Topic 8 Lessons 1 & 2 Vocabulary Practice

The basic unit of structure and function in living things

• cell

• cell theory

• cell wall

• chloroplast

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A widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things.

• cell

• cell theory

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

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Rod-shaped organelles that convert energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions.

• vacuole

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

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A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell.

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

• cell

• organelle

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The thick fluid region of a cell located inside the cell membrane (in prokaryotes) or between the cell membrane and nucleus (in eukaryotes).

• cytoplasm

• mitochondria

• organelle

• cell theory

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A sac-like organelle that stores water, food, and other materials.

• cell theory

• vacuole

• cytoplasm

• chloroplast

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An organelle in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and changes it to an energy form that cells can use in making food.

• cell membrane

• vacuole

• chloroplast

• mitochondria

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A thin, flexible barrier that surrounds a cell and controls which substances pass into and out of a cell.

• vacuole

• cell wall

• nucleus

• cell membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

In cells, a large oval organelle that contains the cell’s genetic material in the form of DNA and controls many of the cell’s activities.

• vacuole

• cell

• nucleus

• mitochondria

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A rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms.

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• chloroplast

• organelle