Cells Vocabulary

Basic structural and functional units of animal tissues and organs

• Mitochondria

• Plant Cells

• Organelles

• Animal Cells

The basic unit of all plants.

• Nucleus

• Plant Cell

• Animal Cells

• Response

•Holds DNA

•Genetic information

•Tells the cell what to do

•Processes information -

command center of cell

•Very large

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

• Golgi Apperatus

• Organelles

Any number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell

• Organelle

• Vacuole

• Golgi Apperatus

• Lysosome

•Cell’s recyclers

•Made by Golgi Apparatus

•Contains digestive enzymes;

break down worn out products

• Prokaryotic Cell

• Stimulus

• Lysosome

• Vacuole

•A space or sac within the cytoplasm

•Used as storage for water and other

materials

• Ribosomes

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Vacuole

•Where food is made into energy

•Inner layer is folded to make flaps

•Powerhouse of cell

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Mitochondria

• Ribosomes

• Response

•Made of folded membranes

•Changing, sorting, and packaging proteins

•Transport of lipids

•Creates lysosomes

• Mitochondria

• Golgi Apparatus

• Stimulus

• Vacuole

•System of interconnected

tubes and sac-like structures

•Can be rough or smooth

•Cell’s transportation system

•Where reactions happen and

lipids are produced

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Cell Membrane

•The cell’s environment

•Made of water, salts, gases,

nutrients, and waste

•Jelly-like fluid

•Organelles float in it

• Cell Membrane

• Ribosomes

• Cytoplasm

• Eukaryotic Cell