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Cell
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Smallest structural units and basic building blocks of
living things
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Nucleus
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Membrane-bound organelle that contains the genetic material
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Mitochondria
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Cell’s powerhouses that provide energy to the cell for it to function
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Ribosomes
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Cell’s protein factories that can be
found floating in the cytoplasm or attached to the
endoplasmic reticulum.
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Endoplasmic reticulum
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Network of membranes that functions as a cell’s transportation system,
shuttling proteins and other materials around the cell
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Lysosomes
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Sac-like structures that contain digestive enzymes that are used to break down food
and old organelles
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Golgi apparatus
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Stack of flattened pouches that plays a role in processing proteins received
from the endoplasmic reticulum
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Chloroplasts
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Photosynthetic compounds used to make food for plant cells by harnessing energy
from the sun
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What are single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus?
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Prokaryotes
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What are multicellular organisms that contain a nucleus?
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Eukaryotes
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Asexual reproduction
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Process in which only one organism is needed to reproduce itself
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Sexual reproduction
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Process in which two organisms produce offspring that have genetic
characteristics from both parents
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Mitosis
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Form of cell division where two identical nuclei are produced from one nucleus
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Meiosis
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Sexual cell division in eukaryotes, involves two phases of mitosis that take place one after the
other but without a second replication of DNA
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Cellular respiration
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Process by which
the mitochondria of a cell break down glucose to produce energy in the form of ATP
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