SCIENCE VOCAB

1. made of strong connective tissue
3. a pigment that colors the skin
5. produces most of your blood cells
9. a group of similar cells that work together and perform a specific function
11. carries out photosynthesis and captures energy from the sun and changes it to a form energy cells can use in making food
13. this technology revealed cells and led to the cell theory
14. a total of 26 small bones
15. directed by your nervous system but often involve other body systems
16. the cells nucleus divides into new nuclei and one set of DNA is distributed into each daughter cell
18. the first stage of the cell cycle
19. a small round structure in the nucleus

2. where new cells form in the skin
4. a system that includes the sweat glands and oil glands
6. a condition that causes the spaces in bones to become larger
7. stores water in the plant cell
8. tissue that is in your ears and the tip of your nose
10. contains substances that break down large food molecules into smaller food molecules
11. completes the process of cell division
12. the smalles unit of an element
17. the process in which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration