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Cell Vocab-Col 1
Ms.J's Cell Stack-Column 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cell | The basic unit of living things |
| cell theory | One of the rules states: All cells come from preexisting cells. |
| chloroplast | In plants,the structures that transform light energy into chemical energy. |
| cytoplasm | The jelly-like substance inside a cell. |
| flagella | A whip-like organelle that cells use for locomotion. |
| electron microscope | A microscope that uses a vacuum to view specimens. |
| Golgi apparatus | An organelle that 'packages' molecules for 'shipment' throughout the cell. |
| compound light microscope | A microscope that can magnify specimens up to 1000X. |
| eukaryote | A cell that contains a true nucleus. |
| cilia | Short, hair-like projections used by cells for locomotion. |
| chlorophyll | the green pigment found in plants |
| cytoskeleton | The network of tiny rods and filaments that forms the structure for the cell. |
| chromatin | In a cell, the tangles of long strands of DNA |
| cell wall | the structure outside the plasma membrane that helps plant cell maintain their shape. |
| endoplasmic reticulum | The folded system of membranes that forms a network if interconnected compartments inside the cell. |