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What is an organism?

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  1. A complete living thing
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What is a cell membrane?

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  1. Made of protein and lipid

2. It protects the cell with a thin layer

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What is a life span?

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  1. The process of getting older
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What is an environment?

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  1. Surroundings

2. Habitat

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What is energy?

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  1. The ability to work
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What is a cell?

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  1. The smallest unit of living things

1. The building block of all organism

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What is the cell theory?

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  1. The theory that all living things come from cells

2. Proves evolution isn’t real

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What is a unicellular organism?

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  1. A term describing an organism consisting of one cell
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What is a multicellular organism?

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  1. A term to describe a living thing made of cells
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What is a tissue?

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  1. A group of cells working together
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What is an organ?

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  1. Two or more tissues working together
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What is a system?

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A group of organs working together

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What is cytoplasm?

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  1. A jelly like substance made of water, protein, glucose, fat, and other substances used by the cell, the cytoplasm fills the cell and surrounds the organelles inside the cell.
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What part of cell has its own membrane?

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  1. The nucleus has its own cell membrane called a nuclear membrane
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What part of the body is like a city?

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  1. The cell is like a city
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Endoplasmic reticulum

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  1. The transportation system in the cell
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Rough ER

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Has an organelle called ribosomes attached to it

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Smooth ER

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Has no ribosomes

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Ribosomes

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Produce protein for the cells

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Vacuole

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Storage center food, water, and waste

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Lysosomes

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Structure in a cell that helps digest and recycle