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Vocabulary Quiz
December 3, 2010
1. Any living thing. Some may exist as a
single cell (unicellular) but most are made
of many cells (multicellular) such as plants
and animals.
2. The part of an organism that is made up
of tissues to perform a specific job.
Examples of organs include: skin, heart,
lungs, stems, leaves, and roots.
3. The basic unit of all living things.
4. The process of matter spreading out
evenly from its source. An example is
when perfume is sprayed and eventually is
smelled throughout a room.
5. All the material between a cell membrane
and the nucleus. It includes the various
organelles which help a cell to function.
6. The outer portion of a cell. It surrounds
the cell and helps keep the contents
inside. It also controls what enters or
leaves a cell.
7. The outermost part of a plant cell. It is
found outside of the cell's membrane. It is
quite rigid and helps maintain the shape of
the plant.
8. A green structure found inside a plant
cell. This structure changes sunlight into a
usable form of energy for the plant.
9. The control center of a cell. It contains
genetic information that regulates how a
cell functions.
10. A special form of diffusion that occurs in
liquids. One liquid spreads evenly within
another liquid.
11. A group of cells that function together to
meet a common purpose. Examples
include muscle, bone, and cuticle (the
outer covering of a plant).
12. A group of organs that work together
performing a common function. Examples
of systems include the skeleton, nervous
and vascular (tubes in plants).
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Organism
Organ
Cell
Diffusion
Cytoplasm
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Chloroplast
Nucleus
Osmosis
Tissue
system