Characteristics of Cells Vocabulary - Unit 10/Lesson1

In biology, the smallest unit that can perform all life processes; they are covered by a membrane and contain DNA and cytoplam

• Cell Membrane

• Cytoplasm

• Cell

• Organelle

A phospholipid layer that covers a cell's surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell's environment.

• Cell Membrane

• Nucleus

• Cell

• Eukaryote

The region of the cell within the membrane that includes the fluid, the cytoskeleton, and all of the organelles except the nucelus.

• Organism

• Cell Membrane

• Prokaryote

• Cytoplasm

An organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane; include protists, animals, plants, and fungi but not archaea or bacteria.

• Cell Membrane

• Eukaryote

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

In a eukaryotic cell, a membrane-bound organelle that contains the cell's DNA and that has a role in processes such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction.

• Eukaryote

• Nucleus

• Cell Membrane

• Organism

One of the smallest bodies in a cell's cytoplasm that are specialized to perform a specific function.

• Eukaryote

• Cytoplasm

• Cell

• Organelle

A living thing; anything that can carry out life processes independently.

• Cell Membrane

• Organism

• Cell

• Nucleus

A single-celled organism that does not have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles; examples are archaea and bacteria

• Cell Membrane

• Organism

• Prokaryote

• Organelle