Cell Structure and Function

One or more sugar molecules

• carbohydrate

• protein

• lipid

• macromolecule

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Living things are made of one or more cells; the cell is the smallest unit of life; new cells come from preexisting cells

• cell theory

• nucleic acid

• cytoskeleton

• cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Large macromolecule that does not dissolve in water

• lipid

• nucleus

• organelle

• chloroplast

Substance that forms by joining many small molecules

• macromolecule

• nucleic acid

• protein

• cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Macromolecule that forms when a long chain of nucleotides join together

• nucleic acid

• cytoplasm

• protein

• lipid

Long chain of amino acid molecules

• protein

• nucleic acid

• macromolecule

• lipid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Explanation based on scientific knowledge resulting from several observations and experiments

• theory

• law

• hypothesis

• inference

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

Protects the inside of a cell from the environment

• cell membrane

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• cytoskeleton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Stiff structure outside the cell membrane

• cell wall

• cytoskeleton

• nucleus

• chloroplast

Purpose for which something is used

• function

• theory

• lipid

• organelle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2