Living Systems 5 Flashcards
What are the building blocks of all living things?
cells
What are the main parts of an animal cell?
cytoplasm, nucleus, vacuoles, cell membrane
What are the main parts of a plant cell?
cytoplasm, nucleus, vacuoles, cholorplasts, cell membrane, cell wall
What is the liquid in the cell that contains the chemicals needed to keep the cell alive called?
cytoplasm
What is the control center of the cell called?
the nucleus
What is the thin structure of the cell that allows oxygen and food to enter a cell and waste products to leave the cell?
cell membrane
What is the nonliving structure that surrounds a plant cell and gives it its shape?
cell wall
What are the sacs in the cell called that store substances?
vacuoles
What structure in plant cells contain chlorophyll and are used for making food?
chloroplasts
What are many celled organisms that usually absorb food from other organisms called?
fungi
What are one-celled organisms that often are decomposers?
monerans
What are many celled organisms that eat food and can usually move?
animals
What are many celled organisms that make their own food and cannot move?
plants
What one-celled organism can make their own food or may take in food?
protist
What kingdom is bacteria in?
Moneran
