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| Vacuole = "storage area"
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Definition
| organelles that store enzymes and metabolic waste |
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Nucleus
= "Chief Executive Officer (CEO)" |
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Definition
| directs most of the activities in the cell |
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Chloroplast
= "power plant" |
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Definition
| in plant cells, organelles that use light to make organic compounds[image] |
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Cell Membrane
= "shipping & recieving department" |
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Definition
| thin membrane that surrounds the cell |
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Cillium and Flagellum
= "delivery trucks" |
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Definition
| hairlike organelles that extend from the surface, and assist in movement |
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Golgi Apparatus
= "finishing/packaging department" |
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Definition
| the processing, packaging, and secreting organelle of the cell |
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Cytoplasm
= "factory floor" |
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Definition
| jelly-like substance which contains the various organelles of the cell |
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Mitochondrian
= "power plant" |
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Definition
| an organelle that produces ATP (energy) |
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Cell Wall
= "factory walls" |
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Definition
| rigid structure found in plant cells that helps support and protect the plant |
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
= "the assmebly line" |
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Definition
| functions as the pathway through which molecules move form one part of the cell to another |
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Cytoskeleton
= "support beams" |
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Definition
| network of protein strands that help the cell mainatin its size and shape |
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Lysosome
= "maintainance department" |
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Definition
| small organelle that contains the cell's digestive enzymes |
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Ribosome
= "workers in the assmebly line" |
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Definition
| site of protein production |
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