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What are the projections on the cell used to move the cell

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Cilia

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What are the projections on the cell used to move the cell

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Flagella

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What is a protein monomer

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Amino Acid

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What is main function of carbohydrates?

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Source of energy

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What is the main function of proteins

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Control chemical reaction rates

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What is the symbol for phosphorus

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P

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Elements, isotopes, radio active isotopes are all

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Atoms

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What is the symbol for silicon

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Si

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In a cell, what is function of a vacuole

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Membrane structure in the cell for storage

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What does a ribosome do?

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Manufactures proteins

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What is the function of the golgi apparatus?

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Packages proteins for transport out of cell

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What is the shape of an amino acid?

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A Carbon atom surrounded by an amino group, a carboxyl group, and a side chain

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What shape are lipids?

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A hydrophilic “head” and hydrophobic “tail”

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What shape or nucleic acids?

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Phosphate, a pentagram of sugar, and a base

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What is the function of nucleic acids?

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Genetic information

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What is the main function of lipids?

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Energy storage

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What is the monomer for nucleic acid?

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Nucleotide

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What is the monomer for lipids?

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Fatty acids or gycerol

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What is the polymer for proteins?

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Polypeptide chain or proteins

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What is the polymer for cabohydrates?

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Polysaccharides or starch

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What part of the cell directs all cell processes?

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Nucleus

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What part of the cell contains the DNA

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Nucleus

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What organelle is the site of ribosome attachment?

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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What organelle plays a role in cell division—it pulls the nucleus apart

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What organelle digests other organelles (among other things)?
Lysosome
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What is a carbohydrate monomer?
Monosaccharides
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List three monsaccharides
Glucose, Fructose and Galactose
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What is the shape of a monsaccharide?
A 5 or 6 sided carbon ring
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Nuclear Envelope
Its a double membrane around the nucleus
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What is the function of a cell wall?
It provides support for plant cells
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What is a polymer for Lipids?
Lipids
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What type of bond between atoms happens when two atoms share electrons?
Covalent
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What is a polymer of nucleic acids?
nucleic acid
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Name one of the essential amino acids
Histamine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylamine, Threonine, Tryptophan, and Valine
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What term is used when a cell is in a steady internal environment?
Homeostasis
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What is asexual reproduction?
Cloning or reproduction using only one organism
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Name two cell types that are Prokaryotic?
Viruses and bacteria
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What is the symbol for hydrogen?
H
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What is the symbol for oxygen?
O
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What is the symbol for calcium?
Ca
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What is the symbol for sodium?
Na
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Where are ribosomes produced?
Nucleolus
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What is the name for the tubular strands inside a cell that anchors the organelles?
Cytoskeleton
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What is the fluid inside a cell or organelle called?
Cytoplasm
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What organelle inside a plant changes light energy to chemical energy?
Chloroplast
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What is the symbol for nitrogen?
N
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What is the symbol for potassium
K
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What is the symbol for carbon?
C
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What organelle converts sugar in to useable energy?
Mitochondria
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What does the mitochondria in a cell do?
Creates energy for the cell
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What type of cells have a nucleus?
Eukaryotic cells
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What is an ionic bond between atoms?
A bond where atoms lose or add electrons
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What is Panspermia?
A theory that living cells came to earth from another planet or meteorite.
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What is Primordial Soup?
A theory that living cells came about by atoms smashing into one another randomly
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What is the theory that uses Hydrothermal Vents?
A theory that living cells came from the warm water vents in the bottom of the ocean.
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What is the Electric Spark Theory?
A theory that living cells came about using the primordial soup theory with the addition of a spark of energy.
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What type of reproduction is cloning?
Asexual

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