Science Plant and Animal Cells

What does the DNA inside of the nucleus determine?

Activities of the cell

What is the transportation network of the cell called?

Endoplasmic reticulum

What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Mitochondria

What is the control center of the cell?

Nucleus

What do vacuoles store?

Water, food, and nutrients

What protects the cell and controls what comes in and what comes out of the cell?

Cell membrane / Plasma membrane

Name two organelles that plant cells have but animal cells do not have.

Chloroplast and cell wall

All of the organelles are held in a gel called __________________.

Cytoplasm

What determines what type of hair a person will have?

DNA

True or False? You do not need a microscope to see cells.

False

True or False? Plant cells have more than one small vacuole called vesicles.

False Animal cells

What is the post office of the cell?

Golgi apparatus

What sorts and processes proteins?

Golgi apparatus / Golgi body

What do ribosomes do?

Make proteins

What organelle makes proteins?

Ribosomes

Which cell has one large vacuole?

Plant cells

What are the two types of cells?

Plants and animal cells

The process of making protein is called ___________________.

Proteinsynthesis

What are organelles?

Smaller parts of cells

What are vacuoles?

Storage tanks

What happens during photosynthesis?

Sun transfers energy to the plants to make food

Cells are sometimes called ________________________.

The building blocks of life

Why do cells need proteins?

To build new structures, repair damage, and direct chemical reactions

What is the endoplasmic reticulum?

Transports things throughout the cell

True or False? Animal cells are round and irregular in shape.

True

True or False? Animal cells do not have a cell wall because they do not need them.

True

True or False? Vacuoles are larger in plant cells than animal cells.

True