Plant Cell Vocab

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• Cell- Membrane covered stuctures that contain all of the materials necessary for life. All living thing are made of cells.

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• Cell Membrane- thin, semi-permeable layer that controls what goes in and out of the cell.

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• Cell wall- only located in plant cells, give plants structure.

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• Chloroplast- an organelle found in plant cells in which photosynthesis occours.

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• Cytoplasm- the jelly-like inner part of the cell that supends the organeles.

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• Nucleus- usually the largest organelle in the cell, contains the DNA material. Also known as the "brain" cell.

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• Organelle- specialized structure within a cell that performs a specific function that enambles the cell to live and reproduce

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• Vacuole- site of water storage in a plant cell.