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Vocab Chapter 1
Cell Structure and Functions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| and instrument that makes somall objects look larger | microscope |
| basic structure and function in living things | cells |
| a widley accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things | cell theory |
| carry out specfic functions within the cell | organells |
| a ridgid layer of nonliving material that surrounds the cells of plants and other organism | cell wall |
| all cells have a membrane, located on the outer varrier, for plants located inside the cell wall | cell membrane |
| control center of the cell, diverting all cells activities | nucleus |
| region between cell membrane and nucleus, gel-like fluid | cytoplasm |
| are known as "powerhouse", they convert food molecules into energy | mitchondria |
| carry proteins and other material from one plant of the cell to another | E.R. |
| function as factories to produce proteins | ribosomes |
| recive proteins and other newly formes material from the E.R., package them, and distrubutes them to pther parts of the cell (mail room) | golgi body |
| capture energy from sunlignt and use it to produce foood from the cell | chloroplasts |
| small, round like structures contaning chemical that break down cetain materials in the cell | lymosomes |
| storage ares of cells | valculoe |
| any substances that can't be broken down | element |
| two or more elements combined chemically | compounds |
| an energy-rich organic compound made of carbon,hydrogen, and oxygen | carbohydrates |
| large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur | proteins |
| proteins, molecules are made up of smaller molecules | amino acids |
| type of proteins that speed up smaller molecules | emzyme |
| vary long organic molecules made of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen,nitrogen, and phosphorus | Nucleic Acids |
| genetic material that carries information about roganism, passed through parent offspring | DNA |
| importantrole in production of proteins located by the cytoplasm and also out side the nucleus | RNA |