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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
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1. Nucleus
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DEFINITION
A membrane covered organelle that holds
the cell’s DNA
2.
Cell membrane
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A membrane that surrounds the cell and acts
as a barrier between the inside of the cell
and the cell’s environment.
3. cytoplasm
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The fluid surrounding a cell’s organelle and
anything dissolved in it. Outside the nucleus.
4. cell wall
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Hard wall of plants and algae made of cellulose that provides strength and support to
the cell membrane.
5. nucleolus
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Stores the materials that will be used to make
ribosomes.
6. ribosome
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The smallest but most abundant organelle,
hooks amino acids together to make proteins.
7.
Membrane covered organelle that makes liendoplasmic re- pids and materials for use inside and outside
ticulum
of the cell, also breaks down drugs and other
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chemicals that could damage the cell.
8.
mitochondria
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The organelle that makes ATP.
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9.
chloroplasts
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DEFINITION
The organelle where photosynthesis takes
place, only present in plants and algae
10. Golgi
Complex
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The organelle where proteins and other materials are processed and shipped out of the
cell.
11. vesicles
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Membrane covered compartments that carry
materials around the cell.
12. vacuole
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A large membrane covered organelle that
stores water and other liquids.
13. lysosomes Special vesicles that contain enzymes.
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14. nuclear
membrane
A membrane that surrounds the nucleus and
separates it from the rest of the cell
15.
nucleoplasm
All the living material found inside the nucleus.
16. protoplasm All the living material in the cell including the
nucleus.
17. organelles A cell’s internal structures that enable the cell
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to live, grow, and reproduce.
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