Life Science Vocabulary

Question 1

Plant cell

Answer 1

Plant cells are the basic unit of life in organisms of the kingdom Plantae

Question 2

Animal cell

Answer 2

An animal cell is a type of cell that dominates most of the tissue cells in animals

Question 3

Organelle

Answer 3

any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell

Question 4

Cell membrane

Answer 4

the semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell

Question 5

Cell wall

Answer 5

a rigid layer of polysaccharides lying outside the plasma membrane of the cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria. In the algae and higher plants it consists mainly of cellulose

Question 6

Cytoplasm

Answer 6

the material or protoplasm within a living cell, excluding the nucleus

Question 7

Mitochondrion

Answer 7

an organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. It has a double membrane, the inner layer being folded inward to form layers (cristae)

Question 8

Golgi apparatuse

Answer 8

a complex of vesicles and folded membranes within the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, involved in secretion and intracellular transport