Cells Flashcards

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Organelles that release energy by using oxygen to break down sugars.

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Multicellular

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An instrument that uses glass lenses to magnify an object.

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Microscope

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A large group of one-celled organisms that sometimes cause disease.

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Bacteria

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The outer boundary of the cytoplasm, a layer that controls what enters or leaves the cell. A protective covering covering and enclosing the entire shell.

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Cell membrane

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A thick, gelatin like material contained within the cell membrane. Most of the work of the cell is carried out in the cytoplasm.

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Cytoplasm

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The structure in a eukaryotic cell that contains general material a cell needs to reproduce and function.

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Nucleus

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A cell in which the genetic material I’d enclosed within n a nucleus, surrounded by its own membrane.

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Eukaryotic cell

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A cell that lacks a nucleus and other organelles, with DNA that is not organized into chromosomes.

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Prokaryotic cell

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A structure in a cell that is enclosed by a membrane, and performs a particular function.

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Organelle

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A protective outer covering that lies just outside the cell membrane of plant cells.

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Cell wall

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An organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll, a chemical that uses the energy from sunlight to make sugar.

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Chloroplast

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Organelles that release energy by using oxygen to break down sugars.

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Mitochondria

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The specific organization of a cell and its structure that allows it to preform a specific function.

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Specialization

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A group of similar cells that are organized to do a specific job.

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Tissue

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A structure in a plant or an animal that is made up of different tissues working together to preform a particular function.

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Organ

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16
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A term used to describe an organism that is made up of a single cell.

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Unicellular

17
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Transportation network in the cell.

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Golgi body

18
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Makes proteins

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Ribosomes

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Transportation network in the cell.

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Golgi body

20
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Makes proteins

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Ribosomes