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Science- Body Systems
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8th Grade
05/12/2011

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What are the differences between plant and animal cells?
Definition
  1. Plant cells have chloroplasts, which aid them in photosynthesis.
  2. Plant cells have a cell wall, which helps keeps them rigid.
Term
Plant
Definition
Makes their own food, multi cellular and has a nucleus.
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Animal
Definition
Eats food, multi cellular and has a nucleus.
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Fungi
Definition
Eats food, multi cellular and has a nucleus.
Term
Protist
Definition
Eats food and makes their own food, one celled and has a nucleus.
Term
Bacteria
Definition
Eats food, one celled and has no nucleus. Archaebacteria and eubacteria.
Term
Directs all of the cell's activities.
Definition
Nucleus
Term
Produce protein. Often attached to the ER.
Definition
Ribosomes
Term
Forms a barrier between the cytoplasm and the outside of the cell.
Definition
Cell Membrane
Term
Gel-like fluid that fills a cell.
Definition
Cytoplasm
Term
Recieves proteins from the ER and sends them to other parts of the cell.
Definition
Golgi Body
Term
Stores food, water and waste.
Definition
Vacuole
Term
Stiff wall that gives a plant cell its structure.
Definition
Cell Wall
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Network of passageways that carry materials around the cell.
Definition
Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Term
Captures energy from sunlight and produces food for the plant cell.
Definition
Chloroplasts
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Produce most of a cell's energy.
Definition
Mitochondria
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