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Cells: The Basic Unit of Life
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Biology
7th Grade
10/20/2010

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Cell
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in biology, the smallest unit that can perform a life process and the basic structure of living things
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cell mambrane
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a phospholid layer that covers a cell's surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell's enviroment
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organelle
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one of the smallest bodies in a cell's cyctoplasm that are specialized to do a specific job or function
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nucleus
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in a eukaryotic cell, a membrane-bound organelle that contains the cell's DNA and that has a role in the process such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction
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prokaryotic cell
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an organism that consists of a single cell that does not have a nucleus
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eukaryotic cell
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an organism made up of cells that have a nucleus enclosed by a membrane
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