Cell Vocabulary

The basic unit of structure and function in living things

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• cell

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Different tissues that work together to perform a particular function

• organ

• cell wall

• microscope

• cell membrane

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A thick fluid inside the cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

• organism

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Organelles in plant cells that use the sun's energy to make sugar

• organelle

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

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A protective covering enclosing the entire cell

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• cell

• vacuole

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A structure inside the cell enclosed in its own membrane that controls the cell's functions

• tissue

• organelle

• specialization

• nucleus

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A sac-like organelle that stores water, food and other materials

• unicellular

• cytoplasm

• vacuole

• chloroplast

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A tough outer covering that lies just outside the cell membrane, present only in plant cells

• cell wall

• cell

• cell membrane

• vacuole

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Organelles that release stored energy, mostly from sugars

• unicellular

• chloroplast

• mitochondria

• tissue

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a cell in which the genetic material is enclosed with a nucleus, surrounded by its own membrane

• eukaryotic cell

• prokaryotic cell