Cell Organelles and Cell Cycle Vocabulary

-nucleic acid molecule that contains genetic information

-makes up chromosomes

-double helix with nitrogen base pairs

• RNA

• ATP

• DNA

• chromatin

Substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around proteins called histones

• chromosome

• chromatin

• chromatid

• centromere

TRUE or FALSE

A chromatid is one of two similar "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome connected with a centromere.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

the region of the chromosome that holds the two sister chromatids together during mitosis

• centromere

• centrosome

• centriole

• cents

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

organelles responsible for forming and anchoring the spindle fibers

• centromere

• centrosome/centriole

• cents

• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

TRUE or FALSE:

During telophase the cytoplasm divides to form two separate daughter cells

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended

• cytokinesis

• cytosome

• cytoplasm

• cellular plasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This is a picture of

• chromatin

• chromosome

• centriole

• centrosome

Description: Made of lipids and proteins, Found in ALL cells

Function: Controls the passage of substances in and out of the cell

• cell wall

• cell nucleus

• cell membrane

• cell cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The organelle pictured here contains DNA and chromatin.

• rough endoplasmic reticulum

• smooth endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleolus

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS3-1