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| cells | Building blocks of all living things. |
| Cell Theory | Cells are basic units of structure & function, go through all life processes, make new cells from old cells. |
| Cytolotgists | People/scientists who study cells. |
| cell membrane | Holds the cell together and allows gases and liquids through. |
| cell wall | Gives the cell its rigid shape. |
| nucleus | Control center. |
| cytoplasm | Watery gel in the cell. |
| nuclear membrane | Surrounds the nucleus. |
| chloroplasts | Where photosynthesis occurs. |
| mitochondria | Power house/where cell respiration occurs. |
| chromosomes | In nucleus. |
| diffusion | The tendency of a substance to move from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration balance is achieved. |
| osmosis | The diffusion of water through a membrane. |
| cell transport | The ability of substances to move through the cell membrane. |
| protoplasm | Living matter; the living substance of all plant and animal cells. |
| photosynthesis | Process by which cells make food. |
| cell respiraiton | The process in which cell release sugar and carbon dioxide. |
| kelp | multi-cellular algae that can grow to 16 meters long. |
| diatoms | Most plentiful of all algae, are single-cellular plants in fresh & salt water. |
| plankton | Includes all tiny organisms that float freely on the ocean surface. |
| Malaria | Caused by the Anopheles mosquito. |
| pseudopods | Helps amoeba move and catch food. |
| flagellum | Threadlike tails on the euglena propel the protist with a whip-like motion. |
| cilia | Rows that makes paramecium move "quickly." |
| protozoan | Examples are malaria, amoebic dysentery and sleeping sickness. |
| saprophytes | Lives on decaying or dead matter. |
| yeast | An example of one-celled fungi. |
| mushrooms | An example of multi-celled fungi. |
| Mycologists | Biologists who study fungi. |
