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Q: What breaks down substances in a cell?
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What part of the cell breaks down substances to produce energy for the cell?

Mitochondria


What part of the cell digests or breaks down substances into simpler parts?

lysosome.


What breaks down harmful substances that are no longer needed by a cell?

The smooth endoplasmic reticulum


A single chemical that breaks down into other substances during chemical reactions is?

A single chemical that breaks down into other substances during chemical reactions is "decomposing".


What organelle breaks down cell can compounds into small particles that the cell can use?

The mitochondria breaks down chemical bonds the cell can use for energy


What in your body breaks down food into simple substances?

enzyme


What breaks down big food into simple substances?

The digestion


What breaks down substances but stays the same?

A catalyst.


What cell does glucose partly break down in?

The Mitochondria in a cell breaks down the Glucose


What is the function of the lysosmes?

Brakes down miterials in the cell.


What breaks down food in the cell?

lysosomes


What cell breaks down nucleus in the mitosis?

There is not a particular "cell" that breaks down the nucleus during the cell process of mitosis. However, the nucleus does begin to break down in the phase known as prophase/prometaphase.