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Microbiology
cells,bacteria,viruses
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Biology
7th Grade
12/18/2007

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Prokaryote
Definition
cell that lacks nucleus and other organelles
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eukaryote
Definition
cell that contains neclues and other organells
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cell wall
Definition
tough,rigid,supports, shapes and protects cell
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cell membrane
Definition
outer surface, controlls what moves in and out of cells
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cytoplasm
Definition
fills inside of cell, jellylike
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nucleus
Definition
control center,directs all activities
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endospore

Definition
fomed by bacteria when conditons are not favorable to growth
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protist
Definition
unixellular eukaryotic organism
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pseupod
Definition
extention of cell membrane
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sarcodine
Definition
protist that moves with a pseudopod
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vacuole
Definition
area where food is broken down and digested formed by membrane then dissapears
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contractile vacuole
Definition
pumps out exsess water
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cillia
Definition
tiny hairlike organelle used for movement
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ciliate
Definition
protist that moves using cillia
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flagellum
Definition
whiplike organelle used for movement
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zooflagellate
Definition
protis that moves usin flagella
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sporozoan
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parasitic protist that cannot move by itself
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euglena
Definition
plantlike protist that uses flagellum
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chloroplast
Definition
cell organelle that contains cloropyll
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