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CELL MEMBRANE
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Located: on the outer edge of the cell. Just inside the cell wall of cells that have one.
Function: to regulate and control what enters and exits the cell. Allows food and water to pass into the well and waste to exit . |
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Located: outside of a cell
Function: tough and rigid outer covering that protects the cell and gives it shape.
Types of cells found in: plant, fungi, and bacteria. |
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NUCLEUS
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Located: center past of the cell.
Function: directs all cell activities. Contains genetic material and instructions called DNA. |
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RHIBOSOMES
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Functions: makes proteins.
Looks like: little peas or spheres. |
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ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER)
Plants and Animals |
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Function: makaes and assemblles fats and proteins.
Smooth ER: makes fats and lipids.
Rough ER: makes proteins
Looks like: folded membranes |
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MITOCHONDRIA
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Function: produces energy for the cell. "Power House" of the cell. Breaks down sugars, proteins, and fat to produce energy.
Looks like: bean or football. |
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Function: ti create energy and make sugars using the sun.
Looks like: green skittles or flat disks. |
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Function: "Post Office" of the cell. Sorts and packages proteins and fats into little sacs called vesicles.
Looks like: a stack of pancakes. |
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Function: temporary "storage tank" of water, waste products, food and other products.
Looks like: a tank, pool, tank. |
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LYSOSOMES
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Function: "House Keeper of Cell" Have digestive chemicals that help breakdown food, waste, worn-out cell parts and dead cells.
Looks like: little spheres. |
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