Biology: Cell Structure

Question 1

Name the person who first discovered and coined the name "cells" while looking at cork.

Accepted Answer

Robert Hooke

Question 2

What organelle dictates if things can pass into or out of a cell while also protecting it?

Accepted Answer

cell membrane

Question 3

Cellular Respiration occurs in this organelle:

Accepted Answer

mitochondria

Question 4

What type of complex cell has a membrane-bound nucleus containing DNA?

Accepted Answer

Eukaryotic

Question 5

What do we call the structures that perform a specific function within a cell?

Accepted Answer

organelles

Question 6

Which two organelles can only be found in plant cells?

Accepted Answer

cell wall & chloroplasts

Question 7

This organelle contains enzymes that help it digest biological materials in a cell.

Accepted Answer

lysosome

Question 8

Together, scientists Schwann, Schleiden, and Virchow developed what?

Accepted Answer

Cell Theory

Question 9

Which organelle is known as the "control center" or "brain" of a eukaryotic cell?

Accepted Answer

nucleus

Question 10

These organelles put together chains of amino acids to make proteins:

Accepted Answer

ribosomes

Question 11

Which substance contains the organelles found inside the cell wall, but outside the nucleus?

Accepted Answer

cytoplasm

Question 12

This organelle is a fluid-filled "storage" space that is much larger in plant cells:

Accepted Answer

vacuole

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