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Cell structure key words
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- 1Sub-cellular structuresStructures within a cell
- 2NucleusThe control centre of a cell (holds DNA and controls the cell)
- 3CytoplasmThe substance found in living cells (outside the nucleus), where reactions take place.
- 4Cell membraneA layer that holds the cytoplasm in a cell and controls what enters and leaves a cell
- 5MitochondriaThe structures in a cytoplasm where energy is released from a chemical reaction
- 6RibosomesSmall structures found in the cytoplasm where protein synthesis takes place
- 7Cell wallA protective layer that helps support the cell
- 8CelluloseA carbohydrate that makes up the cell wall of a plant cell
- 9VacuoleA fluid filled cavity in a cell used for storage and support
- 10ChlorolastStructure containing chlorophyll, which is found in most plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
- 11ProkaryoticOrganisms such as bacteria that do not have a nucleus or organelles such as mitochondria
- 12EukarioticOpposite of prokaryotic
- 13PlasmidsSmall circle of DNA that is dependent on the main bacterial chromosome
- 14What takes over the roles of two other animal structures in a bacterial cell?Cyptoplasm takes over mitochondria and chloroplast roles
- 15Name all the structures in an animal cellCell membrane, ribosomes, cyptoplasm, mitochondria, nucleus
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- GCSE Biology Flashcards on Cell structure key words, created by Lorelei Larter Webber on 07/11/2017.
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