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Basic unit of all forms of life

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Cell

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2
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Cell theory

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All living things are made up of cells, cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things, new cells are produced from living cells

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Thin flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters and exits the cell

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Cell membrane

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4
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E center of an atom, which contains neutrons and protons; in cells, the struct that contains the cells genetic material in the form of DNA

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Nucleus

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5
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Eukaryotes

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Units which cells contain a nucleus

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Unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus

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Prokaryote

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7
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Looked at a slice of cork, came up w the name cells

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Robert Cooke

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8
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Pond water, bacteria; cells basic unit of life

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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9
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All plants are made of cells

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Matthias schledian

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10
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All animals are made up of cells

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Theodor Schwann

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11
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New cells can be produced only from existing cells

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Rudolf Virchow

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In eukaryotic cells, everything outside the nucleus; in prokaryotic cells, everything

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Cytoplasm

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Specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell

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Organelle

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Cell organelle that stores materials such as water, salts , proteins and carbs

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Vacuole

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15
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Cell organelle that breaks down lipids, carbs,and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell

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Lysosomes

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16
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Network of protein filaments in a eukaryotic cell that gives the cell it’s shape and internal organization and is involved in movement

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Cytoskeleton

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Structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division

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Centriole

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Cell organelle consisting of RNA and protein found throughout the cytoplasm in a cell; the sight of protein synthesis

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Ribosome

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Internal membrane system found in the eukaryotic cell; place where lipid components of the cell membrane or assembled.

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Organelle in cell that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from them ER for storage in the cell or release outside the cell

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Golgi apparatus

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Organelles found in plants and some other organisms that catches the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy

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Chloroplast

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Cell organelle that converts chemical energy stored in foods into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use

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Mitochondria

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Strong supporting layer around the cell membrane in some cells

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Cell wall

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Flexible double layered sheet that makes up the cell membrane and forms a barrier between the cell and its surroundings

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Lipid bilayer

25
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Property of biological membrane that allows substances to pass across it while others cannot; also called semipermeable membrane

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Selectively permeable

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Process by which particles tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated to an area where they are less concentrated.

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Diffusion

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Process of diffusion in which molecules pass across the membrane through the cell membrane channels

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Facilitated diffusion

28
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Water channel protein in a cell

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Aquaporin

29
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Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane

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Osmotic

30
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When the concentration of two salutes is the same

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Isotonic

31
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When comparing two solutions, the solution with the greater concentration of solutes

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Hypertonic

32
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When comparing two solutions, the solution with the less concentration of solutes

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Hypotonic

33
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Pressure that must be applied to prevent osmotic movement across a selectively permeable membrane

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Osmotic pressure