Name: ____________________________

Skills Worksheet
Cell Structure and Function

In the blanks provided, fill in the letters of the term or phrase being described.

1. Flattened sac in a chloroplast: __________________
2. Basic unit of life: __________________
3. Group of cells that carry out a specific function: __________________
4. Part of the cytoplasm: __________________
5. Green pigment: __________________
6. All living things are made of cells: __________________
7. Regulates what enters and leaves a cell: __________________
8. Structure responsible for protein synthesis: __________________
9. Single-celled organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus: __________________
10. Protrudes from cell's surface and enables movement: __________________
11. Carries out specific activities in a cell: __________________
12. Short hairlike structure: __________________
13. Organism whose cells each have a membrane-bound nucleus: __________________
14. Houses the cell's DNA: __________________
15. Interior of cell: __________________
16. Keeps cell membrane from collapsing: __________________
17. A chloroplast is one: __________________
18. Double layer of phospholipids: __________________
19. Found in animal cells but not plant cells: __________________
20. Group of tissues: __________________
21. Dense area of the nucleus: __________________
22. Hollow tube that acts like a track: __________________
23. Structure containing condensed DNA: __________________

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Modern Biology Vocabulary Review