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| Tiny cell structures that carry out specific functions inside the cell |
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| Controls all of the cell's activities |
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| Convert energy in food meolecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions |
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| Carry proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another |
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| They function as factories to produce proteins |
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| Receive proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic reticulum, package them and distrubute them to other parts of the cell |
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| Capture energy from sunlight and use it to produce food for the cell |
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| Structures conatining chemicals that break down certain materials in the cell |
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| Any substance that cannot be broken down into smaller substances |
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| When two or more elements combine chemically |
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| An energy-rich organic compound made of the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen |
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| Large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen and sometimes sulfur |
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| Smaller molecules that make up proteins |
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| Energy-rich organic compunds made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Cells store energy in lipids for later use |
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| Very long organic molecules made out of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and phosphorus |
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