Diversity of Life: Investigation 3 (The Cell) Part 1

the basic unit of life

• cell

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• cell structure

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the boundary between a cell and its environment

• cell

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• cell structure

a part of a cell with a specific job that enables an organism to carry out life's functions

• cell

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• cell structure

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a semi-rigid structure that surrounds cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria

• cell

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• cell structure

an organelle that contains genetic material and regulates protein production

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• mitochondrion

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

an organelle that uses aerobic cellular respiration to change glucose into usable energy for the cell (only found in eukaryotes)

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• mitochondrion

• nucleus

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

a green pigment in chloroplasts that captures light energy to make sugars during photosynthesis

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• mitochondrion

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organelle containing chlorophyll, found in plant cells and some protists

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• mitochondrion

• nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

a membrane-bound structure inside eukaryotic cells that performs specialized functions

• cytoplasm

• elodea

• eukaryote

• organelle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

an organism made of a cell or cells that contain a nucleus and organelles (true for all cells except bacteria and archaea)

• cytoplasm

• elodea

• eukaryote

• organelle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2