A | B |
nucleus | controls the cell |
chlorophyll | collects energy from the sun |
tissues | a group of cells |
cell wall | the stiff, outside covering of a plant cell |
cytoplasm | the living material In a cell |
cell theory | the basic concepts about cells |
organ | a group of tissues |
cell membrane | controls what enters and exits the cell |
organelles | parts in the cell that carry out the life processes |
cell | basic unit of structure and function of living things |
chloroplast | part of the plant cell where photosynthesis occurs |
respiration | the process of breaking down glucose to produce ATP (energy) |
osmosis | diffusion of substances through a cell membrane |
photosynthesis | the process of making energy using light |
diffusuion | movement from high to low concentration |
mitosis | cells division forming two identical cells |
fermentation | making ATP without using oxygen |
chromosomes | strand in the nucleus carrying genetic material |
Anton van Leeuwenhoek | Dutch shopkeeper who was the first to see cells (called them "animacules") |
Robert Hooke | English scientist and inventor who named cells |
Matthias Schleiden | German botonist who stated all plants were made of cells |
Theodor Scwwann | German scientist who said that cells were the building blocks of both plants and animals |
Rudolph Virchow | German physician who stated that cells come only from other living cells |
mitochondria | powerhouse of the cell |
ribosome | protein factory of the cell |
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) | transport tubes in the cell |
golgi bodies | manufacturing and shipping center of a cell |
lysosomes | the garbage collectors of the cell |
vacuoles | storage for water, food, and waste in a cell |
permeable | alowing substances to flow freely in and out |
selectively permeable | allowing some things to flow in and out, but not others |
impermeable | not able to pass through |
carriers | protein molecules for transporting large substance into and out of the cell |
interphase | cell parts double |
prophase | chromosomes thicken and a spindle forms |
metaphase | chromosomes line up |
anaphase | chromosomes pull apart |
telophase | two new cells formed |