Unit 8A Vocab

3. A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell.
4. has a nucleus
7. does not have a nucleus
9. Deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring.
11. The process by which plants and other autotrophs capture and uses light energy to make food from carbon dioxide and water.
12. Consisting of many cells.
14. wall A rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms.

1. An organism that is able to make its own food.
2. And organism that can not make it own food
5. Made of a single cell
6. The thick fluid region of a cell located inside the cell membrane (in prokaryotes) or between the cell membrane and nucleus (in eukaryotes).
8. The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
10. In cells, a large oval organelle that contains the cell’s genetic material in the form of DNA and controls many of the cell’s activities.
13. membrane A thin, flexible barrier that surrounds a cell and controls which substances pass into and out of a cell.