How Is A Plant Made?
A cell is:
the basic building block of organisms
The basic structural units of plants and animals are
cells
A remarkable fact about cells is:
cells are very different, yet have similar properties
The material which provides rigidity to cell walls is
cellulose
Cells are analogous to a _______ factory. They utilize ______ to _________ and _________ organic substances.
chemical, energy, synthesize, decompose
All the organic chemicals and structures between the plasma membrane and the nucleus is called:
cytoplasm
The protoplast consists of:
everything inside the cell membrane
Give three ways plant and animal cells are similar in structure.
1. Protoplasm 2. Subunits 3. Membrane
Give three ways plant and animal cells are different in structure:
1. cell wall 2. vacuoles 3. chloroplasts
List five of the operations conducted by the "cell factory":
1. convert energy 2. duplicating itself 3. synthesizing chemicals 4. perform maintenance 5.decompose chemicals
Four substances which could be found in the cell vacuoles are: Please use singular forms of the word in the boxes.
1. mineral 2. sugar 3. protein 4. waste
About how many cells does the human body contain?
3(10^13)
vacuole
A cell storage body that increases in size with age
membrane
A protein and fat structure serving as a covering and enclosure for a cell
chromosome
Carries the genes or inheritance units of a cell
Protoplasm consists of the chemicals contained within the ________ and ________
Cytoplasm, nucleus
The protoplasm and cytoplasm of a plant are interchangeable terms.
False.
Provide the specific name to these plastids:
Green: Chloroplasts Orange: Chromoplasts Colorless: Leucoplasts
The first man to describe plant cells was an English physicist named _______
Robert Hooke
cell
The basic building block of all forms of life
A plant cell can also selectively _________ substances between its internal and external environment.
exchange
protoplasm
The organic substance making up the cells of all living things
nucleus
The protoplasmic substance separate from the cytoplasm
protoplast
The protoplasmic unit of a cell
cell wall
The rigid wall of plant cells that surrounds the cell membrane
chloroplast
The tiny body that contains chlorophyll
A plant chloroplast is a plastid.
True.
Plant cells convert solar energy into chemical energy.
True.
The basic functions of a multi-cellular plant such as a rose are also conducted by a unicellular alga.
True.
When was the "cell" first identified and named?
approx. 300 years ago
A plant cell is able to perform its own internal __________ in order to remain operational.
maintenance
All lifeforms including humans and animals could not exist on the earth without the process of ________ which is unique to plants.
photosynthesis
Some cells can _______ themselves as well as the _______ plant.
reproduce, entire
