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A thin, protective covering around a cell.
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What is a Cell Membrane?
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Present in plant not animal cell.
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A jellylike substance that fills a cell.
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What is Cytoplasm?
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Cyto = inside plasm = cell
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A part in a cell that floats in the cytoplasm and helps the cell to carry out life functions.
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What is an Organelle?
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A general term for all the parts inside cell that helps in life functions.
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The part of a cell that controls all the other parts - plural is Nuclei.
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What is the Nucleus?
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Control Center for cell
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Structures in a cell that release most of a cell's energy?
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What is Mitochondria? (myt-oh-KAHN-dree-uh) Plural is mitochondrian.
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Equivalent of the alternator or engine in a car.
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A structure in a cell that stores food,
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What is a Vacuole?
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Cell organelle for storage of food, water or wastes.
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A part in a plant cell that uses sunlight to make food.
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What is a Chloroplast?
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Plant cell organelle that makes food.
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A thick, stiff covering around some cells, such as plant cells.
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What is a Cell Wall?
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Semipermeable allowing some chemicals to enter/leave cell dependant on whether it is nutrient or waste.
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A group of cells that work together to do a certain job.
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What is Tissue?
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Cell composition that has a specialized purpose in an organism.
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A group of tissues that work together to do a certain job.
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What is an Organ?
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Ex. heart, lungs, digestive system, kidneys, et.al. Each has a specific function.
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The division of the nucleus of a cell.
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What is Mitosis?
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Each nucleus ends up with the same number and kinds of chromosomes as the original cell.
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A thick strand of nuclear material that passes on traits from the parent cell to the daughter cells during cell reproduction.
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What is a Chromosome?
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As a eukaryotic cell prepares to divide, the DNA coil and the proteins with the DNA coil into this structure.
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The type of cellular reproduction that produces sex cells. It has two phases which are subdivided into prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase stages.
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What is Meiosis?
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Cell division that halves the number of chromosomes when forming specialized reproductive cells, such as gametes or spores.
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