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1
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List the three parts of cell theory

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  1. All organisms are made of cells
  2. Cells are the basic unit of life
  3. All cells come from pre-existing cells
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Name microscope parts

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Arm
Base
Coarse adjustment knob
Condenser lena
Diaphragm
Eyepiece
Fine adjustment knob
Light
Objective lens
revolving nose piece
Stage
stage clips
Tube

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What is the vacuole and where is it located?

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Larger in plant cells, typically floating roundish organelles they contain and remove substances like handling waste products and storing nutrients

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What are lysosome and where are they located

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Small round structures with small bits inside, they are unique to animal cells and ingest foreign substances

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What is a ribosome and where is it located

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Ribosomes produce and synthesize proteins, and can be free roaming or attached to the rough er

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What and where is the golgi complex

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Proteins are processed and transported, and it is similar to the ER but not attached to the nucleus

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What and where is the cytoplasm?

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Cytoplasm is all through the cell, a gel like substance that helps to move things through cells

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8
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What does the nucleus do

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Control cell growth and contains dna

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What does the nucleolus do

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On the inside of nucleus, and assembles ribosomes

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What does the cell membrane do

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Act as a selectively permeable membrane to protect the cell and control what is inside

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11
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What does the mitochondria do

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Produce atp

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12
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How to distinguish between smooth and rough ER

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Smooth does not have ribosomes while rough does

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13
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What does a centriole do

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control spindle fibres

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What and where is a cloroplast

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Shape similar to the mitochondria but more rough looking inside, it performa photosynthesis

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Explain simple diffusion

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Particles moving across the concentration gradient in order to reach dynamic equilibrium, or an isotonic solution

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16
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Explain facilitated diffusion

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Particles that cannot pass through a cell membrane get help from channels to move through with the concentration gradient

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17
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Explain endocytosis

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Cell ingesting a large material by engulfing it

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Explain exocytosis

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A cell expelling a large particle by pushing it away and pinching off to move it outside the cell, the reverse of endocytosis

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19
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What limits cell size

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the decreased ability of a cell to absorb nutrients the larger it becomes

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20
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Why do cells divide

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Growth, repair, reproduction

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21
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Describe interphase

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The first phase of the cell cycle and the longest, cell replicates dna, grows, and performs daily functions

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22
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What are the phases of the cell cycle in order

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Introphase
Mitosis
Cytokineses

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23
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Describe prophase

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Chromatids condense and parent chromosomes replicate

24
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Describe metaphase

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spindle fibres pull chromosomes to the centre of the cell, nucleus dissolved

25
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Describe anaphase

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Spindle fibres pull chromatids to poles

26
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Describe telophase

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Nuclei form around the separated chromosomes, chromatin unfoils

27
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Cytokenisis

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In animal cells, the cytoplasm pinches off in the middle

In plant cells, a cell wall forms between the two nuclei

28
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What do spindle fibres anchor to

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Centrioles

29
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Define a chromatid

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One of the two strands of DNA

30
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Cellular differentiation is the process of

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Creating specialized cells

31
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All cells originated from the

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Zygote

32
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What is a specialized cell

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A cell that has developed special characteristics that make them well suited for their function

33
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What are stem cells

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Unspecialized cells

34
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Embryonic stem cells can

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Divide or become other cells

35
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Adult stem cells are

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Limited in function

36
Q

Arteries travel ____ from the heart typically

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Away

37
Q

Arteries are rich in

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Oxygen and nutrients

38
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Arteries are under ____ pressure

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High

39
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The three parts of the cardiovascular (circulatory) system are

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Blood
Heart
Blood vessels

40
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The three blood vessels are

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Arteries
Veins
Capillaries

41
Q

Veins cary blood ____ to the heart

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Back

42
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Veins are rich in

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Carbon dioxide and waste

43
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Capillaries are so small, their walls are ___ cell/s thick

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1

44
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Capillaries connect to

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Arteries and veins

45
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Capillaries surround

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Cells

46
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Pressure in capillaries is

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From high to low

47
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Gas exchange occurs in the

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Capillaries, co2 and o is exchanged, also alveoli

48
Q

RBCs function is

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To carry oxygen to cells, it does this through hemoglobin as it has an affinity for oxygen

49
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WBCs function is

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To destroy foreign substances

50
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Platelets function is

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Stopping bleeding (clots)

51
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Plasma is rich in

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Nutrients

52
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How many chambers does the human heart have

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4

53
Q

Describe blood flow through the heart

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Venacava
RA
RV
PA
PV
LV
Aorta

54
Q

What do enzymes do

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Break down big molecules into smaller molecules

55
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Teeth’s function

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Mechanical breakdown

56
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Salivas function

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Lubricant

57
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What does the epidglotis do

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Block windpipe

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