Cells

in biology, the smallest unit that can perform all life processes

• organelle

• nucleus

• cell

• cell membrane

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a phospholipid layer that covers a cell's surface; acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell's environment.

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• organelle

• prokaryote

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one of the small bodies in a cell's cytoplasm that are specialized to perform a specific function

• nucleus

• organism

• cell membrane

• organelle

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in a eukaryotic cell, a membrane-bound organelle that contains the cell's DNA and that has a role in processes such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction

• organism

• cell

• nucleus

• cell membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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an organism that consists of a single cell that does not have a nucleus

• prokaryote

• eukaryote

• organelle

• cell

an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane; include animals, plants, and fungi, but not archaebacteria or eubacteria

• prokaryote

• eukaryote

• cell

• organism

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a rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell

• organelle

• cell membrane

• cell

• cell wall

cell organelle composed of RNA and protein; the site of protein synthesis

• ribosome

• nucleus

• endoplasmic reticulum

• vesicle

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a system of membranes that is found in a cell's cytoplasm and that assists in the production, processing, and transport of proteins and in the production of lipids

• nucleus

• ribosome

• organelle

• endoplasmic reticulum

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

cell organelle that helps make and package materials to be transported out of the cell

• Golgi Complex

• vesicle

• nucleus

• mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2