Plant Cell Vocabulary

Cell

• Membrane covered structure that contains all of the materials necessary for life. All living things are made of cells.

Cell membrane

• A thin, semi-permeable layer that controls what goes in and out of the cell.

cell wall

• Only in plant cells, give them shape.

chlorplasts

• An organelle found in plant cells in which photosynthesis occurs.

Cytoplasm

• The jelly like inner that suspends the organelles.

Nucleus

• The largest organelle in the cell and is known as the brain.
• Contains DNA material.

Organelle

• A specialized part of the cell that performs a specific function to live and reproduce.

Vacuole

• Water storage.