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What is a prokaryotic cell?
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Cell with no nucleus. eg bacteria
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What is Cell wall?
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It is not made of cellulose but of other polysacharides. it is rigid, strong and protects the cell from bursting when it absorbs water. It is also FULLY permeable.
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What is cell surface membrane?
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Partially permeable. Controls what goes in and out of the cell.
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What is the capsule?
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a protective layer of slime
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what is a flagella
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Used for movement (bacteria, little motors on end of flagella which rotate causing the cell to move.
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What are bacterial chromosomes?
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Carry instructions for making proteins in the cell. they are long, double helixed froming a circular molecule. It is not contained within a nucleus
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What is a plasmid
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Small circular DNA molecules, can be passed from one bacteria to another
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what are glycogen granules?
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Insoluble energy store of carbohydrates which can be broken down into a glucose and used for respiration
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What are lipid droplets?
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Insoluble energy store
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What are ribosomes?
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Where protein synthesis takes place. they are smaller than in a eukaryotic cell (with a nucleus)
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