cells

Cards (44)

  • What type of cells are bacterial cells?
    Prokaryotic cells
  • What are cells considered as?
    Basic building blocks of life
  • What defines cells as the basic building blocks of life?
    Smallest unit of life that can replicate
  • What happens when bacteria cells divide?
    They are also reproducing
  • What is the term for organisms made of many cells?
    Multicellular
  • What is the purpose of cell division in multicellular organisms?
    Growth or replacing dead cells
  • What does the skin contain when observed under a microscope?
    Skin cells
  • How many different types of cells do humans contain?
    Hundreds
  • How many cells is it thought that an adult contains?
    Over 40 trillion
  • What is compared side by side to highlight similarities and differences?
    Animal and plant cells
  • What is another term for the different parts that make up the cell?
    Subcellular structures or organelles
  • What surrounds both animal and plant cells?
    Cell membranes
  • What is the function of the cell membrane?
    Control which substances pass in and out
  • What does the nucleus contain?
    Genetic material or DNA
  • What does the nucleus control?
    Activities of the cell
  • What is the gel-like substance filling cells called?
    Cytoplasm
  • What do the subcellular structures sit in?
    Cytoplasm
  • Where do chemical reactions take place?
    Cytoplasm
  • What is the function of mitochondria?
    Provide cells with energy
  • What process do mitochondria use to release energy?
    Aerobic respiration
  • What do mitochondria break down to release energy?
    Sugars like glucose
  • What is the function of ribosomes?
    Protein synthesis
  • What is meant by 'site of protein synthesis'?
    Where proteins are made
  • What extra structures do plant cells have?
    Cell wall, vacuole, chloroplasts
  • What is the rigid cell wall in plant cells made of?
    Cellulose
  • What is the function of the cell wall?
    Provide support and structure
  • Why is the cell wall's strength important?
    To prevent bursting from water intake
  • What does a permanent vacuole contain?
    Cell sap
  • What is cell sap a mixture of?
    Sugars, salts, and water
  • What are chloroplasts the site of?
    Photosynthesis
  • What do plants use photosynthesis for?
    To make sugars like glucose
  • What green substance do chloroplasts contain?
    Chlorophyll
  • What is the function of chlorophyll?
    Absorbs light energy
  • What does chlorophyll do for plants leaves?
    Makes them green
  • What term describes bacteria consisting of a single cell?
    Unicellular
  • What organelles are NOT found in bacteria cells?
    Mitochondria and chloroplasts
  • Where is the genetic material of bacterial cells located?
    Free in the cytoplasm
  • What shape is the DNA in bacteria?
    Circular strand
  • What does the circular strand of DNA in bacteria contain?
    Genes for survival and reproduction
  • What is another name for the circular strand of DNA in bacteria?
    Circular chromosome or nucleoid