Cells and Cell Processes Vocab

An extra layer that goes around plant cells that makes them more sturdy.

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

• organelle

Jell-O like substance that fills the cell and cushions what is inside.

• organelle

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

Things inside the cell that have their own membrane and special job to do.

• organelles

• cell wall

• ribosomes

The brain of the cell. Tells all the organelles what to do.

• nucleus

• ribosomes

• proteins

Pigment in plant cells found in chloroplasts that store the sunlight.

• proteins

• chlorophyll

• ATP

Organelles that are like factories and create proteins for the cell to use.

• ribosomes

• proteins

• cellular respiration

What all cells need to survive; made by ribosomes.

• chloroplast

• ATP

• proteins

Organelle that turns food into energy the cell can use.

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• mitochondria

Occurs in all cells in the mitochondria. Takes food, combines it with oxygen to make energy.

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• ATP

The energy that is produced in plant and animal cells.

• ATP

• chloroplast

• photosynthesis