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  • Nervous tissue is made up of the nerve cells or neurons.
    True
  • Phloem helps transport water and minerals from the soil up to the rest of the plant.
    True
  • What cell organelle gives command to the cell and contains the genetic information of DNA?
    Nucleus
  • What do you call the green color in the leaves?
    Chlorophyll
  • What was Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann’s conclusion about the cells?
    All plants and animals are composed of cells
  • Takes in nutrients from the cell, breaks it down, and turns it into energy.
    Mitochondria
  • Which structure of the plant grows underground and keeps the plant from falling over?
    Roots
  • What type of cells do plants have?
    Eukaryotic
  • Who was the Scottish botanist who discovered the nucleus of the cell?
    Robert Brown
  • Modify, sort, and package proteins to be secreted.
    Golgi Apparatus
  • What is the primary site of cell division in vascular plants?
    Meristematic tissue
  • Who was the scientist who used an early compound microscope in the 1660’s?
    Robert Hooke
  • Golgi body produces the energy a cell needs to carry out its functions.
    False
  • Regulates what enters and leaves the cell and also provides protection and support.
    Cell Membrane
  • What plant tissue carries food from the leaves to the rest of the plant?
    Phloem
  • Muscle tissue supports and held the body organs in position.
    False
  • Collect and hold onto all sorts of materials for a cell, including food and water.
    Vacuole
  • What is the function of ribosomes in the cell?
    Make proteins
  • Epithelial tissue lines the outside of organs, like the kidney and blood vessels.
    True
  • Food producers of the plant cell.
    Chloroplast