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                                                                                              Richard Gunther



               There was a time when plants were thought of as "simple".
               Then people started looking at them through microscopes, and more
               powerful instruments. Theye were amazed at the complexity.
               There is no such thing as "simple" in the living world!

               Below is a very simple diagram of a section of just one cell.
               The scientific names have been dropped, but what each part does
               is given in simple terms.


                  These manufacture                  Channels to transport             Network strands
               food from air and water                and store molecules.              linking cells for
                                                                                       communication.
                 Power stations.            Nucleus        Materials depot
                  Convert food             or 'brain'      for repairs and                Sap storage,
              into energy for cell.                             building               also storehouse
                                                                                          for salts and
               Amino acids wi                                                                sugars.
               code for buildin
                    new cells.                                     . . .  .
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