Cells Vocabulary and Functions

The basic unit of structure and function in living things.

• a cell

• chloroplast

• chromosomes

• cell membrane

____________ can only be seen through a microscope.

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• a cell

• cell wall

The skin of the cell, protects the cell, and holds it's contents together.

• a cell

• cytoplasm

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

Controls all the cell's activities

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• cell wall

"Jelly-like" substance that holds the organelles steady in the cell.

• cytoplasm

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

• nucleus

Protects the Plant Cell

• nucleus

• cell wall

• chromosomes

• chloroplast

Makes food for the cell

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

The "powerhouse" of the cell. Gives the cell energy.

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• a cell

• cell wall

46 of these are found inside the nucleus.

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• chromosomes

• microscopes

____________ is a threadlike part of the cell that contains DNA material and is responsible for transmitting heredity characteristics.

• cell membrane

• chromosomes

• cell wall

• cytoplasm