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Biology
9th Grade
11/02/2009

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Term
Cell Membrane
Definition

lets things in and out of the cell

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Cell Wall
Definition
 only in plant cells, provides support 
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Nucleus
Definition
P and A, store information, eukaryotic cells nuclear envelope
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Cytoplasm

 

Definition

Cytoplasm- everything inside the cell membrane, but outside the nucleus

 

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Prokaryote
Definition
a cell that doesn't have a nucleus
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Eukaryote
Definition
a cell that has a nucleus
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Organelle
Definition
a subunit within a cell that has its own function
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Chromatin
Definition
an uncoiled chromosome
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Chromosome
Definition
tightly coiled
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Nucleolus
Definition
in the P and A cells, where the assembly of ribosomes occur
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Nuclear envelope
Definition
protective wall around the nucleus
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cytoskeleton
Definition
the skeleton that holds the cell together
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ribosomes
Definition
where proteins are assembled
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endoplasmic reticulum
Definition
rough or smooth, has ribosome doesn't have ribosome
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golgi apparatus
Definition
P and A cells, takes protein from ER, modifies it, sorts it, and packages it
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Lysosome
Definition
clean up crew
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vacuole
Definition
one large in plant cells, many small ones in animal cells
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chloroplast
Definition
photosynthesis
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mitochondria
Definition
powerhouse of the cell
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osmosis
Definition
diffusion of water
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diffusion
Definition
movement from high concentration to low concentration
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active transport 
Definition
opposite of diffusion, low to high
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facilitated diffusion
Definition
materials go through prtoteins
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selectively permeable
Definition
when a membrane is selective about what materials it lets through
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