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| The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms |
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| Structure in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell that can act as a storage site, process energy, move materials, or manufacture substances |
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| Protective outer covering of all cells that regulates the interaction between the cell and the enviornment |
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| A type of passive transport in cells in which molecules move from areas where there are more of them to areas where there are fewer of them |
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| A type of passive transport that occurs when water diffuses through a cell membrane |
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| constantly moving gel-like mixture inside the cell membrane that contains heredity material and is the location of most of a cell's life processes |
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Organelle that controls all the activities of a cell and contains hereditary material made of proteins and DNA; positively charged center of an atom that contains protons and neutrons and is surrounded by a cloud of electrons.
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- Temporary storage centers
- Some store water; others store waste products
- Large in plant cells
- Small in animal cells
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Green, chlorophyll-containing, plant-cell organelle that uses light energy to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water
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Cell organelle that breaks down food and releases energy
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Rigid structure that encloses, supports, and protects the cells of plants, algae, fungi, and most bacteria
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| Microscopic, single-celled organisms that possess a prokaryotic type of cell structure |
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One- or many-celled eukaryotic organism that can be plantlike, animal-like, or funguslike
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Long, thin whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings
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| In protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly |
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Temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food
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A strand of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coating that can infect and multiply in a host cell
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Process by which plants and many other producers use light energy to produce a simple sugar from carbon dioxide and water and give off oxygen
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Process by which producers and consumers release stored energy from food molecules; series of chemical reactions used to release energy stored in food molecules
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| Waste Elimination/Diffusion |
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A type of passive transport in cells in which molecules move from areas where there are more of them to areas where there are fewer of them; spreading of particles throughout a given volume until they are uniformly distributed
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