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Cells
cell parts, cell theory, levels of organization
16 cards·by cabuma1
cell theorylevels of organizatibaumanncell parts
VACUOLE
Organelle whose function/job is the STORAGE of WATER (and some food and waste)
NUCLEUS
The part of the cell that CONTROLS everything. It directs all cell activities
MITOCHONDRIA
This organelle uses oxygen to turn glucose sugar into ATP that the cell uses for ENERGY. Lungs
of the cell.
Oxygen
A MITOCHONDRION is like a LUNG. It absorbs and uses a lot of __________
LYSOSOME
This organelle contains acid/enzymes that break down or digests food/nutrients
Stomach
Lysosomes are bags of acid/enzymes to break down food into smaller nutrient
particles/organic molecules. This is similar to what organ of yo
Cell Wall
The part of a plant cell that gives the cell it's flat-sided shape
Skeleton
The cell wall provides shape and support to the plant cell because plants do not have bones.
What part of your body provides shape and suppo
Cell Membrane
Semi-permeable layer that both plant and animal cells have that allows good stuff like oxygen
and food into the cell while letting out waste
Pre-existing Cells
Cells come from other cells when they make copies of themselves by dividing into 2 cells. So
where do cells come from?
Food
How do all living things get ENERGY?
Tissue
A group of the same KIND of cells
Organ
A group of DIFFERENT TISSUES working together to do the same job is a ____. (brain
Organ System
A group of DIFFERENT ORGANS working together to do the same job/function is an __? (skeletal
Robert Hooke
English scientist who first called them "cells" (while looking at dead cork plant under the
microscope) in 1665
Cytoplasm
Jellylike watery gel that fills the cell.