This is the basic units of structure and function
cells
This gives cells their shape
Cytoskeleton
The barrier of the cell
Cell Membrane
Control center of the cell
Nucleus
An optical instrument used for viewing very small objects and it is what allowed cells to be discovered
Microscope
What the object is made of and how its parts are put together
structure
"powerhouses" of the cell. They convertito food. Energy source of cell
Mitochondria
Function as factories to produce proteins
Ribosomes
There are cells of different types, and each has a different ______________.
Cell function
When two or more elements combine chemically
Compound
Enable organisms to survive
Functions
An energy-rich organic compound made of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Carbohydrate
Smaller molecules that make up protein
Amino Acids
Large organic molecules
Very long organic molecules
Nucleic Acids
Observed thin slice of cork with a microscope and gave cells their name
Robert Hooke
A type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction in living things
Enzyme
Genetic material that carries information
DNA
RNA
Tissue
Called little bacteria animalcules
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Selectively permeable
Is the process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
Diffusion
The diffusion of water molecules through selectively permeable membrane
Osmosis
The movement of dissolved materials through a cell membrane without using cellular energy
Passive Transport