Cells Vocabulary Words

A basic unit of structure and function in living things

• Cell

• Organism

• Microscopic

• Protist

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Something that can only be seen with a microscope

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Hand Lensian

• Microscopic

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Any living thing that maintains vital life processes

• Nucleus

• Organism

• Person

• Plant

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The structure that protects the cell, holds its contents together, and controls what goes in and out of the cell

• Cell Membrane
• Cell
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm

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The part of a cell that directs all of the cell's activities

• Nucleus
• Protist
• Mitochondria
• Vacuole

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A jelly like material that contains chemicals that help the cell keep healthy. Most of the cell's space is taken up by this

• Cytoplasm
• Mitochondria
• Chromosome
• Vesicle

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A simple organism, usually a single cell with a nucleus and organelles

• Protist
• Cell Wall
• Vesicle
• Organelle

Suspended in the cytoplasm. "Powerhouse" of the cell, releases energy

• Mitochondria
• Vacuole
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm

Stores food, water, or waste in an animal cell

• Vacuole
• Vesicle
• Cell Wall
• Chromosome

Supports and protects the plant cell

• Cell Wall
• Organ
• Protist
• Cell Membrane

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