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This is the complete collection of the 37 cell terms and etymologies

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Endoplasmic Reticulum (ety)   ety: endo=inside, plasm=jelly, reticu=network  
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Vacuole (ety)   ety: vacu=empty  
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Organelle (ety)   ety: organ+elle=tiny  
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Endoplasmic Reticulum   Organelle that is a folded membrane used to move materials around inside the cell  
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Mitochondrion   Organelle that chemically reacts oxygen with sugars to release energy, carbon dioxide, and water  
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Diagram   A neat drawing or photo showing the parts of something with labels and/or written explaination  
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Lysosome (ety)   ety: lyso=cleaning, some=body  
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Etymology   The history of a word (language of origin and meanings of root parts of the word)  
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Cytoplasm (ety)   ety: cyto=cell, plasm=jelly  
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Chloroplast (ety)   ety: chloro=colored, plast=body  
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Golgi Body   Organelle that packages proteins inside membranes so they can be sent elsewhere  
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Lysosome   Organelle that breaks down and gets rid of waste  
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Ribosome   Organelle that makes proteins for the cell  
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Graph   A visual display of data, usually showing how one variable relates to another; for example: a line graph, a scatter plot, or a bar chart  
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Cytoplasm   The liquid filling of a cell in which all of the organelles float  
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Cytoplasm (ety)   ety: cyto=cell, plasm=jelly  
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Nucleus   Organelle that contains all the instructions for how to run a cell  
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Cell Wall   Organelle in a plant or bacteria that is outside the cell and gives rigid support and shape to the cell  
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Function   The job something does and how it works  
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Table   A neatly organized display of numbers or words organized in columns and rows  
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Cell Membrane   Organelle that is the outer boundary of a cell and which only lets certain things in and out  
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Structure   The shape and parts of something and how they are put together  
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Chloroplast   Organelle in a plant that uses sunlight energy to chemically react carbon dioxide with water to produce sugars and oxygen  
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Tissue   A group of cells working together (level of organization in a multicellular organism  
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Eukaryotic (ety)   ety: eu=true, karyo=kernel  
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Unicellular   Adjective to describe an organism made of only one cell  
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Prokaryotic   Adjective to describe a cell that has no nucleus or organelles with membranes  
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Analogy   A comparison between something simple and something complex to make the complex thing easier to understand  
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Prokaryotic (ety)   ety: pro=before, karyo=kernel  
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Organ system   A group of organs working together (level of organization in a multicellular organism)  
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Organ   A group of tissues working together (level of organization in a multicellular organism)  
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Plant   A multicellular eukaryotic organism that can produce it's own food and which has specialized organelles: cell wall, chloroplast, very large vacuole  
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Animal   A multicellular eukaryotic organism that has to consume food to get energy  
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Bacteria   A single celled prokaryotic organism  
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Multicellular   Adjective to describe an organism made of many cells  
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Eukaryotic   Adjective to describe a cell that has a nucleus and organelles with membranes  
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