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CELL | The smallest unit of an organism that carrier on the functions of life. |
ORGANISM | Any living thing. |
BINOMIAL NONNENCLATURE | The two word naming system that Linnaeus used to name various organism. |
CELL MEMBRANE | The protective layer surrounding every cell. |
CELL THEORY | States that all organisms are made up of one or more cells, the cells is the basic unit of life, and all cells come from other cells. |
CELL WALL | Rigid structure that encloses, supports, and protect the cell of plants, algae, fungi, and most bateria. |
CHOLOPLAST | In plants cells, food is made in green organellesin the in the cytoplasm. |
CYTOPLASM | Cells are filled with a gelatinlike substance. |
ENDOPLASMIC | A series of folded membranes in which materials can be processed and moved around inside of the cell. |
GENUS | A group of similar speicies. |
GOLGI BODIES | Oranelles that sort and package cellular material and transport them within the cell or out of the cell. |
HOMEOSTASIS | Ability of an organism to keep proper internal conditions no matter what external stimuli are occuring. |
HOST CELL | Living cell in which a virus can actively multiply or in which a virus can hide until activated by evironmental stimuli. |
KINGDOM | First and largest category used to classify organism. |
MITOCHONDRION | Cell orgelle where food is broken down, which releases energy. |
NUCLEUS | Organelle that controls all the activities of a cell and contains hereditary material made of DNA. |
ORGAN | Structure, such as the heart, made up of diffrent types of tissues that all work together. |
ORGANELLE | Structure in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell that can act as a storage site, process energy, move material, or manufacture substance |
ORGAN SYSTEM | A group of organs working together to perform a certian function. |
PHYLOGENY | Evolutionary history of an organism; used today to group organisms into six kingdoms. |
RIBOSOME | Small structure on which cells make their own proteins. |