The thin, flexible outer covering of a cell. It controls what enters and leaves a cell.
What is cell membrane?
100
Contains the genetic material (DNA) and is the control center of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
100
A group of two or more different types of tissue that work together to perform a specific function.
What are organs?
100
The muscle that aids in the breathing process and allows the rib cage to expand
What is the diaphragm?
100
The main functions are to break down foods into nutrients that can be used by the body, absorb nutrients that are necessary for energy, growth, and maintenance, and rid the body of solid wastes.
What is digestive system?
200
The diffusion of water across a membrane.
What is osmosis?
200
Act as temporary storage centers.
What is a vacuole?
200
● All living things are made of one or more cells
● The cell is the basic unit of life.
● All cells come from preexisting cells.
What is cell theory?
200
Main function is to provide gas exchange between the blood and the air.
What is respiratory system?
200
Involuntary muscles that control many types of movement within the body (such as digestion).
What are smooth muscles?
300
The gel-like fluid inside of a cell made of mostly water.
What is cytoplasm?
300
Are the sites where photosynthesis takes place in a plant cell
What are chloroplasts?
300
The basic units of structure and function within all living things.
What are cells?
300
The main function is to filter cellular wastes, toxins (chemicals that could be poisonous to the body), and excess water that result from cellular respiration.
What is excretory system?
300
The main function is to transport blood to all parts of the body so that gases, nutrients, and waste products are transported to and from the cells.
What is circulatory system?
400
It is sometimes called the “powerhouse” of the cell. The energy producing sites in the cell where respiration takes place
What is Mitochondria?
400
Provides support and shape for plant cells. It is made mostly of cellulose which provides a protective framework for the cell
What is Cell wall?
400
A group of specialized cells that work together to perform a specific function.
What are tissues?
400
The main functions are to receive stimuli from inside and outside the body, to interpret the stimuli, and initiate responses for survival.
What is nervous system?
400
Located at the base of the brain and controls vital and involuntary processes (for example, breathing, the beating of the heart, and digestion).
What is the brain stem?
500
One way in which materials (for example molecules of sugar, water or waste) moves across the cell membrane.
What is diffusion?
500
Organelles responsible for digesting certain materials within the cell
What are Lysosomes?
500
A group of two or more organs that work together to perform a specific function.
What are organ systems?
500
The main function is to provide movement and support for the body, to protect internal organs, and to provide attachment sites for the muscles.
What is musculoskeletal system?
500
The organ where most of the chemical digestion of food takes place; nutrients from food are also absorbed into the bloodstream.