Combined Science GCSE
Cytoplasm
What Cytoplasm means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Jelly-like substance that fills the cell and surrounds the organelles, mainly water with dissolved substances where many chemical reactions take place.
The part of animal, plant and bacterial cells in which ribosomes are found.
Topics that use Cytoplasm
- Animal and plant cells (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Aerobic respiration
- Cell membrane
- Cell structure and function
- Cell wall
- Chloroplasts
- Energy release
- Estimation
- eukaryotic cells
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