Vocab
The basic unit of life
Cell
The two names for an organism made of only one cell
Unicellular or prokaryote
This organelle gives cells energy
Mitochondria
Cells have different shapes because they have different _________
Functions or jobs
Simple and smaller cells
Prokaryotes
A living thing made of one or more cells
Organism
The two names for an organism made of many cells
Multicellular or eukaryote
This organelle allows plant cells to photosynthesis
Chloroplast
Cells divide when they get too ______
Big
These cells include plants & animals
A small body that is suspended in the cytoplasm and has a specific job inside the cell
Organelle
One example of a multicellular organism
Plant or animal
This structure provides support and protection, but only in plant cells
Cell wall
When cells divide, they make new cells that are __________
Identical
Eukaryotic cells have many of these. Prokaryotic cells sometimes have none at all.
Organelles
The organelle that holds genetic information (DNA)
Nucleus
One example of a unicellular organism
Bacteria, yeast, paramecium, blue-green algae
Name two structures ALL cells have
Cytoplasm, Cell Membrane, Organelles
Cells must stay small so that _______ and _______ can move in and out easily
Nutrients and waste
Cells that are larger and more complex
Eukaryotes
The part of the cell that controls what enters and leaves
Cell membrane
The reason why unicellular organisms are more simple than multicellular
The cell has only one function
Two structures that plant cells have and animal cells do not
Chloroplasts and cell walls
The reason cells stay small is related to the ratio of _______ and ________
Surface area and volume
Name one organelle in Eukaryotic cells
Nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, etc