Unit 9 Vocabulary

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CELL

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The smallest unit of life

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MICROSCOPE

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An optical instrument using one or more lenses to make enlarged images of objects

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THEORY

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An explanation of observations or events based on knowledge from many observations and investigations

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CELL THEORY

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States that all living things are made of one or more cells, the cell is the smallest unit of life, and all new cells come from preexisting cells

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PROKARYOTIC CELL

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A cell that does not have genetic materials or other organelles surrounded by a membrane

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ORGANELLE

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A membrane-surrounded component of a eukaryotic cell with a specialized function

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EUKARYOTIC CELL

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A cell that has genetic material and other organelles surrounded by a membrane

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UNICELLULAR

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Living organism made of only one cell

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MULTICELLULAR

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Living organism made of two or more cells

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AUTOTROPH

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An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals