Cell Game 6 th Grade

Instructions You have 30 seconds on a piece of paper to answer the following questions. When you hear this sound put down your pencil. Whoever has the most correct answers at the end will win.

Question 1: All cells have an outer covering that gives it shape

Times Up Answer: cell membrane

Question 2: The basic unit of life

Times Up Answer: cell

Question 3: This is the cell’s control center

Times Up Answer: nucleus

Question 4: Cells working together for the same function make these.

Times Up Answer: tissues

Question 5: Long strands in the nucleus that are the blueprints of the cell for transferring directions to the next generation

Times Up Answer: chromosomes

Question 6: What does the size and shape of a cell tell us?

Times Up Answer: its function

Question 7: What does a bacteria and plant cell have in common?

Times Up Answer: cell membrane and cell wall

Question 8: The removal of wastes produced by living things

Times Up Answer: excretion

Question 9: This carbon compound supplies energy for the cell activities and can be found in fruits, bread, spaghetti, and potatoes.

Times Up Answer: carbohydrates

Question 10: the bladder is an example of this

Times Up Answer: organ

Question 11: These are sac-like storage spaces used for food or waste.

Times Up Answer: vacuoles

Question 12: The intake of food provides raw material and energy for growth, repair, and activities.

Times Up Answer: nutrition

Question 13: The gel like substance inside the cell membrane that all the life’s processes take place

Times Up Answer: cytoplasm

Question 14: Bacteria is an example of this

Times Up Answer: one celled organism

Question 15: All cells are made of parts that are called…

Times Up Answer: organelles

Question 16: Tissues working together to carry out a certain activity.

Times Up Answer: organs

Question 17: This extends from the nucleus to the cell membrane for the purpose of transporting messages throughout the cell.

Times Up Answer: transport system

Question 18: Carbon compounds needed for cell growth and repair. It can be found in milk, eggs, fish, meats, and beans.

Times Up Answer: proteins

Question 19: From the smallest to greatest, what is the organization of all living things.

Times Up Answer: cells to tissues to organs to organ systems to organisms

Question 20: Green structures found in leaves and stems where food is produced in plant cells.

Times Up Answer: chloroplasts

Question 21: Name the four compounds of carbon listed in the book that is needed for nutrition.

Times Up Answer: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids

Question 23: Organs working together with a specific function.

Times Up Answer: organ system

Question 24: The scientist the observed cork in a microscope.

Times Up Answer: Robert Hooke

Question 25: A plant cell has an outer covering that gives it support and protects the cell.

Times Up Answer: cell wall

Question 26: This is the “powerhouse” of the cell because it breaks down food and releases energy for the cell.

Times Up Answer: mitochondria

Question 27: Two or more elements that are joined together to make a substance.

Times Up Answer: compound

Question 28: Carbon compounds that store and release energy in large amounts. It can be found in cream, butter, oils, and nuts.

Times Up Answer: lipids

Question 29: 70 percent of a cell is made of this molecule.

Times Up Answer: water

Question 30: If life throws lemons at you what should you do with it.

Times Up Answer: make lemonade

The End Thanks for playing