Plant Cells
This rigid structure gives plant cells their shape and support.
Cell wall
This organelle controls the cell’s activities and contains DNA.
Nucleus
Cells with a nucleus are called this.
Eukaryote
Specialized structures within a cell that perform specific functions.
This theory states that cells are the basic unit of life, all living things are made of cells, and cells come from preexisting cells.
Cell theory
These green organelles capture sunlight to make food.
Animal cells lack this rigid outer structure found in plant cells.
Cell wall
Bacteria are examples of this type of cell.
Prokaryote
These tiny structures build proteins.
Ribosome
The three main differences between animal and plant cells
Vacuole size, chloroplast, cell wall
This process, carried out in chloroplasts, converts sunlight into chemical energy.
Photosynthesis
Animal cells often have many small versions of this storage organelle.
These cells are generally larger and more complex.
This jelly-like substance fills the cell and holds organelles in place.
Cytoplasm
Two type of eukaryotic cells
Animal cell and plant cell
Chlorophyll is found inside these plant cell organelles.
Chloroplast
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
Mitochondria
Single cell organisms
Prokaryotes
This organelle acts like the cell’s “highway system,” transporting proteins and other materials.
Endoplasmic reticulum or E.R
This structure surrounds the cell and controls what enters and leaves.
Cell membrane
This green pigment found in plant cells absorbs light energy for photosynthesis and gives plants their color.
Chlorophyll
These organelles break down waste and cellular debris.
Lysosome
Prokaryotes lack these membrane-bound structures found in eukaryotes.
Organelles
This organelle packages and ships proteins, like a post office.
Golgi body
This scientist is credited with naming “cells” after looking at cork under a microscope.
Robert Hooke