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Cell Terms
 Cell Wall – protects the cells of plants
 Chloroplast – green organelles that use light energy and make food by
photosynthesis
 Vacuole – stores food, water, and waste
 Nucleus – controls all the activities of the cell (largest organelle)
 Cytoplasm – gelatin-like material inside the cell membrane
 Endoplasmic Reticulum – site of protein production / carries materials through
the cell
 Mitochondria – where the energy in food is stored/ produces energy through
cellular respiration
 Golgi Apparatus (bodies) – flattened membranes that prepare proteins for
specific jobs
 Ribosomes – create proteins
 Cell Membrane – protective layer around all cells. Controls what enters and
leaves the cell.
 Lysosomes – breaks down food materials, wastes, and old cells
 Cytoskeleton – a network of threadlike proteins that are joined together
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Organelles – structures within the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells
Cell- smallest unit of an organism that can carry on life functions
Tissues- a group of similar cells that all do the same work
Organ- a group of tissues working together to do a certain job
Organ systems- a group of organs that work together
Chromosomes- contain DNA, a chemical that determines which traits an
organism will have
 Homeostasis- regulation of an organism’s internal, life-maintaining conditions