Module 7 Lesson 1 Vocabulary

basic unit of structure and organization of all living organisms

• nucleus

• organelle

• cell

• plasma membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

states that organisms are made of one of more cells, cells are the basic unit of life, and all cells come only from other cells.

• nucleus

• cell theory

• eukaryotic cell

• plasma membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

flexible, selectively permeable boundary that helps control what enters and leaves the cell

• plasma membrane

• organelle

• cell

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

specialized internal cell structure that carries out specific cell functions such as protein synthesis and energy transformation

• nucleus

• cell

• organelle

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

unicellular organism with membrane-bound nucleus and organelles; generally larger and more complex than a prokaryotic cell

• cell

• eukaryotic cell

• cell theory

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

center of an atom; contains neutrons and protons

• plasma membrane

• organelle

• cell

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

microscopic, unicellular organism without a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles

• eukaryotic cell

• organelle

• nucleus

• prokaryotic cell