Plant & Animal Cell Vocabulary

usually shaped like a sphere (ball) and only found in animals

• animal cell

• plant cell

• cell wall

• nucleus

smallest unit of life that can carry out all functions of life; basic unit of structure and function in all living things

• cell

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

thin layer that protects the cell and regulates what substances enter and leave the cell

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• cell

• chlorophyll

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

a stiff wall that surrounds the membrane in a plant cell only; gives the cell a rigid, boxlike shape; is in plant cells but NOT animal cells

• chlorophyll

• cell membrane

• cell wall

• cell

the green pigment (color) found in plant cells that helps plants absorb sunlight to perform photosynthesis

• cell membrane

• chloroplasts

• cell wall

• chlorophyll

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

plants perform photosynthesis using this organelle in their cell; these capture energy from the sun and use it to produce food for the cell; these are in plant cells only

• nucleus

• chloroplasts

• cell wall

• chlorophyll

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

a gel-like fluid in which many different organelles are found; is in ALL cells

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• cell wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

a tool you can use to view microscopic organisms such as a cell

• magnifying glass

• eye glasses

• microscope

• telescope

directs the cell's activities and controls the cell; sometimes called the BRAIN of the cell

• nucleus

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

• cell wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

usually shaped basically like a rectangle and is found ONLY in plants

• chlorophyll

• animal cell

• nucleus

• plant cell