Unit 1 Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes Vocabulary

Basic unit of structure and function in living things.

• Vacuole

• Cell

• DNA

• Molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Structure that surrounds the cytoplasm of the cell.

• Cell Wall

• Ribosome

• Cell Membrane

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Stiff outer barrier of a plant cell, outside the cell membrane, which is made mostly of cellulose.

• Flagella

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Vacuole

A structure in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll where sugar molecules are made through the process of photosynthesis.

• Chloroplast

• DNA

• Nucleus

• Organelle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A gel-like fluid that takes up most of the space inside a cell.

• Ribosome

• Chloroplast

• Flagella

• Cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Genetic material; found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

• Nucleus

• DNA

• Mitochondria

• RNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Organelle that moves materials to other cell structures

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Cell wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organism made up of cells that have a membrane-bound nucleus and other organelles.

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

• Cell

• DNA

Hair like structure that allows the cell to move.

• Ribosomes

• Metabolism

• Flagella

• Cytoplasm

The condition where an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of the changes in the external environment.

• Mitochondria

• Metabolism

• Cell wall

• Homeostasis