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microscope that uses a beam of light passing through one or more lenses to magnify an object
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light microscope
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microscope that ocuses a beam of electrons on an object to form an enlarged image
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electron microscope
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enlargement or enlarging of an image
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magnification
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in microscopes, a measure of the clarity of an image
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resolution
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microscope that measures differences in voltage of elecronsg leaving the surface of an object and creates a three-dimensional image of the object; can be used to study living organisms
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scanning tunneling microscope
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principle that states all organisms are made of one or more cells that rise from other cells
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cell theory
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lipid bilayer with embedded proteins that encloses the cytoplasm; essential to the cell's cytoplasm; also called the plasma membrane
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cell membrane
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the interior of a cell
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cytoplasm
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organelle on which the proteins are made
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ribosome
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single-celled organism without a nucleus; bacterial cell
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prokaryote
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the structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support for the cell
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cell wall
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threadlike structure that grows out of a cell and enables it to move
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flagellum
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organism whose cells have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane
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eukaryote
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organelle that houses the DNA of eukaryotic cells
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nucleus
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structure in eukaryotic cells that has a specialized function
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organelle
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in cells, one hair-like structure in tighty packed rows that are used for movement
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cilium
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lipid molecule in all membranes of a cell
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phospholipids
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foundation of cell membranes; composed of two layers of phospholipids
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lipid bilayer
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cell membranes in the cytoplasm that transports substances made by the cell
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endoplasmic reticulum
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membrane-enclosed sac in a cell's interior
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vesicle
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organelle that packages and sitributes molecules produced by a eukaryotic cell
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Golgi apparatus
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organelle in a eukarytoic cell that contains digestive enzymes
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lysosome
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organelle that produces much of the ATP made by a eukaryotic cell
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mitochondrion
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organelle that uses light energy to make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water
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chloroplast
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membrane-bound cavity in plant cells used for storage
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central vacuole
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