Unit 1 Week 9/21-9/25 Vocabulary

Question 1

Organism

Answer 1

A living thing

Question 2

Homeostasis

Answer 2

maintenance of stable internal conditions despite the outside surroundings

Question 3

Autotroph

Answer 3

organisms that make their own food (photosynthesis)

Question 4

Heterotroph

Answer 4

organisms that cannot make their own food.They eat autotrophs or other heterotrophs

Question 5

Cell Wall

Answer 5

rigid outer layer of a plant cell

Question 6

Cell Membrane

Answer 6

Controls what comes into and out of a cell; found in plant and animal cells

Question 7

Cytoplasm

Answer 7

Gel-like fluid where the organelles are found

Question 8

Vacuole

Answer 8

Store food, water, waste, and other materials

Question 9

Lysosomes

Answer 9

Use chemicals to break down food and worn out cell parts

Question 10

Nucleus

Answer 10

Contains DNA, which controls the function of the cell and production of proteins

Question 11

Golgi bodies

Answer 11

Receives proteins and materials from the endoplasmic reticulum, packages them, and distributes them

Question 12

Chloroplast

Answer 12

Captures energy from the sunlight and uses it to produce food in plant cells

Question 13

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Answer 13

Has passageways that carry proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another

Question 14

Mitochondria

Answer 14

produces the energy a cell needs to carry out its functions

Question 15

Ribosomes

Answer 15

Assembles amino acids to create proteins

Question 16

Unicellular

Answer 16

consisting of one cell

Question 17

Multicellular

Answer 17

consisting of many cells

Question 18

Cell theory

Answer 18

Three part theory that helps explain the living things around us in a biological way

The 3 parts of the cell theory are:

1. Cells are the basic unit of life
2. All living things are made up of cells
3. All cells come from preexisting cells