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cells
cells and organelles
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Science
8th Grade
04/24/2013

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Term
organ systems work together to perform a task and make up ____.
Definition
the organism
Term
What are advanced cells with a nucleus and many other organelles?
Definition
eukaryotic
Term
What is the extra protective covering around plant cells that the cell from bursting?
Definition
cell wall
Term
What four items do plant cells need to make their own food?
Definition

chlorophyl

sunlight

water

 carbon dioxide

Term

Plant cells and animal cells can make their own food.

TRUE or FALSE

Definition

FALSE

Only plant cells can make their own food.

Term
The cell membrane is to a cell like a _____ is to a school.
Definition
doors
Term
What two things are needed by the mitochondria to make energy?
Definition

glucose

oxygen

Term
The food making process of the chloroplast is called ____.
Definition
photosynthesis
Term
What is the smallest unit of life?
Definition
cell
Term
What are the tough protein structures in the cytoplasm which keep the cell from flattening?
Definition
cytoskeleton
Term
Organs in the body work as a team to accomplish a goal and make up _____ in the body.
Definition
organ system
Term
If the E.R. has ribosomes on it, the E.R. is called _____ E.R.
Definition
rough
Term
What is the organelle which is the brain of the cell?
Definition
nucleus
Term
What are small sections of DNA which control a small section of the body?
Definition
genes
Term
What are the "little organs" in cells which perform different jobs to keep the cell alive?
Definition
organelles
Term
The nucleus is to a cell like a ____is  to a school.
Definition
principal
Term
What is the special covering around all cells which protects them?
Definition
cell membrane
Term
Eukaryotic cells are simple cells because they have no nucleus or any other _____.
Definition
organelles
Term
What are simple cells with no organelles?
Definition
prokaryotic
Term
What is the center of the nucleus?
Definition
nucleolus
Term
The nucleus contains the ____ which makes it the control center?
Definition
DNA
Term
What are the two waste products of respiration?
Definition

water vapor

carbon dioxide

Term
Give an example of eukaryotic cells.
Definition

plant cells

animal cells

Term
What is the organelle which plant cells ahve to make glucose-a simple sugar.
Definition
chloroplast
Term
What organelle is responsible for turning glucose into energy?
Definition
mitochondria
Term
What allows substances to enter and exit the cell?
Definition
cell membrane
Term
Give an example of a prokaryotic cell?
Definition
bacteria
Term
The nucleus is usually in the ____ of the cell.
Definition

center

middle

Term
The E.R. is like the _____ of the cell.
Definition

highway

road

Term
Animal cells are ____ shaped.
Definition

round

circular

Term
What organelle is responsible for transport?
Definition
E.R.
Term
What organelle is responsible for making protein?
Definition
ribosomes
Term
The chloroplast has a green pigment called _____ which absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis.
Definition
chlorophyll
Term
What is the organelle with digestiuve enzyes which eat worn out cell organelles, food, and waste to keep the cell clean?
Definition
lysosome
Term
What organelle of the cell sorts, packages, and delivers pakages to the right place?(post office)
Definition
Golgi body
Term
Plants take in _____ gas and give off _____ gas during photosynthesis.
Definition

carbon dioxide in

oxygen out

Term
Prokaryotes have no _____ or any other organelles.
Definition
nucleus
Term
What is the chemical formula for glucose?
Definition
C6H12O6
Term
Tissues work together in the body to accomplish a task and make up ____ in the body.
Definition
organs
Term
If the E.R. has no ribosomes on it, the E.R. is called _____ E.R.
Definition
smooth
Term
The lysosomes are the ____ of the cell.
Definition

cleaners

garbagemen

Term
All of your genes are found located on all 46 _____.
Definition
chromosomes
Term
This organelle hangs around the Golgi body and waits to be filled with substances to be delivered anywhere inside or outside the cell.
Definition
vesicle
Term
Plant cells have a ____ shape.
Definition
rectangular or square
Term
How dpoes the mitochondria make energy for the cell?
Definition
cellular respiration
Term

Plant cells are round and animal cells are rectangular.

TRUE or FALSE

Definition

FALSE

animal cells are round and

plant cells are rectangular

Term
Cells work together to perform a task and make up _____ in the body.
Definition
tissues
Term
What tells the cell membrane what may enter and exit the cell?
Definition
nucleus
Term
What does the mitochondria make when it combines glucose and oxygen together?
Definition
energy
Term
What is the gel-like fluid inside the cell which allows the organelles to be suspended in place?
Definition
cytoplasm
Term
When plants make glucose, they give off a waste product called _____.
Definition
oxygen
Term

Since the mitochondria makes the energy for the cell, it is called the ____.

 

Definition

powerhouse

mighty

Term
What are storage containers in the cell which stay in the cell and cannot move around?
Definition
vacuoles
Term
What organelle has digestive enzymes surrounded by a protective coating and eats waste and worn out cell parts?
Definition
lysosomes
Term
The cell membrane is _____ since it allows only certain materials to enter and exit the cell.
Definition

selectively permeable

semipermeable

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