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Cells
Cells are amazing, variable, beautiful, functionally superb, a concept of genius, they work alone
or in groups with equal ease. Cells are the basic unit of life, all living things,---- are made up of
one or more cells. Organisms that exist as single cells are called unicellular and organisms that
are made up of groups of cells working together are called multicellular. There are two
kingdoms of unicellular organisms (Archaea and Bacteria ), and three kingdoms of multicellular
organisms (Animals, Fungi and Plants), and one kingdom which contains a mixture of both
unicellular and multicellular organisms (the Protista). Nearly everything you see without a
microscope is an animal a fungus or a plant and therefore a multicellular being (the exceptions
to this rule are eggs, eggs, before they are fertilised and start to divide are the largest single
cells around). Because all living things are made up of cells, and because we desire to
understand ourselves and the other living things around us it makes sense to learn something
about cells. This page is an introduction to form and function of cells

prokaryotic
do not have a nucleus, mitochondria or any other membrane bound organelles. In other words neither
their DNA nor any other of their metabolic functions are collected together in a discrete membrane
enclosed area. Instead everything is openly accessible within the cell, though some bacteria have
internal membranes as sites of metabolic activity these membranes do not enclose a separate area of
the cytoplasm. See

Eukaryotes
have areas inside the cell separated off from the rest of the cell by membranes, like the cell membrane
(see below). These areas include the nucleus, numerous mitochondria and other organelles such as the
golgi body, and or chloroplasts within each of their cells. These areas are made distinct from the main
mass of the cells cytoplasm by their own membrane in order to allow them to be more specialised. You
can think of them as separate rooms within your house. The nucleus contains all the cell's DNA, the
Mitochondria are where energy is generated, chloroplasts are where plants trap the suns energy in
photosynthesis. There are exceptions to every rule of course, and in this case the most obvious two are
the red blood cells of animals and the sieve tube elements of plants, which, though living, have no
nucleus and no DNA, normally these cells to do not live very long