the smallest basic unit of life. It is the BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIVING organisms.

Organisms that are made of only ONE cell.

Organisms that are made of TWO or more cells.

States that all living things are 1) made of one or more cells, 2) the cell is the smallest unit of life, 3) all new cells come from preexisting cells

Structures (PARTS) in cells from multicellular organisms that carry out specialize functions. They carry out different tasks needed by the cell.

A stiff layer that protects and supports the PLANT cell (LIKE BRICKS ON A BUILDING)

A thin barrier that protects the inside of the cell by controling what goes IN AND OUT (the GUARD OR DOOR of cells)

A *fluid-filled* region that is between the cell membrane and the nucleus (like a JELLY CUSHION arround organelles so they don't break when they move)

Acts like the computer, brain, or "BOSS" of the cell. It's a large oval structure that CONTROLS cell's activities and contains DNA (genetic information)

Structures INSIDE THE NUCLEUS that DNA (stored genetic information) is organized into (also called genetic material)

THIS IS A PLACE THAT IS a maze of passageways *WHERE PROTIENS ARE PRODUCED* that helps carry them where they will be prepared and then used by the rest of the cell*

A structure that *prepares proteins* made by ribosomes by receiving, PACKAGING and redistributing (SENDING) them to the rest of the cell *

A chemical factory that PRODUCES (makes) proteins LIKE MEAT MAKES PROTEIN FOR ANIMALS

Pill-shaped structures that chemically change and RELEASE food energy into cellular ENERGY (acts like the POWERHOUSE of the cell)

Green, oval structures in PLANT cells that turn sunlight energy into food energy through PHOTOSYNTHESIS

A round compartment that STORES materials such as WATER, proteins, food and waste

A small, round compartment that BREAKS DOWN large substances (like viruses and WASTE) into smaller substances