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Purpose of membrane |
Protect the cell |
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Purpose of mitochondria |
React with food and oxygen to create energy for the cell |
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Purpose of nucleus |
Act as brain of cell, telling it what to do |
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Purpose of ribosomes |
Create proteins and other things the cell needs to function |
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Cytoplasm |
Fluid in cell that other parts of cell float in |
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Lysosomes |
Dispose of waste |
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Chloroplasts |
Structures in plant cells that specialize in photosynthesis (converting sunlight into energy) |
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Amino acids |
Molecules used by living organisms to make protein |
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Proteins |
Long chains of amino acids that perform different functions inside the cell |
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Transcription |
The first step in making a protein. The cell makes a copy of the DNA (called RNA) |
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Translation |
The second step in making a protein. The RNA is cinders into a sequence of amino acids that make up protein |
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Enzymes |
Specual types of proteins that react with other substances (like key and lock, the enzyme is shaped so that only particular substances can react with them) |
