Cell Vocab
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- vacuole
- stores food, water, waste products and other materials
- lysosomes
- small organelles that contain chemicals that break down food particles and worn-out cell parts
- endoplasmic reticulum
- a netword of passageways that carry materials from one part of the cell to another
- nucleus
- directs all cell activity including reproduction
- cytoplasm
- a gel-like fluid in which many organelles are found
- cell membrane
- protects the cell and regulates what enters and leaves
- ribosome
- function is to produce proteins; may be attached to the endoplasmic reticulum or they can float in the cytoplasm
- golgi body
- processing and transporting proteins
- chloroplast
- captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food for a cell
- cell wall
- a stiff wall that surrounds the membrane, giving the cell a rigid box-like shape
- mitochondria
- rod-shaped organelles that produce most of the cells' energy