Cell Review

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Cell Review Questions

1. What is an organelle? Small organs structure inside a cell

2. Organelle known as the powerhouse Mitochondria

3. Organelle known as cell stomach Lysosomes

4. Organelle known as cell brain Nucleus

5. Organelle present in prokaryote cells Ribisomes

6. Organelle present in animal and plant cells

a. Mitochondria e. Cell membrane

b. Nucleus f. Nucleolus

c. Ribosomes g. Smooth endoplasmic Reticulum

d. RER h. Vacuoles

e. Golgi body i. Cytoplasm

7. Organelle present only in plant cells Chloroplast and Cell Wall

8. Organelle present in animal cells only Centriole and Lysosomes

9. What are the three scientists that develop the cell theory?

a. Theodore Schawn

b. Mathias Scheiden

c. Rudolph Virchow

10. What are two other names for the cell membrane?

a. Plasma membrane

b. Phospholipid bilayer

11. What does the word cell means? Small box or room like
Cell Review Questions

12. What is the function of the cell membrane? Controls what enter or leaves

the cells

13. What is a solution? It’s a mixture of a solvent and a solute

14. What is diffusion? Motion of particle through a semi-permiable membrane

from high concentration to low concentration

15. What is osmosis? Motion of water through a semi-permiable membrane

from high concentration to low concentration

16. What is the consequence to a cell in a hypertonic cell? Cell shrinks _

17. What is the consequence to a cell in a hypotonic cell? Cell swells_

18. What is the consequence to a cell in a isotonic cell? Cell stays the same

19. What is active transport? Motion of substances through a semi-permiable

membrane from low concentration to high concentration and requires

energy ATP.

20. What is passive transport? Motion of subtances through a semi-permiable

membrane from high concentration to low concentration, no energy

requied No ATP.

21. Mention two types of endocytosisPhagocytosis and Pinosytosis

22. Mention the difference between pinocytosis and phagocytosis

Phagocytosis cell engolfs or eats

23. What is a concentration gradient? high concentration to low concentration


Cell Review Questions

24. Define the following prefix:

a. Endo Inside
b. Exo outside
c. Hypo less
d. Hyper More
e. Iso equal
f. Phago eat
g. Pino drink
h. Cytos cell
i. Semi allow some things through
j.
25. Ocean water (hypertonic, hypotonic, isotonic)

26. Distill Water (hypertonic, hypotonic, isotonic)

27. Red blood cells (hypertonic, hypotonic, isotonic)

28. Why animal cells don’t have cell wall?animals can move and are more

flexible than plants.

29. Why plant cell have large vacuole? They need a lot of water

30. Which cell is bigger prokaryote or eukaryote? eukaryote

31. Why the plasma membrane is considered a semi-permeable membrane?

Selects what can pass or go through the membrane

32. Mention three component present in the cell membrane

a. Phosphates
b. Proteins
c. Lipids
Cell Review Questions

Draw the following


Animal Cell Plant Cell

vs

Diffusion Osmosis
particles water

vs

Passive Transport Active Transport


low low high

vs

ATP
high

Endocytosis Exocytosis

vs

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