Topic 2: Cell Systems

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Scientist that coined the term 'cells'.

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Robert Hooke

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A property of cell membranes that allows some substances to pass across it, while others cannot.

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Selectively Permeable

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Organelle in plant cells that captures sunlight energy and changes it to energy that cells can use in making food.

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Chloroplast

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Process in which oxygen and glucose undergo a complex series of chemical reactions inside cells, releasing energy.

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Cellular Respiration

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Rod-shaped organelles that convert energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions.

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Mitochondria

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The basic unit of life.

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Cell

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The jelly-like substance inside a cell that holds organelles.

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Cytoplasm

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The control center of the cell that contains DNA.

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Nucleus

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The process by which plants use sunlight to make food.

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Photosynthesis

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Small structures within a cell that perform specific functions.

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Organelles