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Cell: The Basic Units of Life
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Biology
7th Grade
10/21/2010

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cell
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in biology, the smallest unit that can perform all ife processes

covered by a membrane and contain DNA and cytoplasm
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cell membrane
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a phospholipid layer that covers a cell's surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of the cell and the cells enviorment
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organelles
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one of the small bodies in a cell's cytoplasm that are specialized to perform a specific function
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nucleus
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in a eukariotic cell, a membrane bound organelle that contains the cell's DNA and that has a role in processes such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction
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prokaryotes
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an organism that consits of a single cell that doesn't have a nucleus
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eukaryotes
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an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed in a membrane
include animals, plants, and fungi, but not archaebacteria or eubacteria
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eukaryotes
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an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed in a membrane
include animals, plants, and fungi, but not archaebacteria or eubacteria
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