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Animal/Plant Cells
these words have 2 do with the cells of plants and animals
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Science
8th Grade
03/11/2011

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Unicellular

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consisting of a single  cell


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Multicellular

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  • having or consisting of many cells

 

 


 

 

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Microscope

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an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects

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Cell Membrane

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the semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell 


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Cytoplasm

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the material within a living cell, excluding the nucleus


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Nucleus

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a dense organelle present in mosteukaryotic cellstypically a single rounded structurebounded by a double membranecontaining the genetic material.

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Eukaryotic

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cell has nucleus


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Prokaryotic

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cell has no nucleus so their genetic material is just floating around


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Organelle

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any number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell


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Cell Wall

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the rigid layer lying outside the plasma membrane of the cell


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Chloroplast

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a plastid that contains chlorophyll and where photosynthesis take place

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