Ch. 8.1 and 8.2 Vocabulary Quiz

A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• cell theory

• cell wall

Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• golgi apparatus

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Cell organelle filled with enzymes needed to break down certain materials in the cell

• ribosome

• golgi apparatus

• lysosome

• mitochondrion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Cell organelle consisting of RNA and protein found throughout the cytoplasm in a cell; the site of protein synthesis

• mitochondrion

• vacuole

• ribosome

• lysosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Thin, flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

• nucleus

• cell membrane

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Network of protein filaments within some cells that helps the cell maintain its shape and is involved in many forms of cell movement

• golgi apparatus

• cytoplasm

• cytoskeleton

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organelles that store materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates.

• vacuole

• golgi apparatus

• lysosome

• cytoskeleton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Fundamental concept of biology that states that all living things are composed of cells; that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things; and that new cells are produced from existing cells.

• cell wall

• germ theory

• cell membrane

• cell theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

• prokaryote

• mitochondrion

• lysosome

• ribosome

Organism whose cells contain a nucleus

• eukaryote

• ribosome

• organelle

• mitochondrion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2