Cell Membrane Lesson

Lipids are vital- they help keep cells working properly. What is one way the cells in our bodies use lipids?

• to carry information in the cell

• to form cell membranes

• to repair broken bones

• to make amino acids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is the difference between eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells?

• Only prokaryotic cells have genetic material.

• Only eukaryotic cells have a cell membrane.

• Only prokaryotic cells have cytoplasm.

• Only eukaryotic cells have membrane-bound organelles.

A protective boundary of a cell that lets substances in and out of the cell

• cell wall

• ribosomes

• cell membrane

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

True or false:  Anything can enter and leave a cell.

• True

• False

Animal cells and plant cells have all of the same organelles.

• True

• False

a protective layer that covers a cell's surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell's environment

• protein

• eukaryote

• nucelus

• cell membrane

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The smallest functional and structural unit of all living organisms

• molecule

• nucleus

• cell

• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A lipid that contains phosphorus and makes the cell membrane of a cell

• cell membrane

• nucleic acid

• phospholipid

• prokaryote

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

a fat molecule or molecule with similar properties that does not dissolve in water

• lipid

• cytoplasm

• protein

• nucleic acid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The function of the cell membrane is....

• to regulate what enters and leaves the cell (selectively permeable).

• fight bacteria and viruses that enter the cell.

• provide rigid support and protection to the cell.

• make sure each cell can move

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2