Cells Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is a Cell
The smallest unit that can perform all processes.
What is a Nucleus
Contains the cell’s DNA city hall.
What is a Cytoplasm
Fluid that the Organelles are set it.
Lawns and parking lots.
What is Cell membrane
The barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell’s environment city limits.
What is a Cell wall
A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support for the cell
found in plants cells only city walls.
What is a Mitochondrion / Mitochondrion
The site of a cellular respiration allows the cells to use energy power plants.
What is a Chloroplast
Organelles in plat and algae cells in which
Photosynthesis takes place
solar energy plant.
What is a Golgi complex
Packages materials to be transported throughout the cell post office.
What is a Endoplasmic reticulum
allows for the transport of cellular materials roads and highways
What is a Ribosome
Organelles that make proteins which are building materials for the cell
Lumber yard
What is a Lysosome
Digests waste products in a cell
garbage trucks, recycles.
What is a Vacuole
Stores water in the cell
water tower.
What is a Organelle
Structures that perform specific functions within the cell.
What is a Prokaryote
A microscopic single-celled organism that has either a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles.
What is a Eukaryote
The Eukaryotes constitutes the domain of Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane -bound nucleus. All animals,plants,fungi and many unicellular organisms are eukaryotes.
What is a Tissue
A group or layer of cells that work together to perform a specific function.
What is a Organ
A part of an organism that is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function, suck as the heart or liver in humans.
What is a Organ system
A Organ system is a group of organs that work together in the body to perform a complex function.
What is a Organism
an individual living thing that carries on the activities of life by means of organs which have separate functions but are dependent on each other.
What is a structure
The action of building.
