Homeostasis, Cells, Cell Structure & Cell Energy

a flexible covering that protects the inside of a cell from the environment outside of the cell

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• organelle

• cytoplasm

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

a stiff structure outside of the cell membrane

• nucleus

• cell wall

• chlorophyll

• organelle

a fluid inside a cell that contains salts and other molecules

• cytoskeleton

• ribosome

• cytoplasm

• flagella

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

a network of threadlike proteins that are joined together

• centriole

• cytoplasm

• cytoskeleton

• flagella

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

a structure with specialized functions that are surrounded by membranes

• lysosomes

• ribosomes

• mitochondria

• organelles

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

the part of the eukaryotic cells that directs cell activities and contains genetic information stored in DNA

• chromosome

• nucleus

• nucleolus

• organelle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

membrane-bound organelles that use light energy and make food, a sugar called glucose, from water and carbon dioxide in a process called photsynthesis

• mitochondria

• Golgi apparatus

• endoplasmic reticulum

• chloroplasts

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

a series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food molecules into a usable form of energy called ATP

• CO2

• glycoysis

• cellular respiration

• ATP

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

a process by which glucose, a sugar, is broken down into smaller molecules

• glycolysis

• glycogen

• H2O

• ATP

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

a reaction that eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells can use to obtain energy from food when oxygen levels are low

• Photosynthesis

• Chorophyll

• lactic acid

• fermentation

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3