Parts of a Cell: Organelles
Not what you're looking for?
Choose the component of the cell that you think is most essential to the cell as a whole. Describe why you feel this way. Defend your choice.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
Explores the the cell and its most important components.
Solution Preview
That's a pretty complicated question, but I'll give it a try. Although all components are needed for normal cellular functioning, if we are to choose just one cellular component to be the most essential, it would be the NUCLEUS. The nucleus is usually the most prominent structure within a eukaryotic cell. (Bacteria, or prokaryotes, don't contain a nucleus at all.) The nucleus is separated from the rest of the cell by ...
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Nerves and the Nervous System
This quiz will assess your knowledge of the nervous system and how nerves send signals around the body.
BioChemistry Basics
This Quiz will test your knowledge of the amino acids used in biological systems
Light and Sight Vocabulary
This quiz introduces basic definitions of vocabulary related to light and how human eyes. This information is important for an understanding of sight.
The Transfer of Energy in an Ecosystem
This quiz will assess your knowledge of how energy is transferred in an ecosystem and the different levels of trophic organization.
Do You Know Your Macromolecules?
This quiz will assess your knowledge of the macromolecules that are important to living things.