Term | Definition |
Mitochondria | the organelle responsible for making ATP |
chloroplast | the organelle responsible for making sugar |
nucleus | the organelle that controls the cell and contains the DNA |
vacuole | A large Water storage sack in plants but a small storage sack in animals |
cell membrane | The outside surrounding of the cell that screens what enters and exits the cell |
cytoplasm | A jelly like substance that keeps the organelles in place inside of the cell |
ribosomes | a structure in the cell that is a surface for the cell to make protein on top of |
Schlieden | Plant cells come from other plant cells.. |
Schwann | Animal cells comes from animal cells... |
Virchow | All cells come from other living cells |
Robert Hooke | first man to see the cell and to name it |
Leeuwenhoek | first microscope and moving living cells |
DNA | the genes of a person are coded onto this structure that is found in the nucleus |
cell wall | It is only found in plants, and it's purpose is to hold up and give shape and structure to the cells |
Photosynthesis | the process that makes sugar out of sunlight |
cellular respiration | the process in a mitochondria that creates energy out of the food that we eat |
phospholipid bilayer | the surrounding layer of all membrane bound orgelles |
(memorize this, its on the wall in the classroom) | list the "organization of Living things" from small to large |
Prokaryote | What is a bacteria called because it has no nucleus? |
Eukaryote | What are plants and animals called because they DO have a nucleus? |
Chloroplast, cell wall, and a Huge Central Vacuole | What 3 structures does a plant cell have that an animal doesn't |