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Cell as a School Vocabulary
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Biology
9th Grade
09/22/2013

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Cell Membrane
Definition
regulates what comes in and out of a cell
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Cytoplasm
Definition
where chemical reactions occur
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Golgi Body/Apparatus/Complex
Definition
modifies and packages proteins
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Lysosome
Definition
breaks down material
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Mitochondria
Definition
acts as the powerhouse of the cell; site of respiration
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Nucleus
Definition
"brain" of the cell; tells the cell what to do
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Nucleolus
Definition
contains the genetic code for the cell
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Ribosome
Definition
assembles the proteins of the cell
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Rough ER
Definition
manufactures proteins
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Smooth ER
Definition
is the pathway from the cell membrane to the rest of the cell
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Vacoule
Definition
stores food and nutrients
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Cell Wall (Plant Only)
Definition
found in plant cell alone; surrounds the cell
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Chloroplast (Plant Only)
Definition
found only in plant cells; site of photosynthesis
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Central vacoule (Plant Only)
Definition
plants cell only; stores water
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Habitat
Definition
where an organism or community of organisms live
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Biodiversity
Definition
is the variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur
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Biome
Definition
a major ecological community of organisms adapted to a particular enviromental condition on a large geographic area
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Tundra
Definition
has extremely cold, treeless frozen landscape
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Taiga
Definition
type of habitat common in the northern hemisphere where vegetation has wet siol
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Temperate Decidious
Definition
areas with high levels of perticipation, humidity and contain a variety of decidious trees
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Tropical Rain Forest
Definition
cold, wet forest with a lot of vegetation
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GrassLand
Definition
an area such as a prairie with grass-like vegetation
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Savannah
Definition
type of woodland characterized by a very open space between its trees and by intrviening grassland
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Desert
Definition
area of extereme temperature changes; can be freezing at night and hot in the day
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Fresh Water Ecosystem
Definition
an area that can have still or moving water
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Eustuaries
Definition
an inlet or arm of the sea, especially the wide mouth of a river, where the tide meets the current
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WetLand
Definition
a marsh like area or enviroment
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Marine Ecosystem
Definition
an under water ecosystem
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Population
Definition
the amount of organisms that live in a specific area
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Carrying Capacity
Definition
largest number of individuals of a particular species that can survive over a long period of time in a given enviroment
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Forest
Definition
a large tract of land covered in trees
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Biosphere
Definition
every part of earth that can support life
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Ecosystem
Definition
every enviroments creatures and physical features
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Organism
Definition
an individual living thing
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