Vocabulary N° 2 "Features of Life and the Cell"

1. Reproduce: to form offspring similar to the parents.



2. Development: all the changes that occur as a living thing grows.

3. Consumers: living things that eat, or consume, other living things.

4. Producers: living things that make, or produce, their own food.

5. Cellular Respiration: the process by which food is broken down and energy is released.

6. Cell: the basic unit of a living thing.

7. Adaptation: a trait that makes a living thing betterable to survive.

 

8. Cell Membrane: the cell part that gives the cell shape and holds the cytoplasm.

9. Nucleus: the cell part that controls most of the cell´s activities. 

10. Nuclear Membrane: a structure that surrounds the nucleus and separates it from the rest of the cell.

11. Nucleolus: the cell part that help make ribosomes.

12. Chromosome: cell parts with information taht determines what traits a living thing will have.

13. Cytoplasm: the clear, jellylike material between the cell membrane and the nucleus that makes up most of the cell.

14. Ribosome: cell parts where proteins are made.

15. Mitochondria: cell parts that produce energy from food that has been digested.

16. Vacuole: a liquid-filled space that stores food, water, and minerals.

17. Centriole: cell parts that help with cell reproduction.

18. Chloroplast: cell parts that contain the green pigment, chlorophyll.

19. Cell Wall: the thick, outer covering outside the cell membrane.

20. Diffusion: the movement of a substance from where there is a large amount of it.

21. Osmosis: the movement of water across the cell membrane.

22. Tissue: a group of similar cells that work together to carry out a special job.

23. Organ: a group of tissues that work together to do a job.

24. Organ System: a group of organs that work together to do a certain job.

25. Organism: a living thing.