Characteristics of Life PART1 NHS BIO

The border of a cell; it controls what enters & exits a cell and is selectively permeable.

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• central vacuole

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Stiff outer surface of plant cells and bacteria.

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• central vacuole

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Large organelle in plant cells for storing water.

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• central vacuole

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The green organelle in plant & algae cells that uses the sun’s energy to make sugar.

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• central vacuole

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Fluid in the cell.

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• ribosome

• mitochondria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organelles that make protein molecules by assembling chains of amino acids.

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The dark spot in a eukaryotic cell; it contains DNA and controls all cell activities.

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

An organelle in eukaryotic cells that burns carbs to make energy

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Any cell without a nucleus. The DNA or RNA is floating around in the cytoplasm. (bacteria!)

• prokaryote

• eukaryote

• cell membrane

• cell wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Any cell with a nucleus.

(animals, plants, fungi, algae, or protozoa)

• prokaryote

• eukaryote

• cell membrane

• cell wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2