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WES cells
WES matter & cells
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The building blocks of life | cells |
| The cell's "power plant" | mitochondria |
| The "brain" or control center of the cell | nucleus |
| The thin outer covering of the cell | cell membrane |
| The part of the plant cell where photosynthesis takes place | chloroplast |
| What are two things that a plant cell has that an animal cell does not | cell wall and chloroplast |
| What are the most primitive, single-celled organisms called? | bacteria |
| Who came up with the word cells by looking at cork under a microscope? | Robert Hooke |
| What is the jelly-like substance inside the cell? | Cytoplasm |
| What gives support and protection to the plant cell? | Cell wall |
| What do you call the thin outer covering of a cell that allows certain materials in and out of the cell | cell membrane |
| What do you call the part of the plant cell where photosynthesis occurs? | chloroplast |
| What is the green pigment in plants called? | chlorophyll |
| What is the process by which plants make food using sunlight? | photosynthesis |
| What is the cells storage center called? | vacuole |
| What is the cells control center (brain) called? | Nucleus |
| What do you call the small structures inside a cell like the nucleus, vacuole, and mitochondria | organelles |
| What do you call single-celled organisms that live in pond water? | protists |
| What shape are most plant cells? | rectangular |
| What are the thread-like structures inside the nucleus that contain DNA | chromosomes |
| What type of cells do not have a nucleus | bacteria |