Characteristics of Cells
the smallest functional and structural unit of all living organisms
The matter you encounter everyday that is made up of basic particles
What is an atom?
A network of protein filaments that gives shape and support to cells
a living thing that can carry out life processes by itself
What is an organism?
The maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment
What is homeostasis?
The region enclosed by the cell membrane that includes the fluid and all of the organelles
The 4 type of nutrients in a cell
What are lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids?
The organelles found in a plant cell (7)
What are the Mitochondria, Ribosomes, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Complex, Cell Wall, Vacuole, and Chloroplasts?
Made up of more than one cell
What is a multicellular organism?
Photosynthesis takes place here
What are chloroplasts?
Water moves through a cell membrane this way
What is osmosis?
A green pigment in plant cells
What is chlorophyll?
What determines an objects function
Active transport across the cell membrane by these two processes
What are endocytosis and exocytosis?
All organisms are made up of one or more cells
The cell is the basic unit of all organisms
All cells come from existing cells
Has the highest concentration of water molecules
Has ribosomes attached to its membrane
What increases the surface area of the lungs
Muscles cells contract to generate heat
What is shivering?
Was the first person to describe actual living cells when he looked at a drop of pond water under a microscope.
Who is Anton van Leeuwenhoek?
Contains the information that cells need to make molecules
A cell that recycles half of its materials each week
What is a human liver?
Some plants have this to transport water and nutrients to and from cells throughout the plant
What is a vacuole?
What is endocytosis wraps around the particle and exocystosis exits through the outside of the cell?