Plants Chapt 2-2
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- the region of a cell located inside the cell membrane (in pokaryotes) or between the cell membrane and nucleus (in eukaryotes) contains gel-like material and cell organelles
- cytoplasm
- a tiny structure located in the cytoplasm of a cell where proteins are made
- ribosome
- a long whiplike structure that extends out through the cell membrane and cell wall
- flagellum
- a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells
- binary fisson
- the reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent
- asexual reproduction
- the reproductive process that involves two parents who combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents
- sexual reproduction
- the process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellular organism
- conjugation
- the process of breaking down food to release its energy
- respiration
- a small rounded thick walled resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell
- endospore
- an organism that breaks down large chemicals from dead organisms into small chemicals and returns important materials to the soil and water
- decomposer