vocab
the process by which an organism maintains a stable internal environment to survive and function properly
What is Homeostasis?
The control center for the cell
What is the nucleus?
The rigid protective outer layer of a plant cell
What is a cell wall?
Inventor of the microscope
Who is Robert Hooke?
An organism made up of many cells
What is Multi-cellular?
an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
What is an autotroph?
Gel-like fluid that fills the inside of a cell
What is cytoplasm?
These organelles make Protein. They are sometimes found attached to the endoplasmic reticulum or free-floating in the cell.
What are ribosomes?
These 2 things are what all organisms need to stay alive
What are food and water ?
A group of cells that have similar structure and that function together as a unit
What is a tissue?
an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
What is a heterotroph?
Packages and distributes materials from the endoplasmic reticulum
What is a Golgi body/apparatus
Found only in plant cells, they take energy from sunlight and turn it into glucose (which is sugar). - A process called photosynthesis
What are chloroplasts?
A maze-like network of membranes inside a cell that TRANSPORTS proteins and other molecules
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
A collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function.
What is an organ?
The basic unit of structure and function in all living things
What is a cell?
Powerhouse of the cell. Converts food into energy that the cell can use.
What is the mitochondria?
Flexible outer boundary of both animal
And plant cells. It controls what goes in and out of the cell.What is a cell wall?
The place in a cell where the DNA (genetic material can be found)
What is the Nucleus?
Group of organs that work together to perform a specific function in the body
What is an organ system?
Theory stating that all living organisms are made up of one or more cells, cells are the basic unit of life, and new cells arise from pre-existing cells
What is the Cell Theory?
It stores, food, water, waste and other materials for the cell
What is a vacuole?
Breaks down (or digests) food particles and old cell parts (waste)
What are lysosomes?
An organism made up of only ONE cell
What is uni-cellular?
An organism is made up of these 4 levels of organization
What are cells, tissues, organs and organ systems?