Cell Structure

Basic unit of all forms of life

• Cell

• Nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters and leaves the cell

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Nucleus

• Golgi apparatus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Structure that contains the cell's genetic material in the form of DNA

• Vacuole

• Nucleolus

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell

• Vacuole

• Ribosome

• Organelle

• Nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

In eukaryotic cells, all cellular contents outside the nucleus; in prokaryotic cells, all of the cell's contents

• Centriole

• Chloroplast

• Cytoplasm

• Cytoskeleton

Cell organelle that breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Lysosome

• Golgi apparatus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Network of protein filaments in a eukaryotic cell that gives the cell its shape and internal organization and is involved in movement

• Cytoskeleton

• Golgi apparatus

• Ribosome

• Endoplasmic reticulum

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Cell organelle consisting of RNA and protein found throughout the cytoplasm in a cell; the site of protein synthesis

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

• Nucleolus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Internal membrane system found in eukaryotic cells; place where lipid components of the cell membrane are assembled

• Golgi apparatus

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Cytoskeleton

• Organelle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Cell Wall

• Lipid Bilayer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6