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Cells

TermDefinition
Organelles A tiny cell structure that carries out a specitficfunction within a living cell
Cell Wall A ridged supporting layer that surrounds the cells of a plant and some other organisms
Cell Membrane A thin flexible bairreir that surrounds a cell and controls what goes into the cell and out of a cell
Cytoplasm The thick fluid region of a cell located inside of the cell membrane or between the cell and the nucleus
Nucleus In cells a large oval organells that contains the cells genetic material in a form of DNA
Mitochondiran Rod shaped organells that convert food into energy for the cel so it can function
Chlrooplast An organelle in the cells of a plant in some other organisms that capture sunlight to turn it into food
Valcule A sac like organelle that stores water, food, and other materials
Selectively Permeable A property of cell mebranes that allows some substiances to pass across it, while others cannot
Diffusion The process by which molocules move form an area of higher concentration to an area of low concentration
Osmosis Th diffusion of water molocuels across a selectivly permiable membrane
Exocytosis The process by which the volocule surroudig particles fusses with a cell membrane, forcing contents out of a cell
Endocytosis The process by whch a cell membrane takes particals into the cell by changing the shape and engoulping particals.
Cell Cycle The siers of events in which a cell grows and prepares for division.
Interphase The first stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell dividsion occurs.
Replication The process in which a cell makes a copy of the DNA before cell division.
Mitosis The second stage of a cell cycle durring which the cells nuclues divides into two new nuclie and one set of DNA is distubuted into each daughter cells.
Cytokinesis The final stage of the cell cycle, in which the cells cytoplasm divides distrbuting the two new daugter cells.
Photoythinsis The process by which plants make thier own food and othe autotrophs capture and use their own light energy to make food from carbon dioxide and water.
Autotroph An organism that is able to capture the energy form sunlight and use it to produce its own food
Heterotroph An organism that cannot make its own food and gets its food by consuming other things
Chlorophyll A green phootosynthysis pigment found in chloroplast in plants, algea, and some bacteria.
Cellular resperation The procces in which oxygen and gluclose undergo a complex sieris of chimechal eactions inside cells
Frmentation The realese of energy from foodwithout using oxygen
Produce Makeing
Source The products of cellular resperation are carbon dioxyide and water
Created by: cjm10777
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