Mrs. Pegg Cell Structure & Function Vocabulary Quiz

Cell

• thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells

• center of an atom

• basic unit of all living things

• fundamental concepts of biology

Cell theory

• thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells

• center of an atom

• basic unit of all living things

• fundamental concepts of biology

Cell membrane

• thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells

• center of an atom

• basic unit of all living things

• fundamental concepts of biology

Nucleus

• thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells

• center of an atom

• basic unit of all living things

• fundamental concepts of biology

Eukaryotic

• unicellular organisms that lack a nucleus

• organism whose cells contain a nucleus

• all cellular contents outside the nucleus

• a specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell.

Prokaryotic

• unicellular organisms that lack a nucleus

• organism whose cells contain a nucleus

• all cellular contents outside the nucleus

• a specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell.

Organelle

• unicellular organisms that lack a nucleus

• organism whose cells contain a nucleus

• all cellular contents outside the nucleus

• a specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell.

Cytoplasm

• unicellular organisms that lack a nucleus

• organism whose cells contain a nucleus

• all cellular contents outside the nucleus

• a specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell.

Ribosome

• place where lipid components of the cell membrane are assembled.

• organelle in cells that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins

• organelle in cells that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins

• organelle containing RNA and proteins.

Endoplasmic reticulum

• place where lipid components of the cell membrane are assembled.

• organelle in cells that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins

• organelle in cells that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins

• organelle containing RNA and proteins.