Cells Flashcards
(17 cards)
Unicellular
These are organisms that are usually too small for you to see directly.
Multicellular
Organisms that are made up of many cells.
Microscope
This is an instrument which makes an object appear bigger than it really is.
Bacteria
Pasture observed that milk that turned sour contained large numbers of tiny single-celled organisms
Cell membrane
What is the boundary that separates the inside from the outside
Cytoplasm
Contained inside the cell membrane is a gelatin-like material
Nucleus
This genetic material is in a structure
Eukaryotic cell
An organism whose cells contain a nucleus surrounded by a membrane and whose DNA is bound together by proteins into chromosomes.
Prokaryotic cell
A cell that has no separate compartment for the genetic material
Organelle
To describe any part of a cell that is enclosed by a membrane
Cell wall
This is a tough outer covering that lies just outside the cell membrane
Chloroplasts
This is within planet cells, they are organelles in which the energy from the sunlight is used to make sugar.
Mitochondria
They are the organelles that use oxygen to get energy from processing food.
Specialization
This is of cells means that specific cells perform specific functions.
Tissue
This is a group of similar cells that are organized to do a specific job
Organ
Different tissues working together to perform a particular fiction represent another level of organization.
Organism
an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.