KEY WORDS

  • cell

    • the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism

  • prokaryote

    • "Before kernel (nucleus)"

    • unicellular organism who cell lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles

  • eukaryote

    • "True kernel"

    • unicellular or multicellular organism whose cell(s) have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles

  • organelle

    • "small organ"

    • membrane-bound specialized structure in a cell that performs a specific function

  • endosymbiosis

    • a mutual beneficial relationship in which one organism lives inside of another organism

  • spontaneous generation

    • states that living organisms arise spontaneously under certain conditions from non-living materials