Cell Parts Flashcards

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Cytoplasm

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  • all cells have it
  • Jelly-like fluid that is all over the cell
  • about the thickness of hair-gel
  • all organelles float in it
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Golgi apparatus

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  • looks like a stack of pancakes
  • all cells have it
  • materials move between layers
  • packs up and takes to different parts of the cell
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DNA (dioxiribon eucleac acid)

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  • inside the nucleus
  • blueprint of all living things
  • all DNA is different
  • store house of genetics
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Nucleus

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  • all cells have it
  • largest organelle in animal cell
  • like the brain of the cell
  • can be seen by a regular microscope
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Cell wall

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  • only found in plant cells
  • keeps plants upright
  • plant cells are a rectangular shape because of the thick outside layer
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Membrane

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•all cells have it
•controls most of what enters and leaves the cell
•semi-permeable
-some things can pass through it and others can not pass through it

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The Endoplasmic Reticulum (E.R.)

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•makes substances that the cell needs:
-fats
-enzymes 
-ect.
•part of membrane around the nucleus
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Vesicles

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Transports things that the E.R. Makes around the cell

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Mitochondria

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  • very important
  • found in all cells
  • breaks down molecules from food to creat and store energy
  • each one has its own DNA
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Lysosomes

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  • are like janitors
  • break apart particles that are badly made
  • cleans up waist and toxins
  • are found in all cells
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Vacuole

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  • like water balloons
  • takes up most of the cell in plants but is small in animal cells
  • stores water, waist, ect.
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Ribosomes

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  • make protein

* found in all cells

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Nucleolus

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  • found inside nucleus

* makes ribosomes

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Chloroplast

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  • is what makes plants green
  • only found in plant cells
  • makes food for the plant
  • makes oxygen

•very important for the plants survival

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Photosynthesis

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•chemical reaction
•during photosynthesis carbon dioxide and water break apart
•makes glucose
•the chemical formula is:
6CO +6H 0+light energy➡️C H O+6O
2 2 6 12 6 2

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