L1 Vocabulary
Structures with specialized functions
What is Organelles?
Flexible covering that protects the inside of the cell from the environment outside a cell
What is Cell Membrane?
Fluid inside a cell that contains salts and other molecules
What is Cytoplasm?
Powers the cell through chemical reactions
What is Mitochondria?
Process of increasing in size
What is Growth?
A cell that does NOT have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles, genetic material is NOT surrounded by a lining
What is Prokaryotic?
Stiff structure outside the cell membrane
What is Cell Wall?
Proteins are made on this organelle
What is Ribosome?
Prepares proteins for specific jobs or functions
What is Golgi Apparatus?
Process by which organisms create new organisms
What is Reproduction?
A cell that has a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles, genetic material IS surrounded by a lining
What is Eukaryotic?
Directs cell activities and contains important cellular information stored in DNA
What is Nucleus?
Site of protein production
What is Rough ER?
The process of making glucose from water and carbon dioxide
What is Photosynthesis?
A series of changes that occur in an organism during its lifetime
What is Development?
All living things are made up of cells
Cells perform different functions
All cells come from preexisting cells
What is Cell Theory?
Organelles that use light energy and make food
What is Chloroplasts?
Removes harmful substances from a cell
What is Smooth ER?
Stores food, water, and waste material
What is Vacuole?
Living things are organized by
What is Different structures that perform different functions?
Ability to maintain steady internal conditions
Series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food molecules into a usable form of energy called ATP
What is Cellular Respiration?
Contains substances that help break down and recycle cellular components
What is Lysosome?
Makes ribosomes
What is Nucleolus?
Stimuli inside the organism; stimuli outside the organism
What is Internal? What is External?