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| all living things are made of these. They are too small to be seen or examined except through a microscope. |
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| have a rectangular shape. Its parts include chloroplasts that use sun light to make its food and a cell wall to give it structure |
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| have an irregular shape with the same basic parts of the plant cell like the cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm and vacuoles with the exception of a cell wall and chloroplasts |
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| found in both cells; the cell’s “command center”, or brain |
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| only in plants; the thick, rigid outer covering of a plant cell taht gives the plant structure and support |
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| found in both cells; the lining that controls what goes in and out of each cell; it surrounds and protects each cell (acts like a fence) |
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| found in both cells; this part stores water and wastes |
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| found in both cells; the jelly-like substance that fills the inside of the cell; all other parts float around in it. |
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| only in plant cells; they are small and round, and use sunlight to produce plant sugars (*think chlorophyll) |
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| the process of using the sunlight to make food for plants |
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| have a backbone or spine like a fish, frog, or bird |
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| don’t have a backbone or spine like a jellyfish, snail, or bee |
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| grow TALL due to special tubes in their roots and stems to carry water and nutrients throughout the plant |
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| do not have special tubes to carry water so they must absorb it from where they are located. They are short and low to the ground like mosses and liverworts. |
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| tool used to magnify microscopic objects |
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