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| structure of the cell wall |
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| a rigid material surrounding the cell and shared between cells; strength varies plant to plant |
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| function of the cell wall |
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| provides support for the plant |
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| structure of the water vacuole |
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| function of the water vacuole |
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| provides support through hydrostatic pressure |
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| definition of hydrostatic pressure in a cell |
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| water in the water vacuole keeping stacked cells from collapsing in on each other. |
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| structure of a chloroplast |
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| filled with stacks of 'pancakes'. on surface of pancakes is chlorophyll. |
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| definition of chlorophyll |
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| green; needed for photosynthesis |
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| function of a chloroplast |
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| preforming photosynthesis |
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| necessary for cell division |
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| structure of a cell membrane |
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| 2 layers; flexible; selectively permeable |
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| definition of selectively permeable |
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| lets some things in and out, but not others |
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| function of a cell membrane |
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| chooses what goes in and comes out of a cell |
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| fluid; jellylike; has lots of things dissolved in it so some is more dense and some is less dense |
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| everything else in a cell floats around in it |
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| used to break down material |
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| structure of a mitochondrion |
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| oval-shaped; inside surface is larger than outside |
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| function of a mitochondrion |
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| chemical reactions occur on inner surface, where sugar is made into energy |
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| big sphere in the middle of a cell |
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| initiates and coordinates the production of cell output. (basically is in charge of everything the cell does, like a brain) |
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| long strands of DNA molecules |
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| stores information from the cell, sort of blueprints on what the creature will be like. |
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| structure of the nucleolus |
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| structure of the nuclear membrane |
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| function of nuclear membrane |
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| seperates nucleus from the rest of the cell |
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| long, branching extensions of the nuclear membrane |
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| path for 'messages'to follow from the chromatin |
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| structure of the ribosomes |
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| tiny grains on the surface of the ER |
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| function of the ribosomes |
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| little copies of DNA from the ER go out to the ribosomes, which use thos instructions to make chemicals |
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| structure of the golgi bodies |
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| elongated sausagelike tubes; covered by a membrane |
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| function of the golgi bodies |
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| complete protein production |
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