Unit 3: The Cell- Vocabulary

3. The process in which materials are moved by cells against a concentration difference.
6. Within food vacuoles, extensions of cytoplasm surround a particle.
7. Basic units of life.
10. Double-layered sheets which most cell membranes are composed of.
11. Small particles of RNA and proteins found throughout the cytoplasm.
12. Organelles that convert the chemical energy stored in food into compounds.
13. Help to organize cell division and is near the cell.
15. The process of taking the material into cells by pockets.
18. Where cell membranes are assembled, where proteins, lipids and other materials are also exported from this cell part.
21. Small specialized organ.
25. Many groups of tissues work together to perform more complicated tasks.
27. Vacuoles formed within the cell by forming pockets filled with liquids.
30. It modifies, sorts and packages proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum.
32. Two membranes surrounding the nucleus.
35. Threadlike structure of condensed chromatin.
36. When the concentration of the solute is the same throughout a system.
37. The dilute sugar solution.

1. Three discoveries, fundamental concept of biology.
2. Protein channels that make it easy for certain molecules to pass through faster.
4. A group of organs that work together to form a specific function.
5. A group of similar cells that perform a similar function.
8. Cells that contain nuclei.
9. The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
14. Cells throughout an organism can develop in different ways to perform different tasks.
16. More concentrated sugar solution.
17. Thin, flexible barrier where all cells are surrounded with.
18. The contents are forced out of the cell.
19. in which a movement of particles in an area that is active, transfers to a unreactive area.
20. Structure that helps support the cell.
22. Portion of the cell outside the nucleus.
23. Cells without nuclei.
24. Organelles that capture energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy.
26. The granular material you can see in the nucleus.
28. The mass of solute in a given volume of solution.
29. Saclike structures that store materials.
31. The concentration of water and sugar will be the same on both sides of the membrane.
32. Large membrane-enclosed structure that contains the cell's genetic material in form of DNA.
33. A strong supporting layer around the membrane.
34. Small organelles filled with enzymes.