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Cells
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plant Cells | Eukaryotic. Have everything an animal cell has, except lack lysosomes and centrioles. Specific to plants, they have a cellulose cell wall that keeps it rigid, chloroplasts for photosynthesis, and a central large vacuole. Multi-cellular. |
| Animal Cells | Have ribosomes, lysosomes, a nucleus, eukaryotic, and have centrioles for replication. They also lack chloroplasts, but have mitochondria for respiration. Plasma membrane filters things in and out of the cell. Multi-cellular. |
| Prokaryotes | Single celled, membrane bound organelle-less organisms that mainly consist of bacteria, with a single coiled chromosome in the center, with no nucleus, and contain ribosomes. Also, some have a cell wall. |
| Eukaryotes | Multi or single-celled organisms that have a nucleus that contains the cell's genetic material. They also contain membrane bound organelles, and can undergo both mitosis and meiosis. |
| Nucleus | Membrane bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells that contains genetic material. It breaks down during mitosis. |
| Mitochondria | A bean shaped membrane bound organelle that produces ATP during respiration in its inner membranes, also regulates energy in general. |
| Chloroplast | Plant-specific organelle that orchestrates the essential processes of photosynthesis. Contains thylakoids and chlorophyll which are essential elements to sunlight-dependent processes. |
| Vacuole | A "bubble", membrane bound organelle found in Eukaryotes that acts as a cells internal storage. |
| Cell Wall | A rigid outer barrier of cells that protects the cell, and keeps it extremely rigid, along with determining shape. |
| Cell Membrane | A membrane around cells that determine what come in and out of the cell. Peppered with proteins that can influence travelers. |
| Ribosomes | Small sphere like organelles that can either free float or reside in the rough ER, that produce proteins/amino acid chains from mRNA that comes from the nucleus. |
| Cytoplasm | A jelly like substance that maintains the shape of the cell, the organelles reside in here. |