STAAR Vocab: Cells: Structures and Functions

the basic unit of life

• cells

• tissue

• atom

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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1. All living organisms are composed of cells. They may be unicellular or multicellular.

2. The cell is the basic unit of life.

3. All cells come from pre-existing cells.

• germ theory

• theory of evolution

• cell theory

single-celled organism lacking a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles; for example cyanobacteria

• eukaryote

• prokaryote

• nokaryote

organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other

membrane-bound organelles; for example ameoba

• prokaryote

• eukaryote

• truekaryote

organelles in eukaryotic cells that are surrounded by a lipid bilayer membrane

• membrane bound organelles

• flagella

• cilia

a lipid bilayer that surrounds the nucleus in eukaryotic cells

• nuclear envelope

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

example of a prokaryote

• virus

• bacteria

• amoeba

example of eukaryote (check all that apply)

• plant

• animal

• fungus

• protist

• bacteria

process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment

• homeostasis

• equilibrium

• isotonic

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

phospholipid bilayer that surrounds all cells and regulates what enters and leaves the cell

• nuclear membrane

• cell membrane

• cell wall