Cell Vocabulary

Directs all the cells activities including reproduction.

• Mitochrondria

• Nucleus

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

The basic unit of structure and function in living things

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• cell

Consisting of a single cell

• organ

• unicellular

• nucleus

• multicellular

An instrument that uses lenses to make an object appear bigger than it really is

• vacuole

• organ

• tissue

• microscope

Any part of a cell enclosed in a membrane

• cell wall

• chloroplast

• organelle

• vacuole

Consisting of many cells

• unicellular

• multicellular

• chloroplast

• nucleus

A thick fluid inside the cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

• organism

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

• organelle

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

A protective covering enclosing the entire cell

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• cell

• vacuole

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

• tissue

• organelle

• specialization

• nucleus