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| Thin, Flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters and leaves |
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| Contains the cell's genetic material in the form of DNA |
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| Organism whose cells contain a nucleus |
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| Unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus |
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Eukaryotic cells: All cellular contents outside the nucleus
Prokaryotic cells: All of the cells' contents |
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| Specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell |
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| Cell organelle that stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates |
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| Cell organelle that breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell. |
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| Network of protein filaments in a eukaryotic cell that gives the cell its shape and internal organization. |
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| Structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division |
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| Cell organelle made of RNA and protein, found throughout cytoplasm, site of protein synthesis |
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| Internal membrane system found in eukaryotic cells; place where lipid components of the cell membrane are assembled |
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| organelle that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the endoplasmic reticulum for storage in the cell or release outside the cell. |
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| Plant organelle that captures the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy |
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| Organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use |
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| Strong, supporting layer around the cell membrane in some cells |
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| Flexible double-layered sheet that makes up the cell membrane and forms a barrier between the cell and its surroundings |
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| Property of membranes that allows some substances to cross cell membrane |
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| Cytoplasm that passes through the cell walls of adjacent plant cells and allows communication between them. |
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| Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane |
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| Particles move from where they are more concentrated to where they are less concentrated |
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| Organelle in the cytoplasm that contains the reducing enzyme catalase and usually some oxidases. |
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| one of the two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome |
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| Tubular structure present in the cytoplasm, sometimes aggregating to form more complex structures. |
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| A higher concentration of something in a solute than the solvent |
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| A lesser concentration of something in a solute than the solvent |
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