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1-2 Eukaryotic Cells Flashcards

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1
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A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell

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Cell Wall

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A complex sugar that most animals can’t digest

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Cellulose

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A cell wall can be made of this

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Chitin

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A protective barrier that encloses a cell

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Cell Membrane

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Include fats and cholesterol, are a group of compounds that do not dissolve in water

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Lipids

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A lipid that contains phosphorus

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Phospholipids

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Water fearing lipids

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Hydrophobic

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Phosphorus-containing ends of the phospholipids are water loving

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Hydrophilic

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A web of proteins in the cytoplasm

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Cytoskeleton

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A place where a cell begins making its ribosomes

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Nucleolus

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A large organelle in a eukaryotic cell

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Nucleus

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One of about 20 different organic molecules that are used to make proteins

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Amino Acid

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Cell organelle composed of RNA and protein; the site of protein synthesis

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Ribosome

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A system of membranes that is found in a cell’s cytoplasm and the assists in the production, processing, transport of proteins and in the production of lipids.

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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In eukaryotic cells, the cell organelle that is surrounded by two membranes and that is the site of cellular respiration

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Mitochondrion

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Energy released by mitochondria is stored in this substance

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ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

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Organelles in plant and algae cells in which photosynthesis takes place

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Chloroplasts

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The process by which plants and algae use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar and oxygen

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Photosynthesis

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A green pigment found in chloroplasts

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Chlorophyll

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Cell organelle that helps make and package materials to be transported out of the cell

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Golgi Complex

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A small cavity or sac that contains materials in a eukaryotic cell

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Vesicle

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A cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes

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Lysome

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A large vesicle

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Vacuoles

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