Cells Vocab

Structure specialized to perform distinct processes within a cell.

• Organelle
• Cell
• ATP
• Chromatin

light

• photo-
• -kary
• chlor-
• cyt-

Process that captures energy from sunlight to make sugars that store chemical energy.

• Photosynthesis
• Cell Respiration
• Chloroplast
• Chlorophyll

forward, before

• pro-
• eu-
• -kary
• cyt-

Do NOT have a nucleus or other membrane bound organelles. (PRO MEANS NO!)

• Prokaryote
• Eukaryote
• Cell
• Organelle

Tiny organelles that link amino acids together to form protein.

• Ribosomes
• Mitochondria
• Endoplasmic Reticulum
• Golgi Apparatus

together

• sym-
• eu-
• nuc-
• -kary

three

• tri-
• cyt-
• -elle
• eu-

Fluid filled sac used for the storage of materials needed by the cell.

• Vacuole
• Cytoplasm
• Centriole
• Lysosome

Molecule that transfers energy from the breakdown of food molecules to cell processes.

• Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
• Endoplasmic Reticulum
• Golgi Apparatus
• Cell Membrane