TEK 6.12AB Vocabulary Review

What is a self-contained living thing?

• An organism

• A cell membrane

• The nucleus

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The smallest unit of an organism; it is enclosed by a membrane and performs life functions.

• An animal

• A whale

• A cell

• DNA

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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A cell with a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

• Eukaryotic Cells

• Prokaryotic Cells

Cells lacking a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.

• Eukaryotic Cells

• Prokaryotic Cells

A protective layer that surrounds a cell or an organelle.

• Cell Membrane

• Organelle

• Cell

• Organism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A membrane-bound structure inside a cell that performs a specialized function.

• Organelle

• Cell

• Organism

• Organ System

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A membrane-bound structure in Eukaryotic Cells that contains the DNA of the cell.

• DNA

• Nucleus

• Cell

• Organism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Contains the information that forms the hereditary material of all cells.

• Nucleus

• DNA

• Cell

• Organism

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