The Cells That Make Us - Vocabulary

What is a cell?

• Phone

• The basic unit of structure and function of all livings things

• A semipermeable membrane

• The cytoplasm

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What is bacteria?

• The central part of most cells that contains genetic material and is enclosed in a membrane

• The ability to do work

• Group of very small living things that may cause disease or play a role as decomposers

• The cytoplasm

What are microorganisms?

• A small cavity or vesicle in the cytoplasm of a cell usually containing fluid

• A double membrane enclosing a cell nucleus and having an outer part continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum

• a large group of cells that are part of one single animal

• An extremely small living thing that can only be seen with a microscope. Some are made up of a single cell

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What is a nucleus?

• The outer layer that protects the cell

• The basic unit of structure and function of all livings things

• The central part of most cells that contains genetic material and is enclosed in a membrane

• Bacteria

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What is a nuclear membrane?

• A double membrane enclosing a cell nucleus and having an outer part continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum

• Cell organelles that are found in the cytoplasm and which produce energy for the cell

• A group of similar cells that together form a specific function

• (plasma membrane) a semipermeable membrane surrounding the cell

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What is a cell membrane?

• The same as a nuclear membrane

• (plasma membrane) a semipermeable membrane surrounding the cell

• An extremely small living thing that can only be seen with a microscope

• Having or consisting of a single cell

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What is a cytoplasm?

• A pokemon

• A group of very small living things that may cause disease or play a role as decomposers

• The organized complex of inorganic and organic substances external to the nuclear membrane of a cell and including the cytosol and membrane bound organelles.

• A small cavity or vesicle in the cytoplasm of a cell usually containing fluid.

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What are vacuoles?

• Cell organelles that are found in the cytoplasm and which produce energy for the cell

• Having or consisting of a single cell

• An extremely small living creature that can only be seen with a microscope

• A small cavity or vesicle in the cytoplasm of a cell usually containing fluid.

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What is energy?

• An extremely small living thing that can only be seen with a microscope

• The ability to do work

• Cell organelles that are found in the cytoplasm and which produce energy for the cell

• Having or consisting of a single cell

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What is the mitochondrion?

• The central part of most cells that contains genetic material and is enclosed in a membrane

• Group of very small living things that may cause disease or play a role as decomposers

• Cell organelles that are found in the cytoplasm and which produce energy for the cell

• a group of similar cells that together form a specific function

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