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1
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What are all living things composed of, and also is the smallest unit in biology

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Cells :I

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Who first used the word cell

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Robert Hooke

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Who was the first person to see and describe microorganisms under a microscope, and thus discovered the hidden world of microorganisms, calling them little beasties

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Anton van Leewenhoek

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Name a German botanist that came to the conclusion that all plants were composed of cells

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Matthias Scheiden

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Name a German Zoologist, that concluded that all animals were composed of cells

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Theodore Schwann

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Who noted that new cells are made from preexisting ones

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Virchow

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What theory includes the following parts: All living things are made of cells, cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living things, and new cells are produced from old cells.

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Cell theory

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What are all living organisms composed of, not cells

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Organized parts

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How do heterotrophs get their energy

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They consume other living organisms

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How do Autotrophs get their energy

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They make their own food

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What do all living organisms have in common

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They all perform chemical reactions, evolve, respond to their environment, reproduce, share a common history, and maintain a stable internal environment in a process called homeostasis

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12
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What is the taking in of food and water

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Ingestion

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What is the breaking down of food into small molecules that can be used by cells

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Digestion

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What is the movement of materials inside a cell

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Cyclosis

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What is the breaking down f glucose into simpler substances and releasing the stored energy in a form the cell can use

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Respiration

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What is the usage of energy from foods to form new cell parts, through growth and repair

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Biosynthesis

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What is the removal of liquid waste from the cell called

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Excretion

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What is the removal of solid waste from cells called

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Egestion

19
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What maybe sexual or asexual

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Reproduction

20
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What is it called when you respond to a stimulus

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Irritability

21
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What is a substance made in one place, but used in another

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Secretions

22
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What separates internal chemical reactions of the cell from the external environment and is made up of mostly lipids and proteins

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The cell membrane

23
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What is the nucleus filled with

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Nucleoplasm

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When the cell is not divided, what form is DNA in

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Chromatin

25
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When the cell is dividing, what form is the DNA in

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Chromosomes

26
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What manufactures the subunits that make up ribosomes

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The nucleolus

27
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What controls protein synthesis and the activities of the cell

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The nucleus

28
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What are all the proteins of cells made by

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Ribosomes

29
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What is the internal membrane system known as

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The endoplasmic reticulum

30
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What is the rough endoplasmic reticulum covered with

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Ribosomes

31
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How many ribosomes does the smooth endoplasmic reticulum have

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None, it’s used to make lipids

32
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Where are the proteins produced in the rough endoplasmic reticulum transported

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The Golgi apparatus

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What is the purpose of Golgi bodies

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To modify, sort and package the proteins that have arrived from the endoplasmic reticulum

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What are small spherical sacs that are surrounded by a single membrane

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Vesicles

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What bud from the golfing apparatus and are filled with very strong digestive enzymes

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Lysosomes

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What destroys old organelles, is surrounded by a thick membrane and also helps to destroy any debris that may build up inside the cell

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Lysosomes

37
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What breaks down alcohol, and kills bacteria, producing hydrogen peroxide as a result. They also break down fatty acids which can be used by mitochondria as an energy source

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Peroxisomes

38
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What stores water, salts, proteins and carbohydrates

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Vacuoles

39
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Who’s pourpose is cellular respiration, and has its own DNA and Carrie’s out replication

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Mitochondria

40
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What is a network of protein tubes and fibers that hells the cell to maintain its shape

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The cytoskeleton

41
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What are the two types of fibers found in the cytoskeleton

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Microfilaments and microtubes

42
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What helps cells to move

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Microfilaments

43
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What’s functions are maintaining cell shape, the separation of chromosomes during cell division, and the formation of cilia and flagella.

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Microtubes

44
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What organizes microtubes, and are shaped like two short cylinders found in the nuclear membrane

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Centrioles

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