Human Cells/Body Vocabulary

What is the protective layer of the cell, similar to skin, which regulates the movement of substances in and out of the cell?

• the membrane

• the mitochondria

• ribosomes

• nucleus

What is the organelle in a cell responsible for producing energy by reacting with digested food and oxygen?

• the membrane

• mitochondria

• ribosomes

• nucleus

What structures in the cell make proteins used for repairing damage? 

• membrane

• mitochondria

• ribosomes

• nucleus

What is the brain of the cell that contains chromosomes carrying instructions for the cell?

• the membrane

• mitochondria

• ribosomes

• the nucleus

What are the organelles in the cell that act as trash cans, getting rid of waste material and unwanted substances?

• lysosomes

• chromosomes

• anatomy

• biology

What are the structures inside the nucleus that carry out instructions for the cell?

• lysosomes

• chromosomes

• anatomy

• biology

What is the study of living organisms and their interactions with each other and their environments?

• lysosomes

• chromosomes

• anatomy

• biology

What is the study of the structure of living organisms, including humans?

• lysosomes

• chromosomes

• anatomy

• biology

What is the basic unit of life that makes up all living organisms?

• chromosomes

• anatomy

• cell

• molecules

What is a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound?

• anatomy

• biology

• cells

• molecules