Cell Vocabulary

1. Abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical that provides detailed instructions for cells
3. A group of specialized cells with similar structures and functions
6. A stiff outer layer of cell that surrounds a plant,protects it
9. The layer of cell that holds the cell material inside and controls what substances enter and exit the cell
10. A structure that contains at least two types of tissue that work together to preform a specific function
11. Plant tissue that carries food (sugar) from leaves to the other parts of the plant

2. The control center of a cell;it directs the cells activities
3. The giving off of water by a leaf through it's stomata
4. Organelles, found only in plant cells,in which sugar is made during photosynthesis
5. A growth response of a plant toward or away from something in it's environment
7. Tiny openings in the leaves of plants though which gases enter and exit
8. Plant tissue that carries water and nutrients from a plant roots to its leaves
9. Structures in the nucleus that contain an organism's genetic information and regulate the cells activities