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Joanna Graves and Cell Vocabulary
Cells
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Science
6th Grade
04/12/2011

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Cytoplasm
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gel-like fluid that takes up most of the space inside a cell
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Mitochondrion
Definition
structures in the cell that transform the energy in food into a form cells canuse to carry out their activities
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Cell Wall
Definition
Stiff outerbarrier of a plant cell, outside the membrane, which is made mostly of cellulose
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Chloroplast
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a structure in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll; sugar molecules are made in chloroplasts throgh the process of photosynthesis
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Chromosomes
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a structure locatedin the nucleus of a cell, made of DNA, that contains the genetic information needed to carry out cell functions and make new cells
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Vacuoles
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in a cell, fluid-filled structuresthat holds waste products needed by the cell
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Nucleus
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Biology; structure near the center of a cell that contains the cell's DNA
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