8.2 Cell Structure Vocabulary

Fluid portion of the cell outside the nucleus.

• Cytoplasm

• Cytoskeleton

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a eukaryotic cell.

• Organ

• Cell

• Organelle

• Tissue

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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

• Mitochondrion

• Chloroplast

• Ribosomes

• Cell Wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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

• Lipid Bilayer

• Golgi Apparatus

• Lysosome

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organelle in cells that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the endoplasmic reticulum for storage in the cell or release outside the cell.

• Ribosome

• Cytoplasm

• Golgi Apparatus

• Vacuole

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Cell organelle that stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates.

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Mitochodrion

• Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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

• Ribosome

• Lysosome

• Cytoskeleton

• Organelle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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

• Selectively Permeable

• Chloroplast

• Cytoplasm

• Cytoskeleton

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

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondrion

• Ribosome

• Cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Cell organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convienient for the cell to use.

• Mitochondrion

• Chloroplast

• Cell Wall

• Lipid Bilayer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2