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Cell Organelle
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Science
7th Grade
12/01/2011

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Nucleus

Definition
the control center of the cell, contains DNA
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Cell Membrane
Definition
the barrier between the cell and its environment, a 'skin' that allows some things in & out of the cell.
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Ribosome
Definition
tiny structures that create proteins (the stuff of cells).
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Cell Wall
Definition
rigid structure (in plant, bacteria and fungi cells) for form and support.
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
Definition
folded membranes that package and transport materials withing the cell.
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Golgi complex (or Golgi apparatus, or body)
Definition
Packager of proteins, making vesicles (packages) with proteins from the ribosomes.
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Cytoplasm
Definition
the 'inner jelly' , mostly water, that other organelles float in.
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Lysosome
Definition
Digestors, clean up crew for the crew (made by Golgi).
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Mitochondion (plural: Mitochondria)
Definition
the powerhouse of the cell, converting sugars, water and oxygen into ATP (energy molecules)
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Vacuole
Definition
Storage of water and extra nutrients and wastes.
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DNA
Definition
deoxyribonucleic acid, the 'blueprint of life', found in the nucleolus, inside the nucleus.
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chloroplast
Definition
in plants (and some protists), contains green chlorophyll for doing photosynthesis.
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Vesicles
Definition
little packages that pinch off of the Golgi, filled with materials for transport within or out of the cell.
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