Match the plant and bacterial organelles/structures to their jobs/functions.
A. cell wall
B. central vacuole
C. chloroplast
D. pili
A. support and protection
B. holds water that presses on outer cell to keep cell plump and stores nutrients, wastes, and helps maintain pH
C. contains pigments and enzymes that make sugar from water and carbon dioxide using light energy (photosynthesis)
D. anchor/stick cell to surfaces and can be used to transfer DNA from one cell to another for reproduction
Which of the following is FALSE about cells?
A. Cells are the smallest LIVING thing.
B. Cells are made of organelles.
C. The endosymbiotic theory states that mitochondria and chloroplasts used to be free-living bacteria that moved into a eukaryotic cell and because they both benefited, the bacteria evolved into organelles instead of bacteria.
D. Most cells in a human are constantly moving around the body and they usually live as long as the human they are in.
E. One cell can be an entire organism.