Unit 3 Semester Study Guide

GJUHSD Study Guide

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What holds the cell together and allows nutrients in and waste products out?
Cell membrane.
What are the energy-converting organelles?
Mitochondria and chloroplasts
What are the cell organelles that convert sugar to usable energy called?
Mitocondria.
What is the cell organelle which convert light energy into sugar called?
Chloroplast.
What is the part of a plant cell which helps it maintain its shape called?
Cell wall.
What organelles are found in plant cells, but not in animal cells?
Cell wall and chloroplasts.
What organelles are found in both plant and animal cells?
Nucleus, mitochondria, cell membrane.
Why do plant cells need chloroplasts?
Plants do not eat and need to convert light energy into sugar.
Why do animal cells not need chloroplasts?
Animals eat food to get sugar which is converted to energy.
Why do both animal cells and plant cells have mitochondria?
Both animal cells and plant cells need to convert sugar into usable energy.
What is the cell organelle which holds the hereditary information of the cell called?
Nucleus.
What is the heredity material in a cell called?
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid.
What is the function of DNA?
Provide instructions for the function of the cell.
What are the basic units of living things?
Cells.
A person has about 200 different kinds of cells; each specialized to do a particular job. This means that a person is what type of organism?
Multicellular.