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| Scientists separate cells into 2 major categories: |
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| the eukaryotic cell and the prokaryotic cell. |
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| What are prokaryotic cells? |
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| Most prokaryotic cells are unicellular (single-celled organisms like bacteria). |
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| What are eukaryotic cells? |
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| Most eukaryotic cells are multicellular (many-celled organisms like plant and animal cells). |
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| Both animal and plant cells are surrounded by a protective covering that encloses the entire cell called the cell membrane. The cell membrane is semi-permeable which means that it will allow certain materials into the cell and will keep other materials out (kind of like the fence surrounding the factory). |
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| Contained inside the cell membrane is a jelly-like substance called cytoplasm which holds all the other parts of the cell. |
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| The nucleus is the central command center that contains the genetic information for the cell (kind of like the boss in the factory). |
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| Ribosomes are parts of the cell that produce proteins (kind of like the workers in the factory). |
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| Moves the proteins (produced by the ribosomes) to the Golgi apparatus (kind of like the conveyer belt tht moves the product to the packaging department). |
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| Packaging department for the proteins produced by the ribosomes (kind of like the packaging department that gets the product (protein) ready to be shipped out). |
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| The vesicles transport these proteins to other parts of the cell (kind of like the delivery truck in a factory). |
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| The lysosomes act as the cleanup crew (in an animal cell) because they digest old, worn out parts of the cell (kind of like the janitor of the factory). |
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| Produces energy (kind of like the generator of the factory). |
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| The chloroplasts use energy from the sun to make food (sugar) for the plant in the process called photosynthesis (kind of like the solar energy source for the factory...uses the sun). |
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| The central vacuole holds water, waste and other materials for the plant and acts like a huge storage tank (kind of like the storage tank in the factory). |
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| Contained inside the cell membrane is a jelly-like substance called cytoplasm which holds all the other parts of the cell (kind of like the air in the factory that surrounds everything else). |
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| The cell wall is a tough, outer covering that lies just outside the cell membrane and gives the plant extra support (kind of like an exta security fence around the factory). |
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| It is produced by the ribosomes (kind of like the product produced in the factory). |
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| Which 3 parts are found in plant cells only? |
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| Cell Wall, Chloroplasts, and Central Vacuole |
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