Cell Biology Flashcard for Students

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What are organelles?

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Parts inside a cell with special jobs

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What is the nucleus?

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The part of the cell that tells the other organelles what to do

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Cytoplasm

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The jelly-like fluid that fills a cell

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What is the cell membrane?

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The covering that controls what enters the cell and what leaves the cell

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What is the difference between a plant cell and an animal cell?

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Plant cells have chloroplasts and cell walls

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Mitochondria

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The organelles that make energy from food in a cell

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Photosynthesis

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The process that plant cells use to turn sunlight into food

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What is the parent cell?

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The cell that is going to divide

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What are the daughter cells?

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The two cells that are created when a parent cell divides

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What are chromosomes?

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Structures in the nucleus that contain information