Cell Parts Vocabulary

Match the following

• Function

• Tiny parts of the cell that do the various jobs.

• Organelles

• How something works

• Cell

• the outermost part of the PLANT cell that protects it.

• Structure

• The basic unit of structure and function in a living thing.

• Cell wall

• the way something is shaped or constructed

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

the outermost part of an ANIMAL cell that allows materials to enter and leave the cell.

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• nuclear membrane

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

this controls all cell activity

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• nucleolus

• ribosomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

the site of ribosome production (where ribosome are made)

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• nucleolus

• ribosomes

these make proteins for the cell. (ribs = meat = protein)

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• nucleolus

• ribosomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

allows materials to enter and leave the nucleus

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• nuclear membrane

this is made of DNA and gives us our traits

• chromosome

• endoplasmic reticulum

• lysosomes

• vaculoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

this transports proteins from one part of the cell to another.

• chromosome

• endoplasmic reticulum

• lysosomes

• vaculoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

these remove waster from the cell and perform digestive activities.

• chromosome

• endoplasmic reticulum

• lysosomes

• vaculoes

these store food, water, and waste for the cell

• chromosome

• endoplasmic reticulum

• lysosomes

• vaculoes