Cell Structure and Function - Vocabulary

__________ states that all living things are made of one or more cells, the cell is the basic unit of life, and all new cells come from preexisting cells.

• Cell Theory

• Macromolecule

• Lipid

• Protein

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

____________ form by joining many small molecules together.

• Lipids

• Macromolecules

• Protein

• Carbohydrates

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Long chains of amino acid molecules

• Carbohydrates

• Macromolecules

• Proteins

• Lipid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Macromolecules that form when long chains of molecules, called nucleotides, join together.

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

• Nucleic Acids

Sugar molecules

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

• Proteins

• Nucleic acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

A large macromolecule that does not dissolve in water.

• Lipid

• Carbohydrate

• Nucleic Acids

• Protein

A flexible covering that protects the inside of a cell from the environment outside a cell.

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Cytoplasm

• Organelles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A stiff structure outside the cell membrane.

• Cytoskeleton

• Carbohydrate

• Cytoplasm

• Cell Wall

Fluid inside a cell that contains salts and other molecules

• Cytoplasm

• Cytoskeleton

• Cell Membrane

• Organelles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Network of threadlike proteins that are joined together.

• Nucleus

• Cytoskeleton

• Chloroplasts

• Organelles