Life Science: Cells Vocabulary

usually shaped like a sphere (ball) and only found in animals

• cell wall

• animal cell

• microscope

• cytoplasm

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smallest unit of life that can carry out all functions of life; basic unit of structure and function in all living things

• cell

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• chlorophyll

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thin layer that protects the cell and regulates what substances enter and leave the cell

• cytoplasm

• magnification

• microscope

• cell membrane

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a stiff wall that surrounds the membrane in a plant cell only; gives the cell a rigid box life shape; is in plant cells but NOT animal cells

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• chloroplasts

• magnification

the green pigment (color) found in plant cells that helps plants absorb sunlight to perform photosynthesis

• plant cell

• animal cell

• microscope

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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plants perform photosynthesis using this organelle in their cell. These capture energy from the sun and use it to produce food for the cell. These are in plant cells only.

• chloroplasts

• nucleus

• animal cell

• microscope

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a gel-like fluid in which many different organelles are found; is in all cells (plant AND animal)

• magnification

• microscope

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

a tool you can use to view microscopic organisms, such as a cell

• magnification

• cell

• chloroplasts

• microscope

directs the cell's activities and controls the cell; sometimes called the brain of the cell

• nucleus

• cell wall

• cell

• cytoplasm

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

usually shaped basically like a rectangle and is found only in plants

• animal cell

• plant cell

• microscope

• cell wall