cell vocabulary

These are the organs of the cell.

• water

• organelles

• chlorophyll

• eukaryotic

The jellylike substance inside the cell where the organelles are.

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

The basic building blocks of all living organisms.

• cell

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• mitochondria

The thin barrier around the cell that controls what goes in and out of the cell.

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• capsule

The powerhouse of the cell, where energy is made.

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

• organelles

• mitochondria

A small living plant cell or animal cell seen only with a microscope; a microbe.

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• microorganism

• pprokaryote

The genetic information inside the cell.

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• DNA

• cell membrane

A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction (control center of the cell)

• protein

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

Unicellular organism with membrane-bound nucleus and organelles; generally larger and more complex than a prokaryotic cell.

• eukaryotic cell

• prokaryotic cell

• nucleus

• bacteria

Small, simple, no nucleus, no membrane-bound organelles, single loop of DNA (nucleosome), no cellulose, cytoplasm, cell membrane, cell wall (made of carbs), sometimes have cilia or flagella (movement).

• prokaryotic cell

• eukaryotic cell

• nucleus

• plant cell