Cells

What are the building blocks of every organism

Cells

What type of cells are complex and include all animal and plant cells

Eukaryotic cells

What type of cells are smaller and simpler like bacteria

Prokaryotic cells

What is an organism made up of eukaryotic cells called

An eukaryote

What is a single-celled prokaryotic organism called

A prokaryote

What are the different parts of a cell called

Subcellular structures (or organelles)

Which subcellular structure contains genetic material that controls the activities of the cell

Nucleus

Where is genetic material arranged into chromosomes inside an animal or plant cell

Nucleus

Which gel-like substance is where most chemical reactions happen and contains enzymes

Cytoplasm

Which structure holds the cell together and controls what goes in and out

Cell membrane

Where do most of the reactions for aerobic respiration take place

Mitochondria

What process transfers energy that the cell needs to work

Respiration

Which subcellular structures are involved in the translation of genetic material and synthesis of proteins

Ribosomes

What rigid structure made of cellulose supports and strengthens a plant cell

Rigid cell wall

What plant cell structure contains cell sap (a weak solution of sugar and salts) and maintains internal pressure

Large vacuole

Where does photosynthesis occur in a plant cell

Chloroplasts

What green substance inside chloroplasts absorbs the light needed for photosynthesis

Chlorophyll

True or False: Bacterial cells contain a nucleus

False

What controls a bacterial cell's activities and replication while floating freely in the cytoplasm

Chromosomal DNA

What are the small loops of extra DNA found in bacteria that can contain genes for drug resistance

Plasmid DNA

What is the long hair-like structure that rotates to make a bacterium move

Flagellum