Cell Structure and Function (7th Grade)

States that all living things are made of one or more cells, the cell is the smallest unit of life, and all new cells come from preexisting cells

• macromolecules

• cell theory

• passive transport

• cell membrane

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These substances are formed by joining many small molecules together

• lipids

• carbohydrates

• macromolecules

• nucleic acids

These are macromolecules that form when long chains of molecules called nucleotides join together

• nucleic acid

• macromolecules

• lipids

• carbohydrates

Long chains of amino acid molecules

• carbohydrates

• proteins

• lipids

• macromolecules

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A large macromolecule that does not dissolve in water

• nucleic acid

• protien

• lipid

• carbohydrate

One sugar molecule, two sugar molecules, or a long chain of sugar molecules make up

• carbohydrates

• lipids

• nucleic acids

• proteins

A flexible covering that protects the inside of a cell from the envirtonment outside a cell

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• cytoskeleton

• organelles

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A stiff structure outside the cell membrane

• cytoskeleton

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

Fluid inside a cell that contains salts and other molecules

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• organelles

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A network of threadlike protiens that are joined together

• lipids

• proteins

• cytoskeleton