Cells

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  1. 3. ___ microscope is a powerful microscope that uses electrons to see ultra-small structures
  2. 6. The green pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs sunlight
  3. 7. A type of cell division that produces reproductive cells
  4. 9. The molecule carrying genetic instructions that controls the cells
  5. 10. The green structure in plant cells where photosynthesis happens.
  6. 16. The process by which plants make food using sunlight
  7. 17. What Antonie van Leeuwenhoek called the first living cells that he saw
  8. 20. ____ cells are the new cells that result from cell division
  9. 21. The organelle that holds DNA
  10. 23. The ___ cell is the original cell before it divides
  11. 24. ____ cell is a complex cell with a nucleus and organelles
  12. 27. Common table sugar, made up of glucose and fructose
  13. 28. A gas used by cells in respiration; released by plants in photosynthesis
  14. 29. ___ eyepiece is part of a microscope that further magnifies the image
  15. 31. The "powerhouses" of the cell where energy is produced
  16. 32. What cells need to perform activities, produced in mitochondria
  17. 33. A simple sugar and major energy source for cells
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  1. 1. Carbon ___ is a gas absorbed by plants for photosynthesis; released during respiration
  2. 2. ____ cell is a simple cell without a nucleus, like bacteria
  3. 4. The basic unit of life, found in all living things
  4. 5. The process of cell division that creates two identical cells
  5. 8. The cell ___ is a rigid layer surrounding some cells, providing shape and support
  6. 11. Small structures within a cell, each with a unique function and wrapped in a membrane
  7. 12. Cell ___ is the process by which a cell splits into two new cells
  8. 13. A storage sac within cells that holds waste and water, often large in plant cells
  9. 14. The cell ___ is a flexible outer layer that controls what enters and exits a cell
  10. 15. – Cellular ___ is the process cells use to release energy from food
  11. 18. A sweet sugar found in fruits
  12. 19. Binary ___ is the imple cell division found in prokaryotes, like bacteria.
  13. 22. Robert ____ saw the first cells and coined the name “cell”
  14. 25. A tough carbohydrate that makes up the cell wall in plants
  15. 26. Controls the amount of light passing through a microscope slide
  16. 30. Light ___ microscope is a tool that uses light and two sets of lenses to magnify tiny objects