Cell Theory | Plant an animal adaptations | Plant and animal cells | Cell Division | Scary Halloween facts |
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What is a Cell?
The basic unit of life and the smallest part of a living thing that is capable of life.
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What are adaptations?
These enable organisms to survive and reproduce.
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What is the nucleus?
The control center of the cell.
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What is the cell cycle?
The ongoing process of cell growth division and replacement.
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What is Halloween?
All Hallows Evening
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Who is Robert Hooke?
English Scientist who was the first person to observe a cell.
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What is a tropism?
The response of an organism toward or away from a stimulus.
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What are chloroplasts?
The structures found in many plant leaves and stems that trap sunlight to make food.
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What is Interphase?
The stage between cell division, where cell organelles double.
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What is the Chupacabra?
Commonly known as the goat sucker.
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What is the Microscope?
Device that was first used to observe cells.
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What is Camouflage?
A disguise used to make something look like its surroundings.
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What is passive transport?
The movement of substances through membranes without the use of the cell's energy.
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What is Metaphase?
Stage of mitosis where chromosome pairs line up along the middle of the cell.
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Who is Freddy Krueger?
Long time resident of Elm Street.
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What is Cell Theory?
All living things are made of one or more cells.
Cell are the basic units of life. All cells come from existing cells. |
What is instinct?
An inherited behavior, one that is not learned but instead done automatically.
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What is photosynthesis?
Sunlight, Water, and carbon dioxide are needed to complete this process.
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What is a zygote?
When the female and male sex cell join together they form a single cell.
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Who is Jason Voorhees?
Drowned son of summer camp cook.
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What is an organ?
A group of two or more types of tissue that work together to carry out a specific function.
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What is mimicry?
An adaptation in which an animal is protected against predators by its resemblance to a different animal.
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What are plant cells?
Cell walls and Chloroplasts are organelles that set these cells apart from others.
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What is fertilization?
This occurs when a sperm cell joins an egg cell.
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What are Jack-o' lanterns?
Named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs, called will-o'-the-wisp.
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