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Cells at CMS
Animal and Plant Cell Organelles
Question | Answer |
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What is the part of the cell that controls what gets in or out? | Cell Membrane |
What is the control center of a cell? | Nucleus |
A rigid outer layer that gives plant cells its structure/form. | Cell Wall |
This part of the cell is responsible for releasing the energy the cell needs. | Mitochondria |
What part of the cell stores the food, water, and waste? | Vacuole |
This part of a plant cell makes the food needed by the organism/cell. | Chloroplasts |
This thin rod-like structure is responsible for the characteristics of the cell. | Chromosomes |
These are the chemicals that are the "Blueprint of Life." | DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
This is a thin layer decides what gets in and out of the nucleus. | Nuclear Membrane |
A section of DNA that controls specific cell activities and characteristics of every organism | Gene |
The process that forms reproductive cells | Meiosis |
The process of cell division that produces new body cells with complete sets of chromosomes | Mitosis |
A factor that will determine whether a trait is shown | Dominant |
A checkerboard-type diagram used to find the possible combinations of factors in the offspring of two parents | Punnett Square |
A factor not shown when one of a pair is dominant | Recessive |
The form of reproduction by the joining of a male reproductive cell and a female reproductive cell | Sexual Reproduction |
The form of reproduction in which a new organism is produced without the joining of a sperm cell and an egg cell | Asexual Reproduction |