Cell Organelles

Bacteria

Unicellular organism

Multicellular

Organisms having more than 1 cell. (human)

Cytoplasm

Thick fluid inside both cells.

Organelle

Structure inside a cell that is enclosed by its own membrane.

Chloroplast

Captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food in plant cells.

Cell

Smallest unit of life that can perform the 4 characteristics.

Cell Membrane

Controls what goes in and out of a cell.

Nucleus

Control center of the cell (brain).

Eukaryotic Cell

DNA material is located in a nucleus,found in multicellular organisms.

Prokaryotic Cell

DNA material is located in the cytoplasm, found in unicellular organisms.

Central Vacuole

Made of membrane and hold water. Only found in plant cells.

Cell Wall

A protective outer covering that lies just outside the cell membrane of plant cells.

Endoplasmic Reticulum

A network of tubular membranes within the cytoplasm of the cell.

Ribosomes

Use the information to gather the materials a cell needs to build proteins.

Gogli Apparatus

Takes materials made by the endoplasmic reticulum and finishes processing them.

Vesicles

Transport processed materials to an organelle called the gogli apparatus

Lysosomes

Vacuoles that contain chemicals that break down materials taken into the cell and old cell parts.

Mitochondrion

The organelles that use oxygen to process food in order to manufacture energy in both plant and animal cells.

Unicellular

A term used to describe an organism that is made up of a single cell.

Microscope

An instrument that uses glass lens to magnify an object.

Organism

An individual living thing, made up of one or many cells that is capable of growing and reproducing.