This organelle controls what enters or leaves the cell (gate keeper)
cell membrane
The rigid structure surrounding the plant cell that provides protection
Cell wall
2nd principle:Cells are the _____ units of structure and function.
basic
What types of cells make up the human body?
Animal cells/ Eukaryotic cells
What type of cell is this? (animal or plant)
Animal Cell
This organelle generates ATP (energy) from glucose molecules
Mitochondria
This is the site of photosynthesis in a plant cell
the chloroplast
All ____________things are made of one or more cells.
Living
The observations made by many scientists were combined to form what?
Cell Theory
What type of cell is this? (animal or plant)
Plant cell
This is the watery, jelly-like substance inside the cell in which other organelles are suspended?
Cytoplasm
This stores water, salts, wastes, and nutrients for a cell.
Vacuole
3rd principle: All new cells come from ______________ cells
Preexisting (or previous, past)
This structure helps with cell division in an animal cell.
Centriole
Animal cells belong to this category of cells.
Eukaryotic
The control center of the cell that contains the DNA
Nucleus
Name 2 organelles that are found in plant cells but not animal cells
Large central vacuole, chloroplast and cell wall
A cell's ability to maintain a stable environment is called
Homeostasis
When the concentration is the same inside and outside the cell, we say the cell is in _____________.
Equilibrium
This is the term for a simple type of cell without a nucleus.
prokaryote
This folds, packages and sends proteins for transportation within the cell? (post office)
Golgi body/ Golgi apparatus
These release digestive enzymes to clean up the cell and remove wastes and old cell parts.
lysosomes
Cells are often studied using which specific instrument?
The compound light microscope
The cell's shape is held by which structure in the cytoplasm?
cytoskeleton
What is an example of a prokaryote?
Bacteria