Life Functions
Control and coordination of activities response to stimuli.
What is Regulation.
Release of chemical energy from food.
What is Respiration.
Provides support and structure for the cell, is made of cellulose, only in plant cells.
What is Cell Wall.
Controls what enters and leaves the cell, made of lipids and proteins.
What is Cell Membrane.
These are the building blocks of carbohydrates.
What are simple sugars?
Producing new living organisms of the same kind.
What is Reproduction.
Increase in the size and/or number of cells.
What is Growth.
Made up on one cell.
What is Unicellular.
Control center, brain of the cell.
What is Nucleus.
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
Obtaining materials needed for growth and repair.
What is Nutrition.
Absorption and circulation of materials.
What is Transport.
Site of Protein synthesis.
What is Ribosome.
Site of cellular respiration, called powerhouse, in plant in animal cells.
What is Mitochondria.
Protein that speeds up the rate of chemical reactions, also called a catalyst. Work based on their shape, work like a lock and key.
What is Enzyme.
Maintaining a balanced internal environment, also known as dynamic equilibrium.
What is Homeostasis.
Removal of wastes produced from cell activities (urine, seat, carbon dioxide).
What is excretion.
Gel like fluid that fills up the inside of the cell and cushions organelles.
What is Cytoplasm.
Involved in cell division, only in animal cells.
What is Centriole.
Molecule an enzyme reacts with.
What is Substrate.
Chemically combining small substances into larger more complex substances.
What is synthesis.
All of the chemical activities that occur in an organism.
What is Metabolism.
Site of photosynthesis, only in plant cells.
What is Chloroplast.
Storage sacs, store food, water and waste.
What is Vacuole.
This is the scale used to determine how acidic or basic a substance is.
What is the pH scale?