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WES Science Cells
Plant and animal cell review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was the first to see single-celled creatures with a ___________________ he invented? | Microscope |
| 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 are two things that a plant cell has that an animal cell does not? | cell wall & chloroplast |
| 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 |