cell structure

• what are eukaryotic cells?


  animal and plant cells
• what are prokaryotic cells?


  bacteria
• what are cells


  smallest unit of life that can replicate independently
• what kind of reproduction is bacteria


  asexual reproduction
• what are examples of multicellular organism's?


  animal + plant
• what is the role of the cell membrane 


  controls which substances can pass in + out of the cell
• what is the nucleus 


  contains genetic info/ DNA
• what is cytoplasm


  jelly-like material containing nutrients and salts where chemical reactions take place
• Mitochondria


  The powerhouses of the cell, generating energy for the cell through aerobic respiration.
• what are ribosomes?


  Site of protein synthesis
• what are features of both plant and animal cells?

  -ribosomes

  -mitochondria

  -nucleus

  -cytoplasm

  -cell membrane
• what are features of only plant cells?


  -cell wall

  -permanent vacuole

  -chloroplasts

  -chlorophyll
• what is a cell wall?


  rigid cell wall made of cellulose which supports and structures the cell
• what is a vacuole?


  contains cell sap
• what are chloroplasts?


  responsible for photosynthesis
• what kind of cell are bacteria?


  unicellular
• what do bacteria not contain?


  -mitochondria

  -nucleus

  -chloroplasts
• what do bacteria cells contain?


  -plasmids

  -nucleoid

  -flagella
• what are nucleoids?


  circular strands of DNA, contains all genes they need to survive and reproduce
• what are plasmids?


  extra genes (antibiotic resistance)
• what are flagella?


  tail to propel bacteria