Word Roots Quiz Ch. 6

Question 1

Centro

Answer 1

The center

Question 2

Soma

Answer 2

A body

Question 3

Chloro

Answer 3

Green

Question 4

Cili

Answer 4

Hair

Question 5

Cyto

Answer 5

Cell

Question 6

-ell

Answer 6

Small

Question 7

Endo

Answer 7

Inner

Question 8

Eu

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Extra

Answer 9

Outside

Question 10

Flagell

Answer 10

Whip

Question 11

Glyco

Answer 11

Sweet

Question 12

Lamin

Answer 12

Sheet/layer

Question 13

Lyso

Answer 13

Loosen

Question 14

Micro

Answer 14

Small

Question 15

Tubul

Answer 15

A little tube

Question 16

Nucle

Answer 16

Nucleus

Question 17

Oid

Answer 17

Like

Question 18

Centrosome

Answer 18

Structure present in the cytoplasm of all animal cells, important during cell division

Question 19

Chloroplast

Answer 19

The site of photosynthesis in plants and algae

Question 20

Cilium

Answer 20

A short hair-like cellular appendage with a microtubule core

Question 21

Cytosol

Answer 21

A semifluid medium in a cell in which are located organelles

Question 22

Organelle

Answer 22

A small membrane-enclosed structure with a specialized function in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells

Question 23

Endomembrane system

Answer 23

The system of membranes within a cell that includes the nuclear envelope, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, vacuoles, and the plasma membrane

Question 24

Eukaryotic cell

Answer 24

A cell that has a true nucleus

Question 25

Extracellular matrix

Answer 25

The substance in which animal tissue cells are embedded

Question 26

Flagellum

Answer 26

A long whip-like cellular appendage that moves cells

Question 27

Glycoprotein

Answer 27

A protein covalently bonded to a carbohydrate

Question 28

Nuclear lamina

Answer 28

A netlike array of protein filaments that maintains the shape of the nucleus

Question 29

Lysosome

Answer 29

A membrane-enclosed sac of hydrolytic enzymes that a cell uses to digest macromolecules

Question 30

Microtubule

Answer 30

A hollow rod of tubulin protein in the cytoplasm of almost all eukaryotic cells

Question 31

Nucleoid

Answer 31

The region where the genetic material is concentrated in prokaryotic cells