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Cell Structures
Question | Answer |
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Outer boundary of cell, regulates what enters and leaves the cell, provides protection and support to the cell. | Cell membrane |
Control center, brain of cell, contains DNA. | Nucleus |
Jelly-like fluid composed of water, contains many different structures. | Cytoplasm |
Power house of cell, site of cellular respiration (release of energy) | Mitochondria |
Protein factories, site of protein synthesis. | Ribosomes |
Transports materials through the inside of cell, inter-cellular highway. | Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) |
Packing center, processes, packages and secretes proteins. | Golgi apparatus |
Storage-water, salts, protein, carbs, very large in plants | Vacuoles |
Cleanup crew, contains chemical and enzymes necessary for digesting materials, only in animal cells. | Lysosomes |
Provides protection and support or plant cells. | Cell wall |
Contains green pigment chlorophyll, uses sunlight to make food (photosynthesis, in plant cells only) | Chloroplasts |
The first person to see cells, he was looking at cork and noted he saw "chambers" in 1665. | Robert Hooke |
Consists of only one type of cell. | Unicellular |
Consists of more than 1 type of cells. | Multicellular |