Eukaryotic Cells Vocabulary

Basic unit of all forms of life

• Cell

• Nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters and leaves the cell

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Nucleus

• Golgi apparatus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Structure that contains the cell's genetic material in the form of DNA

• Vacuole

• Nucleolus

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Cell organelle that breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Lysosome

• Golgi apparatus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division

• Nucleus

• Nucleolus

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Centriole

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Organelle in cells that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the endoplasmic reticulum for storage in the cell or release outside the cell

• Golgi apparatus

• Ribosome

• Vacuole

• Lysosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Cell Wall

• Lipid Bilayer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Cell organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Golgi apparatus

• Endoplasmic reticulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What organelle is responsible for energy production?

• nucleus
• mitochondria
• ribosome
• cell membrane

Which structures do plant cells have that animal cells do NOT have?

• cell wall

• large central vacuole

• chloroplasts

• all of these