science Flashcards
cell
In biology the smallest unit that can perform all life proccesses
Nucleus
in a eukaryotic cel, a membrane bound organelle that contains the cell DNA and that has a role in procceses such as growth metablosim and reproduction.
Cytoplasm
this fluid and almost all of its contents are called the cytoplasm
cell membrane
a fluid inside cell but not outside the cell nucleus
cell wall
a layer covering that protects the cell
mitochondria
the organelle that breaks down food molecules to make ATP
chlorplast
orgenell within the cell of pants and algae that is the site of photosynthesis.
golgi complex
a stack of small flat scas formed by membraines inside the cells cytoplasm
endoplasmic reticulum
transport system in the eukaryotic cell
ribsome
the organelle in witch amino acids are hooked together to make proteins.
lysosome
the organeele that stores food particles wastes.
vaculoe
the organelle theat stores water and other materials.
organelle
any number of orginizes or specilezed structers within liveng cell
prokaryotic
orginisms whose cell lack a nuclues
eukaryotes
cell that has a nuclues enclosed wih in a nucules envelope