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1
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Four main parts of the human cell?

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The cell membrane, protoplasm, organelles, and the nucleus.

2
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Functions of a cell?

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Shaping the cell, protecting, breathing, communicating, absorbing nutrients, and eliminating wastes.

3
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The semi-permeable, double layer of fat/water soluble molecules of the cell membrane?

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Phospholipidic Layer

4
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The gel-like substance contained within the cell membrane?

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Protoplasm

5
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The portion of the protoplasm located between the cell membrane and the nuclear membrane?

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Cytoplasm

6
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The portion of the protoplasm located within the nuclear membrane?

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Nucleoplasm

7
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Specialized structures that preform specific functions?

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Organelles

8
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The ‘powerhouse of the cell’ that produces ATP?

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Mitochondria

9
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Granular structures that synthesize proteins; they assemble chains of amino acids into protein molecules?

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Ribosomes

10
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Stacks of membranes that transport materials throughout the cell?

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

11
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Serves as a site for ribosomes to attach to?

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Rough ER

12
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Serves as a site for fat production?

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Smooth ER

13
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Sacs that contain powerful enzymes that destroy bacteria and other foreign substances and breakdown cellular wastes?

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Lysosomes

14
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Sacs that store and transport nutrients, wastes, and water?

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Vacuoles

15
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Stacks of flattened sacs that collect and process proteins, packaging them with sugars to be transported out of the cell?

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Golgi Complex

16
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The pair of hollow tubes that initiate the cell division process?

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Centrioles

17
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What contains the cell’s reproductive informations (RNA and DNA)?

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Nucleus

18
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Cell’s reproductive information?

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RNA (ribonucleic acid) and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)