Cell Structure

Match the following

• Mitochondria

• Controls what can enter and leave the cell

• Nucleus

• Makes proteins

• Chloroplast

• Control center of the cell. Contains genetic information

• Cell Membrane

• Uses food to make ATP (energy)

• Ribosomes

• Uses sunlight to make sugar

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Match the following

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Modifies, Sorts, and packages proteins and other materials for the E.R

• Golgi body

• Jelly-like fluid inside the cell that holds organelles in place

• Cytoplasm

• Transportation of items throughout the cell. Production of fats.

• Vacuoles

• Strong layer around the cell membrane that protects the cell and maintains its shape

• Cell wall

• Sac-like structure that stores materials inside the cell

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Match the following

• Organelle

• Organisms whose cells contain a nucleus

• Prokaryotes

• Organisms whose cell do not contain a nucleus

• Lysosome

• Specialized structures within a cell that perform important cell functions

• Eukaryotes

• The basic unit of life

• Cell

• Contains digestive enzymes for breaking down large molecules/waste

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 If a biologist is looking under a microscope, which of the following observations tell him that the organism he is looking at is eukaryotic?

• Unicellular

• Moves with flagella

• Has a cell membrane

• Has membrane-bound organelles

 Which of the following is a characteristic of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

• A. Both lack a nucleus  

• Both undergo meiosis  

• Both contain mitochondria   

• Both contain genetic material

The cells of eukaryotes have a ​ (a)   the cells of ​ (b)   do not.

• nucleus
• prokaryotes
• animals
• protista

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 Eukaryotic cells also have a variety of specialized structures inside their cells called ​ (a)  

• membrane-bound organelles
• RNA
• Prokaryotic

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The cells of plants have a ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   while animal cells do not

• chloroplasts
• cell wall
• nucleus
• mitochondria
• cell membrane

Tap on all of the eukaryotic cells

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Tap on all of the prokaryotic cells

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