Plant Cell Vocabulary

Cell

• Cell - a membrane covered structure that has all the materials that are important for survival

Cell Membrane

• Lets cells in and out by a layer that controls the system

Cell Wall

• supports the plants structure by keeping it in balance

Chloroplasts

• organelles found in plant cells that help the process of photosynthesis occur

Cytoplasm

• the jelly part inside of a cell that protects the organelles

Nucleus

• Usually the largest organelle in a cell, it has the DNA of the cell in it, it is also known as the brain of the cell

Organelle

• a specialized structure in a cell that allows the cell to live and reproduce

Vacuole

• The site where water is stored in a plant cell