Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function

Question 1

DNA storage center of eukaryotic cells

Answer 1

Nucleus

Question 2

Simple protein producing structure. Reads mRNA

Answer 2

Ribosome

Question 3

Regulates water and gases in and out of cell

Answer 3

Cell Membrane

Question 4

Protective covering found on Bacteria, Plant, and Fungus cell walls.

Answer 4

Cell Wall

Question 5

Nutrient rich “cell goo”

Answer 5

Cytoplasm

Question 6

Structure covered in ribosomes that makes complicated proteins like enzymes.

Answer 6

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

Question 7

Makes most lipids

Answer 7

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Question 8

Structure that stores enzymes for destroying things.

Answer 8

Lysosome

Question 9

Creates vesicles for movement and vacuoles for storage.

Answer 9

Golgi Apparatus

Question 10

Uses sugars and oxygen to power up ATP.

Answer 10

Mitochondria

Question 11

A chemical that stores energy inside it for use by cells.

Answer 11

ATP

Question 12

Chemical that uses sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide.

Answer 12

Chloroplast

Question 13

Churro-shaped structure in charge of managing cell reproduction.

Answer 13

Centriole

Question 14

Asexual reproduction in bacteria.

Answer 14

Binary Fission

Question 15

Asexual reproduction in eukaryotic cells.

Answer 15

Mitosis

Question 16

Meiosis

Answer 16

Sexual cell reproduction

Question 17

Cell with membrane-protected structures and a nucleus.

Answer 17

Eukaryote (“true nut”)

Question 18

Cell with ribosomes, circular DNA, and not much else.

Answer 18

Prokaryote (“before nut”)

Question 19

Activation of genes in a stem cell to make it a specific cell

Answer 19

Cell Differentiation

Question 20

Unique Cell that has no specific genes active yet.

Answer 20

Stem Cell

Question 21

Whip-Like tail for movement (sperm cell)

Answer 21

Flagella

Question 22

Small hair-like structures for movement (paramecium)

Answer 22

Cilia

Question 23

Body extension for movement (like how a blob moves)

Answer 23

Pseudopod