Vocab
What is the smallest unit of life?
Cells
The outer part of a plant cell that gives it support.
Cell Wall
What are all living things made out of?
Cells
What does the cytoplasm of a cell contain?
A jelly-like fluid and the cell's organelles
What is the term for a tiny structure inside a cell that has a specific job/function for the cell?
Organelle
What organelle is the outer layer of a cell that allows nutrients into the cell, and waster out of the cell?
Cell Membrane
This organelle is the control center of the cell. It directs all cell activities.
Nucleus
The organelle that makes proteins for the cell.
Ribosome
The stuff inside of the nucleus that determines the functions of a cell.
DNA or Genetic Material
The INNER organelle of a plant cell that helps keep its shape, and stores water. This organelle is bigger in plant cells compared to animal cells.
Vacuole
The organelle that breaks down food to create energy for the cell.
Mitochondria
The chemical in a plant cell that helps absorb sunlight to be turned into energy.
Chlorophyll
This type of cell has a nucleus and membrane-covered organelles. All living things besides bacteria are made up of these kinds of cells.
Eukaryotes
What two organelles do plant cells have, but animal cells do not?
Cell Wall and Chloroplast
This organelle in a plant cell carries out the process of photosynthesis.
Chloroplasts
What is one function of lysosomes?
To break down food and old organelles
This type of cell has no membrane-covered nucleus or organelles. Bacteria are this type of cell.
Prokaryotes
What are the 4 levels of organization in a multicellular organism in order of smallest to largest?
Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System
The organelle in a cell that transports proteins to other parts of the cell.
Endoplasmic Reticulum
What is to make lysosomes? (or to take simple molecules and make bigger molecules from them, package them and store them or send them out of the cell)
Golgi Complex/Body