Cell:The Fundamental Unit of Life

Who discovered Cell ?

• Robert Brown in 1831

• Robert Hooke in 1665

• Leuwenhoek in 1677

• Schwann in 1838

Produces energy in the form of ATP for the cell.

• chloroplast
• mitochondria
• ribosome 
• nucleus

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

Selectively permeable barrier that controls what enters and leaves the cell.

• cell membrane
• cell wall
• cytoskeleton
• rough ER

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Site of photosynthesis.  Gives plants their green color.

• mitochondria
• ribosome
• chloroplast
• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Modifies, collects, & packages macromolecules such as proteins.

• smooth ER
• golgi apparatus
• ribosome
• rough ER

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Controls cell functions because DNA is stored here.

• nucleus
• nucleolus
• ribosome
• cholorplast

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Site of protein synthesis.

• nucleus
• mitochondria
• vacuole
• ribomsome

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, & carbohydrates.

• ribosome
• lysosome
• vacuole
• endoplasmic reticulum

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Transports materials throughout the cell.  Acts as an assembly line for proteins.

• endoplasmic reticulum
• vacuole
• nucleus
• ribosome

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Contains digestive enzymes to break down worn out parts of the cell.

• vacuole
• lysosome
• ribosome
• nucleolus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2