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Magnification

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The action of magnifying something to make it easier to see.

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Resolution

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How magnified a microscope is E.G x40

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Nucleus

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It is the core of the cell that contains all the D.N.A

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Cytoplasm

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Cytoplasm is the area of the cell where chemical reactions take place

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Cell membrane

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Cell membrane is the edge of an cell that is semi-permeable (only lets certain things in and out)

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Mitochondria

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The mitochondria

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Ribosomes

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Ribosomes they create and store proteins

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Cell wall

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The cell wall is only present in certain cells and they give the user a hard structure.

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Vacuole

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This is the part of an plant cell that stores the food

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Chloroplast

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Animal cells do not have chloroplasts. Chloroplasts work to convert light energy of the Sun into sugars that can be used by cells

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Eukaryotic

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Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes.

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prokaryotic cell

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A prokaryote is a unicellular organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus, mitochondria, or any other membrane-bound organelle

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Plasmid

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a genetic structure in a cell that can replicate independently of the chromosomes, typically a small circular DNA strand in the cytoplasm of a bacterium or protozoan.

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