Parts Of A Cell

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Cell Wall

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In a PLANT cell. Helps protect and support the cell. Gives a plant cell a shape.

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Cell Membrane

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In BOTH types of cells. Controls what goes in and out of the cell.

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Chloroplast

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In a PLANT CELL. Captures energy from sunlight. Uses energy to produce cell food, which is sugar. Process called photosynthesis.

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Cytoplasm

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Cytoplasm

In BOTH types of cells. Houses gel-like fluids that support cell organelles.

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Mitochondria

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In BOTH types of cells. Organelle that produce most of the cells energy, which is ATP.

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Nucleus

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In BOTH types of cells. Directs all cell actions, including reproduction.

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Ribosomes

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In BOTH types of cells. Produces proteins.

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Organelles

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any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell.

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Prokaryotic

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a cell lacking a true membrane-bound nucleus

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Eukaryotic

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a cell with a true nucleus; a cell with a nuclear membrane and organelles

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Robert Hooke

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discovered the cellular composition of cork and introduced the word cell to science.

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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The first person to see living cells was Van Leeuwenhoek, a microscope builder. He discovered the cells in bacteria from saliva in his mouth. Also, he brought up "animalcules" to the world of science.

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Matthias Schleiden

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In 1838 the German Botanist Matthias Schleiden discovered that all plants were composed of cells.

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Theodor Schwann

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In 1839, a German zoologist, Theodor Schwann, discovered that all animals were composed of cells.

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Rudolf Virchow

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Later in 1855 a German physician named Rudolph Virchow was doing experiments with diseases when he found that all cells come from other existing cells.