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Complete Cell Terms
This is the complete collection of the 37 cell terms and etymologies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Endoplasmic Reticulum (ety) | ety: endo=inside, plasm=jelly, reticu=network |
| Vacuole (ety) | ety: vacu=empty |
| Organelle (ety) | ety: organ+elle=tiny |
| Endoplasmic Reticulum | Organelle that is a folded membrane used to move materials around inside the cell |
| Mitochondrion | Organelle that chemically reacts oxygen with sugars to release energy, carbon dioxide, and water |
| Diagram | A neat drawing or photo showing the parts of something with labels and/or written explaination |
| Lysosome (ety) | ety: lyso=cleaning, some=body |
| Etymology | The history of a word (language of origin and meanings of root parts of the word) |
| Cytoplasm (ety) | ety: cyto=cell, plasm=jelly |
| Chloroplast (ety) | ety: chloro=colored, plast=body |
| Golgi Body | Organelle that packages proteins inside membranes so they can be sent elsewhere |
| Lysosome | Organelle that breaks down and gets rid of waste |
| Ribosome | Organelle that makes proteins for the cell |
| Graph | A visual display of data, usually showing how one variable relates to another; for example: a line graph, a scatter plot, or a bar chart |
| Cytoplasm | The liquid filling of a cell in which all of the organelles float |
| Cytoplasm (ety) | ety: cyto=cell, plasm=jelly |
| Nucleus | Organelle that contains all the instructions for how to run a cell |
| Cell Wall | Organelle in a plant or bacteria that is outside the cell and gives rigid support and shape to the cell |
| Function | The job something does and how it works |
| Table | A neatly organized display of numbers or words organized in columns and rows |
| Cell Membrane | Organelle that is the outer boundary of a cell and which only lets certain things in and out |
| Structure | The shape and parts of something and how they are put together |
| Chloroplast | Organelle in a plant that uses sunlight energy to chemically react carbon dioxide with water to produce sugars and oxygen |
| Tissue | A group of cells working together (level of organization in a multicellular organism |
| Eukaryotic (ety) | ety: eu=true, karyo=kernel |
| Unicellular | Adjective to describe an organism made of only one cell |
| Prokaryotic | Adjective to describe a cell that has no nucleus or organelles with membranes |
| Analogy | A comparison between something simple and something complex to make the complex thing easier to understand |
| Prokaryotic (ety) | ety: pro=before, karyo=kernel |
| Organ system | A group of organs working together (level of organization in a multicellular organism) |
| Organ | A group of tissues working together (level of organization in a multicellular organism) |
| Plant | A multicellular eukaryotic organism that can produce it's own food and which has specialized organelles: cell wall, chloroplast, very large vacuole |
| Animal | A multicellular eukaryotic organism that has to consume food to get energy |
| Bacteria | A single celled prokaryotic organism |
| Multicellular | Adjective to describe an organism made of many cells |
| Eukaryotic | Adjective to describe a cell that has a nucleus and organelles with membranes |
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Mr. Sentry
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