Unit 3 Lesson 1 The Characteristics of Cells VOCABULARY

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a small body in a cell's cytoplasm that is specialized to perform a specific function

an organism made up of cells that have genetic material in a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, as well as ribosomes

an organism made up of just one cell and must carry out all of the life functions itself

the smallest functional and structural unit of all living things; the basic unit of life

the region of the cell within the membrane that includes gel-like fluid, the cytoskeleton, and all of the organelles except the nucleus

the genetic material that provides instructions for all cell processes

a single-celled organism that does not have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles

hairlike structures that help some prokaryotic cells move