Question 1

separates cell from external environment ; control passage of organic molecules, ions, water, oxygen, waste in and out the cell

Answer 1

Plasma membrane

Question 2

Provides structure to cell : site of many metabolic reactions ; medium in which organelles are found ; gel-like cytosol

Answer 2

Cytoplasm

Question 3

location of DNA

Answer 3

Nucleoid

Question 4

cell organelle, house of DNA and directs the synthesis of ribosomes and proteins

Answer 4

Nucleus

Question 5

protein synthesis

Answer 5

Ribosomes

Question 6

ademosine triphosphate (ATP) production main energy-carrying molecule and cellular respiration ; own ribosome and DNA, double-membrane organelle

Answer 6

Mitochondria

Question 7

oxidize and break down fatty acid and amino acid, and detoxify poison

Answer 7

Peroxisomes

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Vesicle

Question 9

a sac inside a cell that acts as a storage area

Answer 9

Vacuole

Question 10

unspecified role in cell division in animal cell ; source of microtubules in animal cell

Answer 10

Centrosome

Question 11

digestion of macromolecules ; recycling of worn-out organelles

Answer 11

Lysosomes

Question 12

protection, structural support and maintenance of cell shape ; plants / fungi and protist cell / prokaryotes

Answer 12

Cell wall

Question 13

photosynthesis

Answer 13

Chloroplast

Question 14

modifies proteins and synthesizes lipids

Answer 14

Endoplasmic reticulum

Question 15

maintains cell’s shape, secures organelles in specific position, allows cytoplasm and vesicles to move within the cell, and enables unicellular organisms to move independently

Answer 15

Cytoskeleton

Question 16

cellular locomotion

Answer 16

Flagella

Question 17

modifies, sorts, tags, packages, and distributes lipids and proteins

Answer 17

Golgi apparatus

Question 18

cellular locomotion, movement of particles along extracellular surface of plasma membrane, and filtration

Answer 18

Cillia

Question 19

endomembrane system

Answer 19

endoplasmic reticulum / golgi apparatus / vesicles / peroxisomes

Question 20

water based solution with ions, small molecules and macromolecules

Answer 20

cytosol

Question 21

smallest filament in cytoskeleton ; moves cellular components

Answer 21

microfilaments

Question 22

intermediate diameter filaments in cytoskeleton ; have structural function

Answer 22

intermediate filaments

Question 23

thickest filament in cytoskeleton ; guide organelle movement structure and pull chromosomes to their poles (cell division)

Answer 23

microtubules