Animal and Plant Cell Vocabulary

An organism is ...

• the basic unit of structure and function in all living things

• A living thing

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A cell is...

• The basic unit of structure and function in all living things

• A living thing

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A nucleus is...

• Main control center for the cell and acts kind of like the cell’s brain

• Jelly that fills the inside of a cell, helps hold d the cell’s organelles in place

• The thin outside layer that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the movement of materials into and out of the cell

• Usually rigid wall that surrounds the membrane of plant cells

• Work to convert light energy from the Sun into food for a plant cell

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A chloroplast is...

• Main control center for the cell and acts kind of like the cell’s brain

• Jelly that fills the inside of a cell, helps hold d the cell’s organelles in place

• The thin outside layer that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the movement of materials into and out of the cell

• Usually rigid wall that surrounds the membrane of plant cells

• Work to convert light energy from the Sun into food for a plant cell

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A cell membrane is...

• Main control center for the cell and acts kind of like the cell’s brain

• Jelly that fills the inside of a cell, helps hold d the cell’s organelles in place

• The thin outside layer that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the movement of materials into and out of the cell

• Usually rigid wall that surrounds the membrane of plant cells

• Work to convert light energy from the Sun into food for a plant cell

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Cytoplasm is...

• Main control center for the cell and acts kind of like the cell’s brain

• Jelly that fills the inside of a cell, helps hold d the cell’s organelles in place

• The thin outside layer that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the movement of materials into and out of the cell

• Usually rigid wall that surrounds the membrane of plant cells

• Work to convert light energy from the Sun into food for a plant cell

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A cell wall is...

• Main control center for the cell and acts kind of like the cell’s brain

• Jelly that fills the inside of a cell, helps hold d the cell’s organelles in place

• The thin outside layer that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the movement of materials into and out of the cell

• Usually rigid wall that surrounds the membrane of plant cells

• Work to convert light energy from the Sun into food for a plant cell

All living things are made of microscopic units called ____________________.

• Cells

• Cell Membrane

• Cell Wall

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplast

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Anything that is living no matter how big or small is an ____________________

• Cells

• Organism

• Cell Wall

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplast

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Plants do not eat food like animals do. They have a special organelle called ____________________ that makes food for them out of sun light.

• Cell Membrane

• Cell Wall

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

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