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Animal Cell Structure
To learn the structure of an animal Cell.
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7th Grade
12/02/2008

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Nucleolus
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Where Ribosomes are made
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Chromatin
Definition
Strands containing genetic material
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Nuclear Envelope
Definition

A substance that protects the Nucleous

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Nucleus
Definition
directs all of the cell's activities
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
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Carrys proteins and other materials from one place of a cell to another
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Ribosomes
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function as factories producing proteins.
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Golgi Body
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The substance that packs proteins and other newly formed materials to distribute to other parts of the cell. It functions like a cell's mail room.

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Mitochondria
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Known as "powerhouses" of the cell because they convert energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions
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Vacuole
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Storage area of a cell
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Lysosomes
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Small round structures containing chemicals that break down certain materials in the cell
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Cytoplasm

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The substance that fills the cell
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Cell Membrane

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Controls what substances come into and out of a cell

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