| Term | Definition |
|---|
| nucleus | houses the DNA in a cell |
| cell membrane | controls what goes in and out of the cell |
| vacuole | primarily a storage area for water |
| ribosome | makes proteins |
| chloroplast | the site of photosynthesis in plant cells |
| vessicle | a small sac of membrane used for transport |
| endoplasmic reticulum | transports protein and lipids |
| mitochondria | breaks down sugar, produces energy for the cell |
| centrioles | found in animal cells, plays a role in cell division |
| golgi body | packages and ships materials within the cell |
| hypotonic | when concentrations of solute are higher inside the cell than out |
| hypertonic | when concentrations of solute are higher outside the cell than in |
| isotonic | when concentration of solute is equal inside and outside of the cell |
| binary fission | asexual reproduction in prokaryotes; two cells with single chromomsomes made from one |
| mitosis | in eukaryotic cells, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell |
| meiosis | in eukaryotic cells, type of cell division that produces four cells, each with half as many chromosomes as the parent cell |
| prokaryote | organism whose cells lack a "true nucleus" |
| eukaryote | organism whose cells contain a "true nucleus" |
| diffusion | movement of particles from high concentration to low |
| osmosis | the diffusion of water across the cell membrane |
| endocytosis | when a cell ingests a large molecule by wrapping it in a sac of membrane |
| exocytosis | membrane of vessicle fuses with the cell membrane, forcing the contents out of the cell |
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