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| General term for tiny organ-like structures specialized to perform distinct processes within the cell. |
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| Contains the cytosol or cell fluid; area between nucleus and cell membrane; cell reactions occur here. |
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| A thin, flexible, & selectively permeable barrier that only lets some materials into or out of the cell. |
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| Controls the cell's activities and contains most of the hereditary material (chromosomes). |
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| A small dense region inside the nucleus where ribosomes and other RNA are made. |
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| Thin protein filaments and tubules that provide shape and structure to the cell and help move organelles within it. |
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| Produces, processes, and distributes proteins and lipids through its membrane channels. |
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| Small non-membranous organelles where proteins are made. |
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| Stacks of membranes that process, sort, and deliver large numbers of modified proteins out of the cell. |
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| Contain digestive enzymes that break down and recycle molecules and wastes. |
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| Break down sugar to create energy to power the cell. |
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| Stores chlorophyll and uses it to convert solar energy into energy the cell can use. |
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| Outermost, rigid layer found in plants & bacteria that gives support, protection, and shape to cells. |
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| General storage containers for water and food in plants (large) and animals (smaller). |
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| Small, round organelle (often associated with the Golgi apparatus) that transports materials within the cytoplasm or into/out of the cell. |
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| 2 sets of protein microtubes arranged in a circle and helps in cell division at the centrosome by forming spindle fibers. |
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| General plant-only storage containers. |
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| Store plant pigments such as in fruit and flower cells. |
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| Stores starch in plant cells. |
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| Made many microscopes & found living organisms in pond water, on people's teeth, etc... |
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| Said, "all plants are made of cells." |
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| Discovered that animals and all living things are made of cells. |
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| Said, "all cells come from pre-existing cells." |
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| All organisms are made of cells. |
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| All cells come from pre-existing cells. |
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| The cell is the most basic unit of life. |
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| Only animal cells have these. |
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| Only plant cells have these. |
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| Chloroplasts, central vacuoles, and cell walls. |
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Genetic information is suspended in cytoplasm; no membrane-bound organelles. Generally single-celled.
Bacteria, etc. |
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Genetic information is in the nucleus; there are membrane-bound organelles. Either multi- or single-celled.
Animal & plant cells. |
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| Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have these. |
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