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17 Cards in this Set
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Cell wall
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A rigid layer that surrounds the cell of plants and some other organisms
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Cell membrane
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A thin, flexible barrier thats surrounds a cell and control which substances pass into and out of a cell
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Nucleus
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In cells, a large oval orgnelle that contains the cell's genetic material in the form of DNA and control many of the cell's activities
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Organelle
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a tiny cell structure that carries out specific function within the cell
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Ribosome
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A small grain- shaped organelle in the cytoplasm of a cell that produces proteins
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cytoplasm
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The thick fluid region of a cell located inside the cell membrane (in prokaryotes)or between the cell membrane and nucleus (in eukaryotes)
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Mitochondria
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Rod-shaped organelles that convert energy in food molecule to energy the cell can use use to carry out its functions
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Endoplasmic reticulum
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An organelle thats forms a maze of passege ways in which proteins and other materials one and carried from one part of the cell to anthor
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Golgi Apparatus
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An organelle in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endpoint reticulum, and distributes them to other parts of the cell
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vacuole
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A sa-like organelle that store water, food and other materials
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Chloroplast
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an organelle in the cells of the plant and some other organisms that capture energy from sunlight and change it to an energy it to an cells can use in making food
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lysosome
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A cell organelle which contains chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones and that can used by the rest of the cell
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Multicellular
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consisting of many cells
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Unicellular
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made of the single cell
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tissue
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a group of the similar cells that perform a specific funtion
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Organ
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a body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together
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Organ system
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a group of organs that work together to perform a major function
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