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CELLS!
Animal and plant cells
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Biology
9th Grade
09/25/2013

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NUCLEOUS
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"Brain within the Brain!" -center of the nucleus of the cell, contains more genetic info (RNA)
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NUCLEAR MEMBRANE
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"Brain Border Patrol" - Nuclear "envelope"! controls passage of materials in and out of the nucleus. Like the cell membrane, except for the nucleus
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NUCLEUS
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"Brain"- The control center for the cell. Stores all genetic material (DNA) and tells all the organelles in the cell what to do
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CELL MEMBRANE
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"Border Patrol"- outer boundary, or envelope, of the cell. Decides what molecules can come into the cell (like water) and what cannot. Also protects the cell and seperates it from other cells
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CELL WALL
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(ONLY PLANT CELLS!) "Bonus cell membrane-for plants!" The cell wall is made up of cellulose and is green! it gives plant cells their rigid, square shape. It's on the outside of the cell membrane in plant cells. It protects and supports the cell
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CYTOPLASM
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"The Goo"- the clear-liquid material that makes up the inside of plant and animal cells. It holds the organelles inside the cell, and materials are transported through it.
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PLANT CELL VACUOLES
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"The plant warehouse" Where plants store food, minerals, and waste. They are very large and square and usually are filled with water
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ANIMAL CELL VACUOLES
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"The animal cell warehouse"- Where animal cells store food, minerals, and waste. They are smaller and more circular in animal cells than plant cells
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MITOCHONDRIA
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"The Powerhouse/Factory"- Where the cell creates and releases its energy. Centers of respiration
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CHLOROPLASTS
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"Plant Food maker"  (Plants only!) Green organelle, green because of a pigment called chlorophyll. Helps plant cells make food!

 

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RIBOSOMES
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"Protein factories"- small dot-like organelles that help make proteins for the cell. Found in the endoplasmic reticulum
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ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
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"Hallways"
passageways through cell for materials to move through cytoplasm

 

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GOLGI BODIES
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"UPS of the cell" packages proteins made in the ribosomes
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LYSOSOMES
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"Digestion meds" small organelles that contain enzymes to help cell digest food
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