Cell Vocabulary Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. transport The movement of materials through a cell membrane without using energy
  2. 7. device that produces magnified images of structures that are too small to see with the unaided eye
  3. 8. the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane
  4. 10. A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell.
  5. 12. compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; major source of energy for the human body
  6. 15. Deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring.
  7. 17. bodies organelles that package cellular material and transport them within the cell or out of the cell
  8. 18. transport The movement of materials through a cell membrane using cellular energy
  9. 20. ribonucleic acid; a nucleic acid that plays an important role in the production of proteins
  10. 22. cell organelle filled with enzymes needed to break down certain materials in the cell
  11. 23. permeable a property of cell membranes that allows some substances to pass through, while others cannot
  12. 25. a jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended.
Down
  1. 1. organelles made of protein and RNA that direct protein synthesis in the cytoplasm
  2. 3. acid small units that are linked together chemically to form large protein molecules
  3. 4. a structure in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food
  4. 5. rod-shaped cell structures that convert energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions
  5. 6. the process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
  6. 9. any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
  7. 11. large organic molecule made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur
  8. 12. membrane thin, flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
  9. 13. reticulum A cell structure that forms a maze of passageways in which proteins and other materials are carried from one part of the cell to another.
  10. 14. specialized proteins that speed up chemical reactions
  11. 16. storage structures for food, water, minerals, waste
  12. 19. two or more elements that are chemically combined
  13. 21. control center of the cell
  14. 24. energy-rich organic compound (fat, oil, wax) that's made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.