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- 2. Membrane A protective covering that encloses the entire cell.
- 4. All individual forms of life that use energy to carry out the activities of life.
- 5. Cell A type of cell lacking a nucleus and organelles. Bacteria are an example of prokaryotes.
- 7. The gelatinlike fluid within the cell membrane where most of the work of the cell is carried out.
- 8. Different tissues that work together to perform a particular function
- 9. Wall A tough outer covering that lies just outside the cell membrane in a plant cell.
- 14. Contains DNA—is the control center of the cell.
- 15. Organisms that are one single cell
- 16. Organisms that are made up of many cells. These organisms are most of the life forms you can see.
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- 1. An instrument that uses glass lenses to magnify an object.
- 3. An organelle that releases stored energy, which comes mostly from sugars
- 6. These organisms are usually too small for you to see directly.
- 7. An organelle in a plant cell that uses the energy from sunlight to make sugar.
- 10. Cell In this, the DNA is kept in the nucleus, which is enclosed by its own membrane.
- 11. Scientists use this word for any part of a cell enclosed by a membrane. The mitochondria and chloroplasts are examples of this.
- 12. A group of similar cells that are organized to do a specific job
- 13. When a cell and its organelles are organized to allow it to do a specific job.
