Cells Vocabulary

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What are ribosomes?

• small particles in cells where protein is made

• another word for cells

• structures that performs important cellular functions

• Something in the ribs of living things...

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What is a plant cell?

• a cell that is in everything

• a cell without a nucleus

• a cell with no membrane

• a eukaryotic cell that has a contains a cell wall, chloroplasts and large vacuole

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What is an animal cell?

• a nucleus

• a eukaryotic cell with a membrane bound nucleus and lacks a rigid shape

• an organelle

• a cell in an animal

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What is an organelle?

• part of an organ

• a cytoskeleton

• something that makes protein in cells

• a structure that performs important cellular functions

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What is the cell membrane?

• the main part of plant cells

• another word for cell DNA

• the flexible barrier around a cell that regulates what goes in and out of the cell

• the cell's boss

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What is a prokaryotic cell?

• a microorganism that lacks a distinct nucleus and membrane bound organelles

• the same thing as a eukaryotic cell

• a cell that clearly shows the nucleus and membrane bound organelles

• the lipid molecules that form a cell membrane with hydrophobic ends inward and hydrophilic ends outward

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What is a eukaryotic cell?

• a cell that carries oats

• a microorganism that lacks a distinct membrane

• a cell that clearly shows the nucleus

• a cell that doesn't have a nucleus

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The organelle that directs the cells activities

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• Nucleus/DNA

• Ribosomes

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The organelle that helps the cell turn food into energy

• DNA

• Ribosomes

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplasts

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Organelle in plant cells that uses energy from sunlight to make sugar

• Mitochondria

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Chloroplast

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Made of a single cell

• tissue
• organ
• unicellular
• multicellular

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Consisting of many cells

• unicellular
• multicellular
• cell theory
• cell

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The basic unit of structure and function in living things

• cell theory
• cell
• unicellular
• organ system

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rigid membrane around plant cell, made of cellulose and provides shape and support

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• nucleolus

• nucleus

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A thick fluid inside the cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

• organism

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A sac-like organelle that stores water, food and other materials

• unicellular

• cytoplasm

• vacuole

• chloroplast