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Bryce Williams and cell vocab
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6th Grade
04/12/2011

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cytoplasm
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inherited genetic material in a cell not specified by its own nucleus.
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mitochondrion
Definition
any of the very tiny rodlike or stringlike structures that occur in nearly all cells of plants and animals, and that process food for energy.
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nucleus
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in biology, the part of a cell that controls growth and reproduction.
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vacuole
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a membranous enclosure within a cell that contains substances isolated from the protoplasm, such as dissolved acids.
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cell membrane
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the semipermeable membrane that encloses the contents of a cell; plasma membrane.
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cell wall
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the rigid outermost layer of a plant cell, which is made of cellulose.
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chlorophyll
Definition
the green pigment in the leaves and stems of plants that is necessary for the production of plant food by photosynthesis
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chloroplast
Definition
a small oval green bit of protoplasm that contains chlorophyll and is the location of photosynthesis.
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Ribosome
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is the component of a biological cell that creates proteins from all amino acids and RNA representing the protein.
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Golgi body
Definition
an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.
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