Cell Terms 2016

A condition needed for health and functioning in which an organism or cell maintains a relatively stable internal environment

• homeostasis
• chlorophyll
• chloroplast
• vacuoles

A light-absorbing chemical, a pigment, that traps the energy in sunlight and converts it to chemical energy

• cells
• nucleus
• chlorophyll
• unicellular

An organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll, a chemical that uses the energy from sunlight to make sugar

• centrioles
• ribosome
• vacuole
• chloroplast

A space within the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane and typically containing fluid.

• vacuoles
• Golgi apparatus
• ribosome
• organelles

The smallest unit that is able to perform the basic functions of life

• endoplasmic reticulum
• Golgi apparatus
• cells
• centrioles

An individual living thing, made up of one or many cells, that is capable of growing and reproducing

• cells
• mitochondria
• organism
• centrioles

A protective outer covering that lies just outside the cell membrane of plant cells

• photosynthesis
• cell wall
• Golgi apparatus
• cytoplasm

The process by which green plants and other produces are simple compounds and energy form light to make sugar, an energy-rich compound.

• centrioles
• photosynthesis
• cytoplasm
• nucleus

The structure in a eukaryotic cell that contains the genetic material a cell needs to reproduce and function

• vacuoles
• chloroplast
• nucleus
• Golgi apparatus

One of two cylindrical cellular structures that are composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis.

• centrioles
• cytoplasm
• Golgi apparatus
• organelles