With your host…Ms. Durst!

Cells: The Building Blocks

of Life!

What are they

made of?

How are they

organized?

How do things

move in and out?

How do they

reproduce?

Miscellaneous

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Made of?: 10

Cells are the building blocks of

______.

Made of?: 20

What are the four elements that make up nearly 97% of all

living things?

Made of?: 30

What does it mean to be an “organic

molecule”?

Made of?: 40

What are the four types of organic

molecules?

Made of?: 50

What is the purpose of:1. Lipids?

2. Carbohydrates?(in cells)

Organized?: 10

Organisms that are made of more than one cell are

called _________________.

Organized?: 20

Cells can be separated into two groups: Prokaryotes

and Eukaryotes. What is the main difference between these two types?

Organized?: 30

Name four different organelles found in

Eukaryotic cells.

Organized?: 40

Where in the cell is the genetic information

stored?

Organized?: 50

Name one organelle that is only found in animal cells.

Name one organelle that is only found in plant cells.

Move in and out?: 10

Diffusion is the random movement of molecules from

an area of higher/lower concentration to an area of

higher/lower concentration.(Choose the correct words to

complete the phrase)

Move in and out?: 20

What do we call diffusion of water through membranes?

Move in and out?: 30

What conditions would cause an animal cell to burst?

(What would the concentration be like outside the cell? What

causes it to burst?)

Move in and out?: 40

Larger molecules (for example, glucose and amino acids) and ions cannot diffuse through

membranes without the help of special proteins

called ___________ proteins.

Move in and out?: 50

Why does “active transport” require energy?

Reproduce?: 10

True or False: In multicellular organisms, growth occurs primarily

through an increase in the size of cells rather than the

number of cells.

Reproduce?: 20

In what phase do cells spend most of their lifetime?

Reproduce?: 30

What are the four phases of mitosis (cell division)?

Reproduce?: 40

What is the process called by which new cells

specialize and become different in appearance and function from their

parent cells?

Reproduce?: 50

Why is it important for cells to undergo mitosis (cell

division)?

(I am looking for a very specific answer…there may

be several reasons)

Miscellaneous: 10

Are bacteria examples of prokaryotes or eukaryotes?

Miscellaneous: 20

What does it mean for a membrane to be

selectively permeable?

Miscellaneous: 30

Proteins are made up of _______ ______.

Humans produce 9 of these themselves and 11 they

must obtain in their diet.

Miscellaneous: 40

There are two main types of nucleic acids: _ _ _ and _ _

_.

Miscellaneous: 50

Carbohydrates also provide structure for cells.

_________ is a structural molecule found in the rigid

cell walls of plants.