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Model

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A model simplifies something in the world to explain it , describe, or represent it. MODELS ARE SUBJECT TO BEING CHANGED OR REPLACED.

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Cell Theory

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  1. All living things are made of one or more cells.
  2. All cells come from preexsisting cells.
  3. Cells perform the functions of living things.
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Eukaryotic Cell

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A cell with a nucleus

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Prokaryotic cell

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A cell without a nucleus

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Unicellular

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Having only one cell

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Multicellular

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Having more than one cell

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Cell

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The smallest working unit of an organism

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Organ

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A group of tissues that work together

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Tissue

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A group of similar cells that work together

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Organelles

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The usually membrane surrounded structures in a eukaryotic cell that performs special functions.

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Cell membrane

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The structure that surrounds all cells and regulates what comes in and goes out

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Cell wall

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A rigid structure that surrounds and protects some cells

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Capsule

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A slimy layer surrounding some bacteria that protects them from harmful substances and prevents their drying out

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Cytoplasm

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The material inside of cell EXCLUDING the nucleus

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Flagellum

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A whip like structure that some cells used to propel themselves through their environment

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DNA

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The molecule that contains important information for making proteins and helps regulate many cellular processes

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Chromosomes

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A structure that contains a cells DNA

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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A network of tubes in eukaryotic cells that help produce and transport proteins and other molecules throughout the cell

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Nucleus

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the structure that holds and protects the DNA in a eukaryotic cell

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Golgi apparatus

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The organelles in the eukaryotic cell that modifies many proteins and packages them into small bubble like structures called vesicles

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Ribosomes

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A small structure that assembles proteins found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

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Cytoskeleton

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Several types of long thin fibers anchored to various parts of the cell that help the cell maintain and change its shape

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Lysosomes

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A small organelle in a eukaryotic cell that acts as the demolition crew within a cell

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Enzyme

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A protein that speeds up or slows down chemical reactions

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ATP

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The molecule that a cell uses to power many processes in the cell that need chemical energy

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Mitochondria

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The powerhouse cell which makes most of the cells ATP which is used to power cellular processes

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum

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Has protein producing ribosomes attached to its surface

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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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Makes fat molecules for the cell membrane

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Vessel

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An organ that conducts blood through an animals body

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Theodor Schwan

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German scientist that helped make the discoveries that later became the central idea of cell theory (animals are made of cells)

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Matthias Schleinden

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German scientist that helped make the discoveries that later became the central idea of cell theory (all plants are made of cells)

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Rudolph Virchow

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German scientist that helped make the discoveries that became the central idea of cell theory (cells come from other cells)

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Robert Remak

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German scientist that helped make the discoveries that became the central idea of self theory (cells can divide to make new ones)

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Robert Hooke

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English scientist He was the first to observe plant cells which he named “cells”.

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Cytoskeleton

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Consist of several types of long thin fibers anchored to various parts of the cell it helps to sell maintain and change its shape it also serves as a highway for moving vesicles in organelles

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Vesicles

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Small bubble like structures that transport the proteins to their final destination

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Anthony Leeuwenhoek

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The first discover and describe microorganisms like bacteria Protozoa sperm cells and red blood cells

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Robert Brown

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Contributed to the cell theory through his detailed description of the plant cell nuclei he also named the term “nucleus”