<p> Name ______Period ______StemScopes Vocabulary</p><p>1. Carbohydrate An organic compound that is a combination of simple sugars.</p><p>2. Lipid (Fat) Any of a large group of organic compounds that are oily to the touch and insoluble in water, break down into fatty acids.</p><p>3. Metabolism Chemical reactions that happen in cells that allow organisms to grow and reproduce.</p><p>4. Cellular Respiration The process of using oxygen to break down nutrients to release energy for the cell.</p><p>5. Photosynthesis Process by which plant cells make food using water, carbon dioxide and light from the sun.</p><p>6. Cell Theory A theory that the cell is the fundamental structural and functional unit of living matter.</p><p>7. Protein A biomolecule composed of a combination of amino acids.</p><p>8. Nucleus The organelle found in eukaryotic cells that contains genetic material responsible for controlling the activities of the cell.</p><p>9. Cytoplasm The jellylike material that makes up much of a cell inside the cell membrane, and, in eukaryotic cells, surrounds the nucleus</p><p>10. Chloroplast The green organelle in plant cells that converts light energy into chemical energy.</p><p>11. Cell Wall Surrounds the cell membrane of a plant to give structure and protection to the cell.</p><p>12. Chromosomes Found in the nucleus and made of DNA, contain the genetic information needed to make new cells, and carry out cell functions.</p><p>13. Cell Membrane The thin membrane that forms the outer surface of the cytoplasm of a cell and regulates the passage of materials in and out of the cell.</p><p>14. Ribosomes Site where proteins are created in the cell.</p><p>15. Vacuole The organelle that stores water and food in both plant and animal cells. Name ______Period ______</p><p>16. Lysosomes The organelle that holds waste materials from the cells, and breaks down food, work out pieces of cell, and other waste.</p><p>17. Golgi Apparatus An organelle consisting of folded membranes that works to change and (Body) transport proteins out of the cell.</p><p>18. Endoplasmic An organelle consisting of a network of membranes within the cytoplasm of Reticulum (ER) eukaryotic cells that is important in building proteins; is a storage facility of the cell.</p><p>19. Mitochondria An organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production; is the power factory of the cell. 20. Tissue A large mass of similar cells that make up a part of an organism and perform a specific function.</p><p>21. Organelle A specialized part of a cell having some specific function.</p><p>22. Organ System Composed of several organs working together to perform a specific function.</p><p>23. Cell The basic structural and functional unit of living organisms.</p><p>24. Organism An individual form of life that is capable of growing, metabolizing nutrients, and usually reproducing (organ systems working together)</p><p>25. Organ A large mass of similar tissue that make up part of an organism that performs a specific function.</p>