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What are features of Eukaryotic cells

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  • Have true nucleus
  • Have chromosomes
  • Generally multicellular organisms
  • Have membrane bound organelles
  • 80s Ribosomes
  • Can have cilia and flagella (more complex than prokaryotic)
  • 1 - 100 micrometers
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What fills the nucleus?

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Nucleoplasm

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What is the main function of the nucleus?

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To store DNA.

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What is a nucleolus?

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Dense area of cytoplasm where ribosomes are made.

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What is the function of the endoplasmic reticulum.

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More complex molecules are synthesized. The smooth ER makes lipids while the rough ER makes proteins. These can be pinched off in a vesicle.

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What is the function of the Golgi body?

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  • Stores molecules in our cells
  • concentrate molecular
  • can alter molecules
  • can also create vesicles to send stuff outside body
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What is the function of the Mitochondrion

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  • Location of most cellular respiration
  • Produces ATP for the cell
  • Membrane bound
  • Double membrane
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What is the function of the chloroplast?

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Site of photosynthesis

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What is the function of vacuole?

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Membrane bound storage

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What is the function of the Vessicle?

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Transports “stuffs” around/outside cell

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What is the function of the lysosome?

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Suicide Sac!!!

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What is Endosymbiosis?

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Mitochondria and chloroplasts used to be Prokaryotes

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Who discovered Endosymbiosis?

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Lynn Margalis

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Why is the evidence for endosymbiosis?

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  • Similar size
  • Membranes
  • DNA in ring
  • Have 70S Ribosomes
  • Asexual reproduction
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What does DNA do?

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Pass on traits

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What do ribosomes do

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  • Found in cytoplasm
  • Found on ER
  • Reads RNA
  • A group of Ribosomes is called a Polysome
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What is A cytoskeleton

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  • A complex web of Microfilaments
  • Transport
  • Shape
  • Cytoplasmic Streaming
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Cytoplasm (cytosol)

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  • Colloid

- Holds all the organelles

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What are centrioles

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  • Made of Microfilaments
  • Facilitate transport in cytoplasm
  • Help move chromosomes around in cell division
  • Helps in formation of Cilia/flagellum
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What does a cell wall do

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  • Found & fungi have this
  • Made of cellulose in plants
  • Made of chitin in fungi
  • used for support and protection
  • Have Openings for the transfer of materials called plasmodesmata
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What are features of Prokaryotic cells

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  • Nucleoid
  • DNA is in a single strand and found in a ring
  • generally single celled
  • Lack membrane bound organelles
  • Bacteria can have huge rings of DNA called plasmids
  • 70s Ribosomes
  • Can have Cilia & Flagella
  • Cell wall made of peptidoglycan
  • 1 - 10 micrometers