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11 Cards in this Set
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cell membrane |
the boundary between a cell and its environment |
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cell wall |
a semi-rigid structure that surrounds cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria |
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chlorophyll |
a green pigment in chloroplasts that captures light energy to make sugars during photosynthesis |
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vacuole |
an organelle found mostly in protists that collects extra water in a cell and expels it |
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cytoplasm |
all of the interior of a cell outside the nucleus |
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endoplasmic reticulum |
a cell structure involved in making proteins |
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lysosome |
an organelle inanimal and protest cells that digests cellular waste |
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mitochondrion |
an organelle that uses aerobic cellular respiration to change glucose into usable energy for the cell. |
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nucleus |
an organelle that regulates protein production and contains genetic material |
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plasmid |
circular pieces of genetic material (DNA) |
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vacuole |
a fluid-filled membrane in the cytoplasm of plant cells, fungus cells, and protist cells. |
