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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
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A membrane that surrounds the cell and acts as a barrier between the
Cell membrane inside of the cell and the cell’s environment.
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3. cytoplasm
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4. cell wall
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The fluid surrounding a cell’s organelle and anything dissolved in it. Outside the nucleus.
Hard wall of plants and algae made of cellulose that provides strength
and support to the cell membrane.
Stores the materials that will be used to make ribosomes.
5. nucleolus
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6. ribosome
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The smallest but most abundant organelle, hooks amino acids together to
make proteins.
7. endoplasmic Membrane covered organelle that makes lipids and materials for use inreticulum
side and outside of the cell, also breaks down drugs and other chemicals
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that could damage the cell.
8.
mitochondria
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The organelle that makes ATP.
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DEFINITION
9. chloroplasts The organelle where photosynthesis takes place, only present in plants
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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 to live, grow, and reproPg 63
duce.