Adaptations + Cells Flashcards
What is an adaptation?
A feature of an organism that helps it survive
Structural adaptation?
Structures that the organism has to help it survive
Functional adaptation?
A function that an organism has to survive
Behavioural adaptation?
Behaviour an organism has to survive
What is the cell wall?
A wall on a cell that holds the cell together
What is the cell membrane?
The outer layer that lets things in or out of the cell
What is the vacuole?
Where the cells stores food, water and waste
What does the plant cell have that animal cells don’t?
Cell wall and chloroplast
What is the chloroplast?
The part that captures the energy from the sun (photosynthesis)
What is the nucleus?
The part that controls and regulates the activity of the cell
What is the cytoplasm?
The liquid inside the cell