structures found in cells

What is a cell?

What is a cell?

A cell is the Basic unit of life

Cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, vacuole, chloroplast are?

The structures of the cell

Which cell structure is also called a plasma membrane?

The Cell membrane

What does the cell membrane do?

The Cell membrane separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment. It is found in all cells.

What does the cell membrane consists of?

phospholipid bilayer and proteins

What is cytoplasm?

The cytoplasm is the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of the cell.

What is the cytoplasm made up of?

Waster, salts and various organic molecules

Some organelles such as the nucleus and mitochondria are enclosed by membranes that separate them from which cell structure?

The cytoplasm

Which cell structure is the membrane bound organelle containing chronozones?

The nucleus

What in the nucleus membrane allows the selective passage of certain molecules such as proteins and nucleic acid?

The pores

What is the function of the mitochondria?

The mitochondria generates most of the chemical energy needed to power most of the cells biochemical reaction. It is a membrane bound organelle.

What is produced by the mitochondria?

Chemical energy

Where is the chemical energy that is produced by the mitochondria stored?

Adenosine Triphosphate ( ATP)

Which cell structures are specific to plant cells?

Cell wall

Chloroplast

What is the cell wall?

The cell wall is the firm non-living layer that surrounds the cell membrane.

What is the function of the cell wall?

To enclose and support the cells of most plants, bacteria and algae.

What is the function of the chloroplast?

It serves as the site of photosynthesis within the cells of plants and certain algae.

What is the vacuole?

A membrane bound organelle present in both plants and animals. In plants they a large central vacuole but in animals they are small and scattered throughout the cytoplasm.

What is the function of the vacuole in plants?

to help maintain water balance, they take up most of the cell space.

What is the function of the vacuole in animals?

to forcibly remove water ( they are small)

What is the cytoplasm and nucleus together referred to?

Protoplasm