Cell Structure Flashcards

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Nucleus

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Cell’s organelle that contains chromosomes and controls the activities of a cell

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Cytoplasm

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Jellylike material that makes up most of the cell

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Cell membrane

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Thin surface layer around the cytoplasm of a cell. Forms a partially permeable barrier between the cell’s contents and outside of the cell

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Cell wall

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Non-living layer outside of cell membrane of certain types of cell. Made of cellulose, chitin or peptidoglycon

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Mitochondria

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Organelle that carries out aerobic respiration, releasing energy for the cell. Place where most of the cell’s ATP is made

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Chloroplasts

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Organelle found in some plant cells. The site of the reactions of photosynthesis

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Ribosomes

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Tiny structures in the cytoplasm, the site of protein synthesis

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Vacuole

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Membrane-bound space in a plant cell, filled with a solution of sugars and salt called cell sap

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What is the process of cell specialisation called?

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Differentiation

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