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Vocab List #3

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Cell   Basic unit of structure and function in living things.  
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Microscope   An instrument that makes small objects larger  
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Cell Theory   A widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things.  
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek   Made the first simple microscope.  
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Robert Hooke   Made first compound microscope.  
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Matthias Schleiden   Concluded that all plants are made of cells.  
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Theodor Schwann   Concluded that all animals are made of cells; all living things are made of cells.  
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Rudolph Virchow   Proposed that new cells are formed only from cells that already exist.  
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Organelle   A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell.  
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Cell wall   A rigid layer of nonliving material the surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms; permeable membrane.  
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Cell membrane   The outside cell boundary that controls which substances can enter or leave the cell; semipermeable membrane  
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Cytoplasm   The material within a cell apart from the nucleus.  
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Mitochondria   Rod-shaped cell structures that convert energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions.  
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Endoplasmic Reticulum   Carry proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another.  
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Ribosome   A small grain like structure in the cytoplasm of a cell where proteins are made.  
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Golgi body   A structure in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic reticulum, packages them, and distributed them to other parts of the cell.  
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Chloroplast   A structure in the cells of plants and some other organisma that captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food.  
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Vacuole   A sac inside a cell that acts as a storage area.  
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Lysosome   A small, round cell structure containing chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones.  
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Nucleus   The control center of a eukaryotic cell that directs the cell's activities and contains the information that determines the cell's form and function.  
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Nucleolus   Makes ribosomes  
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Nuclear Membrane   A selectively permeable membrane that allows specific materials to enter and leave the nucleus.  
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Chromatin   Genetic material that contains the instructions for directing the cell's functions  
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Chlorophyll   A green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria.  
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