Cell Vocab

The basic unit of life in all living things

• Cell

• Chloroplast

• Cutoplasm

• Plant cell wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Surrounds the cell. Keeps the cytoplasm inside the cell and controls what goes in and out of the cell.

• Cytoplasm

• Cell membrane

• Cell

• Vacuole

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

1.) All organisms are composed of 1 or more cells.

2.) The cell is the basic unit of life in all living things.

3.) All cells come from existing cells.

• Cell Theory
• Cellular Respiration
• Mitosis
• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Found only in plant cells. Surrounds the cell membrane and provides strength and support to the cell.

• Nucleus
• Chloroplast
• Cell membrane
• Cell wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Found only in plant cells. Make sugars using sunlight and chlorophyll through photosynthesis.

• Ribosome
• Chloroplast
• Nucleus
• Mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Contain the DNA

• Cytoplasm
• Chromosomes

• Mitochondria
• Ribosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Jelly-like fluid surrounded by the cell membrane that contains the organelles of the cell.

• nucleus
• ribosomes
• mitochondria
• cytoplasm

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Stores water and other materials in the cell

• cytoplasm
• nucleus
• ribosome
• vacuole

Hereditary material in a cell. DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid

• RNA
• ATP
• DNA
• Protein

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The largest organelle in the cytoplasm. Makes lipids and transports materials in the cell.

• Endoplasmic Reticulum
• Nucleus
• Mitochondria
• Golgi Apparatus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2