Activity 1

Name:_______________________________________________________Date:___________________
A. Answer the Riddle!
Given the concept of the evolution of prokaryotes and the organelles. Find the secret message by
answering the questions below. Choose your answer from the table then write the corresponding letter to
the boxes below to answer of the riddle: Did you hear the one about a chemist who was reading a book
about helium?
Nucleus Cell Lysosomes Chloroplast Endoplasmic Ribosome Mitochondria
Membrane Reticulum s
P C D L N U O
Vacuole Animal Chromosomes Cytoplasm Golgi Nucleolus Cell Wall
Cell Apparatus
U T T H I E T
Unicellular Eukaryotic Prokaryotic Multicellular
D W N O

1) It is a jelly-like fluid structure inside the cell that provides an area of movement for all dissolved
molecules that keep the cell working.
2) A structure found in the nucleus that helps produce ribosomes.
3) It is a thin layer around the cell but not a rigid one. It has openings to allow transportation and exchange
of materials.
4) When a cell needs energy, it brings in nutrients and break it down and supply energy to the cell.
5) Cell storage.
6) It helps produce food for plants and absorbs light energy from the sun and use it to convert C02 and
H20 into sugar and oxygen.
7) It is the digestive system in an animal cell because it contains enzymes that break down wastes and
other materials.
8) These build proteins in the cell and can be found in several places in the cells which includes in the
cytosol and on the endoplasmic reticulum.
9) They do the DNA synthesis and direct the genetic information of the cell. These are made of DNA and
found in the nucleus and usually in pairs.
10) Brain of the cell.
11) An organelle that serves as the transport system.
12) It is only found in the plant cells that support the plat which is also made of specialized sugar called
cellulose.
13) It gathers molecules and make them more complex. It also stores them or send them into the cytosol or
out of the cell. This organelle also processes the proteins produced by the endoplasmic reticulum and
ribosomes.
14) It does not contain cell wall.
15) An organism made up of one cell.
16) Organism composed of many cells
17) An organism that lacks nucleus
18) An organism with true nucleus.
Question:
Did you hear the one about a chemist who was reading a book about helium?

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15 16 18 11

B. From the seven characteristics of life, choose top three which you consider as
important characteristics of life. Explain why to each of the characteristic below.