CWMS CELL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basic building block of life
Cell Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. All living things are made up of cells
2. Cells are the basic unit of life
3. All cells come from preexisting cells
Prokaryote - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅primitive cell with no nucleus or membrane bound organelles;
examples are Bacteria and Archaea; pro means before and kary means nucleus
Eukaryote - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅cell with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles; examples are
animals, plants, protists, fungi ; eu means true and kary means nucleus
Organelle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell;
"little organ"
Cell Membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Controls what enters and exits the cell, protects and supports
cell, and helps cells communicate with other cells
Cytoplasm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Jelly-like material that contains organelles
Nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Directs all the cells activities; contains the cell's DNA
Ribosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Make proteins
Lysosome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An organelle containing digestive enzymes
Golgi apparatus (AKA Golgi bodies) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A system of membranes that modifies and
packages proteins for export by the cell
Cell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basic building block of life
Cell Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. All living things are made up of cells
2. Cells are the basic unit of life
3. All cells come from preexisting cells
Prokaryote - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅primitive cell with no nucleus or membrane bound organelles;
examples are Bacteria and Archaea; pro means before and kary means nucleus
Eukaryote - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅cell with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles; examples are
animals, plants, protists, fungi ; eu means true and kary means nucleus
Organelle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell;
"little organ"
Cell Membrane - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Controls what enters and exits the cell, protects and supports
cell, and helps cells communicate with other cells
Cytoplasm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Jelly-like material that contains organelles
Nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Directs all the cells activities; contains the cell's DNA
Ribosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Make proteins
Lysosome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An organelle containing digestive enzymes
Golgi apparatus (AKA Golgi bodies) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A system of membranes that modifies and
packages proteins for export by the cell
