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What are Organelles?
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Cell components that carry out individual functions
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What is an Organ?
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Differentiated structures consisting of tissues and performing some specific function in an organism
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What is a nucleus?
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The largest, most prominent organelle in eukaryotic cells; contains the genetic information necessary for control of cell structure and function.
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What is a membrane?
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a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cel
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What is a cytoplasm?
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The viscous semiliquid inside the plasma membrane of a cell;
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What is a Eukaryotic Cell?
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A type of cell found in many organisms including single-celled protists and multicellular fungi, plants, and animals; characterized by a membrane-bounded nucleus and other membraneous organelles
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What is a Prokaryotic Cell?
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Type of cell that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus and has no membrane organelles; a bacterium
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What is a lipid?
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One of the four classes of organic macromolecules. Lipids function in the long-term storage of energy. Examples of lipids include the fats, waxes, oils and steroids.
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What does the Endoplasmic Reticulum do?
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involved in the production of proteins, Rough ER is studded with ribosomes; smooth ER is not.
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