Miller and Levine

Basic unit of all forms of life

• Cell

• Nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Fundamental concept of biology that states that all living things are composed of cells

• Cell Membrane

• Cell Wall

• Cell Theory

• Cell Hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters and leaves the cell

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Nucleus

• Golgi apparatus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Structure that contains the cell's genetic material in the form of DNA

• Vacuole

• Nucleolus

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Organism whose cells contain a nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Golgi apparatus

• Chloroplast

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

• Vacuole

• Lysosome

In eukaryotic cells, all cellular contents outside the nucleus; in prokaryotic cells, all of the cell's contents

• Centriole

• Chloroplast

• Cytoplasm

• Cytoskeleton

Specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell

• Vacuole

• Ribosome

• Organelle

• Nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Cell organelle that stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates

• Centriole

• Vacuole

• Ribosome

• Lysosome

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Cell organelle that breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Lysosome

• Golgi apparatus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7