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What do ALL cells have in common?
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Plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and DNA
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What is the definition of plasma membrane?
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Selectivley permeable phospholipid bilayer
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What allows certain substances to cross between the cell and its enviornment?
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Plasma membrane
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What is the defination of cytoplasm?
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Semifluid mix of water, sugars, ions, and proteins encased by the plasma membrane
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What is the definition of DNA?
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Biomolecule that forms the basis of heredity, allows reproduction, and guides all cellular functions
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What biomolecule guides all cellular structure?
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DNA
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I am contained within the nucleous of a cell what am I?
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DNA
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What are 3 facts about the prokaryotic cell wall?
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Gives cell shape and rigid structure, composed of peptidoglycan, surrounds plasma membrane
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Prokaryclotic cells lack a what?
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Nucleous
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What is the definition of a ribosome? and where does it reside in the cell?
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Small structures upon which polypeptides are assembled, and it resides in the cytoplasm
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What is a plasmid?
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Small circles of DNA that carry genes for antibiotic resistance and toxin production
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What are organelles?
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Structures within the cytoplasm that carry out specific functions to keep the cell alive and maintain homostasis
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What is the main function of the nucleous?
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Protecting, controlling access to DNA
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What is the main function of the endoplasmic reticulum?
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Routing, modifying new polypeptide chains and synthesizing lipids
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What is the main function of the Golgi body?
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Modifys new polypetide chains, sorting, shipping proteins and lipids
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