Unit 3: Cells Flashcards
small cells with no organelles Example: bacteria
Prokaryotes
big cells with nuclei and other organelles Example: your cheek cells
Eukaryotes
The pieces inside a eukaryotic cell
organelles literally means “small organs”
The control center of the cell
the nucleus
The “boarder control” of the cell, managing everything that comes in or out.
the cell membrane
The rigid boundary that protects a cell from bursting
the cell wall
The fluid inside the cell
the cytoplasm
The series of membranes that build proteins for the cell
the rough endoplasmic reticulum
The series of membranes that build lipids for the cell
the smooth endoplasmic reticulum
The series of membranes that packages and ships products out of the cell
the golgi apparatus
The organelle which contains enzymes to break down food or old organelles
the lysosome
The organelle which burns glucose for energy
the mitochondria
The organelle which stores the energy in sunlight in glucose
Chloroplast
The storage space for water and minerals in a plant cell
the central vacuole
The small specks in a cell that chain amino acids together to build a protein
the ribosomes
cell membrane
cell wall
central vacuole
chloroplast
cilia
cytoplasm
flagella
smooth ER or golgi (we can’t tell them apart without stains)
lysosome
mitochondria
nucleus
ribosomes
rough ER
smooth ER or golgi
(you can’t tell them apart without stains)
