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16 Cards in this Set
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Robert hook
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Invented first microscope in 1665
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Anton van leeuwenhoek
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Extended Hook's exploration and improved microscopes
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Plasma membrane
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Semipermeable membrane that is the living surface membrane of the cell
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Protoplasm
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All the living parts of the cell
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Nucleus
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Largest structure. Also the site of chromosomes; surrounded by a double membrane; involved in protein synthesis
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Nucleoli
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structures in the nucleus composed of RNA and proteins; site of ribosome synthesis
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Chromosomes
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Information carriers of the cell
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Cytoplasm
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Everything outside of the nucleus; General cell contents
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Chroloplasts
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The site of photosynthesis
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Amylopasts
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Chloroplasts that may appear white and are filled with starch
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Mitochondria
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The site of respiration that releases energy to the cell
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Enzymes
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Carries out reactions found in the chloroplasts and mitochondria; Special protein molecules that govern the various chemical reactions of the cell
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Genes
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A unit of heredity information that is part of a chromosome. Consists of DNA
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Ribosomes
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Site of prtein synthesis; composed of RNA and protein; May either be attached to the ER or free in the cytoplasm
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Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
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An organelle composed of sheets of membranes located within the cytoplasm of the cell
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Golgi
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An organelle composed of stacks of flatened membranous sacs; mainly responsible for modifying, packaging and sorting proteins
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