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Bio Exam 2 (Chapter 6) Flashcards

1
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What type of cell is in protists, fungi, animals, and plants?

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Eukaryotic Cells

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2
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What type of cell is in bacteria and archaea?

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Prokaryotic Cells

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3
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What is the interior of any cell?

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Cytoplasm

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4
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What houses the cell’s DNA in a eukaryotic cell?

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Nucleus

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5
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What uses info from DNA to make proteins?

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Ribosome

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6
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What is a double membrane that encloses the nucleus?

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Nuclear envelope

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7
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What structures carry the genetic information?

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Chromosomes

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8
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What are the proteins that make up chromosomes?

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Chromatin

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What separates the cell into different compartments, or organelles, such as the nucleus, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the Golgi apparatus, and lysosomes

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Endomembrane System

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What is a network of membranous tubules within the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell, continuous with the nuclear membrane

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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What part of the Endoplasmic Reticulum is involved in metabolic processes and the synthesis of lipids?

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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12
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What part of the Endoplasmic Reticulum is involved in the synthesis of proteins?

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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

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13
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What is a biological structure that performs a distinctive function inside a cell

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Organelle

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What is an organelle in eukaryotic cells that consist of flat membranous sacs that modify, store, and route products of the Endoplasmic Reticulum and synthesize products?

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Golgi Apparatus

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What is a membranous sac of hydrolytic enzymes that eukaryotic cells use to digest (hydrolyze) macromolecules?

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Lysosome

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16
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What are large vesicles derived from the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus?

17
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What is the site of cellular resipiration?

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Mitochondria

18
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What is the site of photosynthesis?

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Chloroplast

19
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What is a network of fibers extending throughout the cytoplasm that gives mechanical support to the cell and helps with cell motility (movement)?

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Cytoskeleton

20
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What are cellular extensions that contain microtubules that assist in moving the cell?

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Flagella and cilia

21
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What is regarded as the boundary of the living cell?

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Plasma membrane

22
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What is the extracellular structure of plant cells, distinguishes plant cells from animal cells?

23
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What are the main differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

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Prokaryotic cell does not have a nucleus.

24
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What are specialized metabolic organelles that are involved in oxidative reactions?

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Peroxisomes

25
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What is an important source of energy for cellular processes?

BCOR 1400 (6 decks)

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