click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ch 4-4
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the tough, usually flexible but sometimes fairly rigid layer that surrounds some types of cells | cell wall |
| A small cavity in the cytoplasm of a cell, bound by a single membrane and containing water, food, or metabolic waste | central vacole |
| They are the site of manufacture and storage of important chemical compounds used by the cell | plastid |
| organelles found in plant cells and other eukaryotic organisms that conduct photosynthesis and other chemical reactions | chloroplast |
| the site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis | thylakoid |
| molecule that absorbs sunlight and uses its energy to synthesise carbohydrates from CO2 and water | chlorophyll |