CELLLLLLLLLLs
What has one or more sugar molecules?
Carbohydrate
What directs cell activity?
Nucleus
Which item is a stiff structure found outside the cell membrane of some cells?
Cell wall
The process by which glucose is broken down
Glycolysis
Which substance moves by osmosis?
water
what is the series of chemical reactions that convert energy in food molecules into ATP?
Cellular respiration
What is the movement of substances using transport proteins?
Facilitated Diffusion
Which process involves the movement of water through a cell membrane?
Osmosis
what stores food, water, and waste materials in a cell?
Vacuole
The process during which a cell’s vesicles release their contents outside the cell
Exocytosis
What is the process during which a cell takes in a substance by surrounding it with the cell membrane?
endocytosis
What protects the cell from the environment outside the cell?
Cell Membrane
Which structure is NOT found in animal cells?
Cell wall
Which reaction used to obtain energy from food when oxygen levels are low?
Fermentation
What is the diffusion of water molecules only through a membrane?
Osmosis
What is the process during which a cell’s vesicles release their contents outside the cell?
exocytosis
What is the movement of substances by surrounding them with the cell membrane?
Endocytosis
Which macromolecule contains genetic information?
Nucleic Acids
Which membrane-bound organelle uses light energy and makes food?
Chloroplast
What is a long chain of amino acid molecules?
Protein
Theory that states living things are made of one or more cells; the cell is the smallest unit of life; new cells come from preexisting cells
Cell theory
What is the movement of substances using the cell’s energy?
Active transport
What is the movement of substances through a cell membrane without using energy?
Passive Transport
What is a series of reactions that convert light energy, water, and CO2 into glucose and give off oxygen?
Photosynthesis
What is an explanation based on scientific knowledge resulting from several observations and experiments?
Theory